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With more than 3.7 GW installed, 2014 was the best year yet for utility-scale solar installations, besting the nearly 3.4 GW installed in 2013 by 10% and bringing the U.S. to a total of 10.6 GW of operating utility-scale solar capacity.

The total thickness of a single cell and separator is just 0.4 mm, which is approximately one tenth the thickness of conventional technology. Because it is so thin, The Printed Fuel Cell (™) achieves 5 kW/L, which is the highest level in the world.

Researchers link rising CO2 levels from fossil fuels to an upward trend in radiative forcing at two locations.

A filling station for hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles in Berlin is just one of the latest additions to a network which is set to number 50 by the end of the year. This means Germany will be the first country with a basic hydrogen filling station network – one that will stretch from the North Sea to the Alps.

A 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA), the largest agreement in the industry to provide clean energy to a commercial end user.

This program would be the largest deployment of EV charging stations in the country.

Electrolytes used in conventional lithium batteries are flammable, and incidents of fires have been reported, usually due to thermal runaway. Blue Current's electrolyte will evaporate, but won't burn.

Too much additional oil for a saturated market or cost-saving oil delivery?

The third annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook shows that U.S. deployment of sustainable energy increased as prices continued to fall and that investment in U.S. clean energy grew at a higher rate.

Grant funding of GBP 3.5 million ($5.3 million) will be provided through the scheme to develop up to seven new, fully functional, hydrogen refueling stations, with a further GBP 2 million ($3 million) being made available to upgrade up to eight existing ‘demonstration’ stations.