ENERGY

1M Electric Cars Target Moves To 2020

The Obama administration has failed to hit the one million sales target of electric vehicles by 2015, hence they moved the goal to 2020.

Shell Considering New Zealand Total Exit

Shell is heavily considering abandoning entirely its New Zealand operations. Royal Dutch Shell is poised to exit New Zealand. One of the cited reasons for exiting the territory is cutting costs due to low oil prices.

Solvent Baths Promise Better Perovskite Crystals and Better Solar Energy

With the coming of spring, and the looming global warming ever at our odds, it’s clear that there’s enough heat already out in the world. So why would you want your “green” energy practices to contribute ever more to that heat? Current methods, for example, in the production of solar cells used to capture energy require an intense recrystallization process that comes at the price of a drastic raise in the temperature of the substance—perovskite. But now, thanks to chemists at Brown University, the green energy movement may soon be equated with a cooler movement, as well.

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