February 21, 2013
February 21, 2013 —
…about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues Solar panels in Spain, Credit: Wikimedia A free online course is being developed at UC San Diego to educate students and anyone else around the world with a computer and an internet connection about the challenges and potential solutions for meeting the global demands…
April 5, 2018
April 5, 2018 —
…for the Center for Energy Research: “With these partnerships, we learn practical lessons and can demonstrate how these things will operate in the real world.” Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research, which helped to develop the innovative power grid that allows the…
August 1, 2013
August 1, 2013 —
Don’t hire someone to wash your dirty solar panels. That’s the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. Their findings were published in the July 25 online issue of Solar Energy.
November 8, 2011
November 8, 2011 —
…the shadows they create, impact power output in California’s solar grid.
May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 —
The University of California, San Diego and Lānaʻi Resorts, LLC, announced today that Byron Washom, director of Strategic Energy Initiatives at UC San Diego, will lead a new initiative to transform the Hawaiian island of Lānaʻi into a model for sustainable energy.
August 10, 2022
August 10, 2022 —
A perovskite solar cell developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings researchers closer to breaking the ceiling on solar cell efficiency, suggests a study published Aug. 10 in Nature.
October 13, 2016
October 13, 2016 —
Solar panels can be found atop many buildings and parking structures throughout the UC San Diego campus. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications UC San Diego’s Path to Carbon Neutrality Known for being one of the greenest universities in the nation, UC San Diego has been committed to sustainability…
October 29, 2014
October 29, 2014 —
The University of California, San Diego today announced that it has received an APCD-IEA Blue Sky Leadership Award. Created by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and the Industrial Environmental Association, the annual awards recognize three companies or organizations that have made positive contributions to the regional environment…
November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017 —
…hybrid perovskites could shed light on developing low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells. Using X-ray beams and lasers, a team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego discovered how the movement of ions in hybrid perovskites causes certain regions within the material to become better solar cells than other…
March 7, 2013
March 7, 2013 —
…will be equipped with solar photovoltaic panels. Recently, the university also unveiled a vegetative roof, atop Revelle College’s LEED Platinum-certified Charles David Keeling apartments. In addition, more than a dozen wireless sensors that determine the optimal times to gain and expend energy are now poised on UC San Diego rooftops.…