Posted in CNET
How Your Solar Panels Work When the Sun Isn’t Out
Author: Sarah Drolet
Dr. James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, discusses solar panel’s electricity generation at night and during cloudy weather.
Posted in CNET
How Your Solar Panels Work When the Sun Isn’t Out
Author: Sarah Drolet
Dr. James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, discusses solar panel’s electricity generation at night and during cloudy weather.
Posted in UCF Today
The Truth About the Future of Energy
Author: Robert Stephens
Author Robert Stephens highlights the incredible work being done in renewable and sustainability energy research at the Florida Solar Energy Center, by RISES faculty members, and by the REACT group at UCF.
Posted in American Homefront Project
After finding mold in thousands of places, the Army is training soldiers to recognize and report it
Author: Jay Price
Philip Fairey, deputy director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, comments on principles of mold occurring in tiled showers.
Posted in St. Petersburg College News
Solar Apprenticeships Fill Workforce Needs
Author: St. Petersburg College
Colleen Kettles, Director of Workforce and Business Development at FSEC, shares excitement over partnership with St. Petersburg College for the Solar Energy Technician Apprenticeship program.
Most people realize the climate impacts of carbon dioxide. Not many people, however, know that methane, the main component of natural gas, is much more potent than carbon dioxide.
While methane doesn’t remain in the atmosphere as long as CO2 (which can linger for thousands of years), it is 84 times more potent at trapping heat over a 20-year time horizon, according to the sixth annual assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change. And in 2021, the emission of methane rose to record levels for the second year in a row, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
That’s why UCF’s Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has partnered with startup M2X Energy, which has developed a technology to capture methane from gas flare sites and convert it to liquid methanol, which can then be transported. The startup was created in 2020 and venture-funded by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, which was founded by Bill Gates and helps accelerate innovations that support getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Read more