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Safety Aspects of Solar Panel Roads

Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental health dangers in the world. Transportation, primarily moving cars, contributes to air pollution significantly, producing 8 billion metric tonnes of CO2 annually, with 74% of this total attributed to them. To enable the electrification of light, medium, and heavy-duty transportation sectors and improve localized air quality while …

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Challenges Associated with the Intermittent Nature of Solar Energy for Integration onto the Grid

Over the past two decades, world leaders and scientists have made tremendous efforts to improve energy security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while meeting rising energy demand. Their initiatives have increased the demand and proliferation for the widespread integration of renewable energy sources into the current electrical grids. Due to the intermittent nature of the …

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Improving the Efficiency Of Perovskite Solar Cells

Enhancing Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency with Tandem Design Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a game changer in the renewables industry over the years. They have proven to be more affordable than traditional solar panels and can be effectively installed in the front facades and rooftops of buildings. Another feature of perovskite solar cells that …

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Cybersecurity for solar energy systems integrated to smart grids

Solar energy systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and physical attacks. These attacks could disable the grid, causing widespread power outages. There are multiple ways to protect solar energy systems from external attacks. One way is to physically secure the systems. The systems should be given protection from the weather and other physical damages. Second way …

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3D Printing in the Renewable Energy Sector

With temperatures rising around the globe and our trusty fossil fuels rapidly depleting, renewable energy as a sector has grown at an unprecedented rate. However, many of the parts and structures required to build renewable systems are still manufactured using traditional processes, meaning the process as a whole still tends to be carbon positive – …

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