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Science and Technology:

¶ If you thought the upper limit of solar cell efficiency was 32%, think again. MIT News reported on a research team that showed how a silicon solar cell could top the theoretical limit of 32%. See you later, Shockley-Queisser Limit, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. [CleanTechnica]

Photo via MIT News, courtesy of the researchers.

World:

¶ Solar, wind and hydropower sources were added in 2015 at the fastest rate the world has yet seen, according to the Renewables Global Status Report. Investments in renewables during the year were more than double the amount spent on new coal and gas-fired power plants. [BBC]

¶ Australia installed almost 1 GW of new solar capacity last year but that was easily eclipsed by rather cloudy nations such as the United Kingdom, which installed about four times as much, according…