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Solar panels on the roof of Sourasky Library. Photo: Tel Aviv University

renew energy on the roof

Alternative Energy. Photo: depositphotos.com

Research in the field of renewable energy in Bar Ilan was concentrated under the Center for Sustainability

Renewable energy, its storage and conversion are necessary in dealing with climate change and for energy independence
Roofing in California with solar panels. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Every home needs renewable energy

The state of California has decided to require the installation of solar systems and energy storage facilities in new and renovated buildings. What can we in Israel learn from this dramatic step?
According to the researchers, the main factor that predicts a consumer's willingness to install a solar panel is not his socio-economic status nor his political leanings - but the distance of his house from another house with solar panels. Solar panel installation. Photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel – Unsplash

The neighbor's roof is more solar

German and American researchers looked at what makes people install solar panels on their homes and found that if your neighbor has panels, it's likely that you will too. Does this logic also stand the test of the Israeli bureaucracy?
The journal in which the new study was published

The cells work at night

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Illustration: pixabay.

Improving the efficiency of solar panels using a coating based on corn

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Microcrystals formed through self-healing repaired a completely destroyed area within a halide perovskite crystal. Courtesy of the Weizmann Institute.

Solar materials capable of repairing themselves

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Illustration: pixabay.

Why is the International Energy Agency wrong in predicting the use of renewable energy?

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thinkphi's versatile umbrella.

How do you generate electricity from an upside down umbrella?

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Establishing new renewable energy projects and operating them are cheaper today in the US than producing energy from existing facilities that are based on coal and nuclear energy. Photo: Antonio Garcia, Unsplash.

Clean energy, now cheap

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A transparent solar panel developed at Michigan State University. Photo courtesy of Richard Lunt/Michigan State University

A new development is gaining momentum: transparent solar panels

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"The largest floating solar farm in the world" - with a production capacity of 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Source: PRNewsfoto/SUNGROW Power Supply Co., Ltd.

Solar on the water

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A stacked solar cell. Illustration: Matthew Lamb

Scientists are designing a solar cell that captures almost all of the energy of the solar spectrum

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From left to right: Nimrod Kruger, Associate Professor Carmel Rothschild and Assaf Menor in the lab. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson

A dramatic improvement in the efficiency of photovoltaic cells has been achieved

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A house based on solar energy. Photo: Tesla

Tesla presents: solar tiles and a battery that provide the electricity consumption of an apartment

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A simulation of Juno near Jupiter. The probe's massive solar panels can be clearly seen. Image: NASA

How does the Juno spacecraft manage to absorb solar energy from a distance of about 600 million km from the sun

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Solar balloons. Photo: NEXTPV website

Solar balloons

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A simulation of Juno near Jupiter. The probe's massive solar panels can be clearly seen. Image: NASA

A new record for NASA: how to produce solar energy at a distance of 800 million km from the sun?

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Solar cell farm. Illustration: shutterstock

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in increasing the efficiency of solar cells

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An artificial photosynthetic system that includes DNA molecules combined with a standard dye. Image: Kalmars University in Sweden

Artificial photosynthesis to convert solar energy into chemical energy

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Green energy in the sky. Solar Impulse 2 in the skies of Dubai. photo: Solar Impulse

Around the world without fuel

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renewable energy. Illustration: shutterstock

The sun and the wind will provide the cheapest energy in the future

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Polymer solar cells. Photo: Northern California State University

A new efficiency record for polymer solar cells

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Prof. Michael Gretzel. From Wikipedia

Two solar cell developers won the Prime Minister's Award for global innovation in the field of oil substitutes

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Solar energy together with a landscape: the researcher holds in his hands a colorless substance capable of utilizing the sun's energy to generate electricity. [Courtesy: Yimu Zhao]

Solar energy that does not block the view

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