Articles tagged with: operational efficiency

Natural Gas Power Generation and Stranded Asset Risk

Natural Gas Power Stranded Asset Risk Reaches a Tipping Point

By Andrew Burger - Oct 07, 2019

Investment risk in new and proposed natural gas power plants is on the rise. The risk of them becoming stranded assets has reached a tipping…

Terawatt-Scale Solar PV Power Plants: 20-Fold Increase by 2030

Scientists Envision 20-Fold Increase in Solar PV Power by 2030

By Andrew Burger - Jun 17, 2019

. The pace of reductions in the cost of solar power and increases in the scale of manufacturing caught the group of scientists by surprise,…

How Industry 4.0 Can Impact Energy

By Bryan Davis - Jun 06, 2019

All manufacturers are aware of the advantages they can get from technology. Still, many of them are in the very early stages of the digital…

Mit Masdar Step Cell - New Type of Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Cell

New Photovoltaic Cell Promises Higher Efficiency (35 Percent) at Lower Costs

By Solar Mag. - Nov 20, 2016

Traditional photovoltaic cell materials Traditional silicon-based PV cells have an operational efficiency of only 20%, which means they convert only a fifth of the sun’s…