Solar power is slowing gaining momentum within New Zealand, with one of the biggest solar panel installations being switched on during January 2015 at the Sylvia Park Shopping Centre. The 1100 solar panels, covering the total area...
A recent report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change of the UK reveals that renewable energy sources are now the main contributor of electricity in Scotland. The report published in The Scotsman, a daily...
The cost of oil has recently dropped to its lowest point in the past five years causing many to speculate that this oil price crash spells doom for renewable energy and climate change. The trend seen previously is...
Stanford scientist Xiaolin Zheng, head of the Zheng Research Group at Stanford University claims that she and her team has created thin, flexible solar cells, or solar stickers, that are made from standard materials which...
Germany recently announced its latest massive project, the Stromautobahn. An autobahn is a federal controlled access highway system or what is commonly called federal motorway. But instead of cars and trucks such as Audis and...
The negative attitude shown by the Abbott Government towards renewable energy belies its bias for profit and more profit. His policies show that Abbott regards renewable energy as not economically feasible and therefore unnecessary. The...
The U.S. Department of Energy, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy recently announced funding for the testing of a wave energy device using marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology. These tests will be conducted to fully determine...
For its first year of activity, Power Clouds has released its metrics regarding its innovative Global Renewable Energy Project. This project encouraging citizens all over the world to collectively build photovoltaic power plants. The Global...
PV manufacturer, Trina Solar, recently announced the sale of its solar power plant in Trehawke, UK to one of the leading private equity investment companies in the world, Foresight Group. The plant is one of two Trina...
SolarWorld recently announced that it will undertake a solar expansion project in Oregon in 2015. The largest crystalline silicon solar manufacturer in the Americas will add a solar production line in Hillsboro to increase the capacity...
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U.S. President Barack Obama signed the federal spending bill on December 9, 2014 which included a number of setbacks adversely affecting the country’s environmental efforts. The signing of this bill is one of the last acts of...
China is on its way to becoming one of the world’s most prominent leaders in renewable energy and now Damin Glass is helping in taking the country to the next level. The company is the first to successfully produce...
The new normal in Australia’s wide open spaces is solar plus storage. This renewable direction seems to be the natural progression which remote and rural areas would take as it can be very costly, and therefore not profitable...
When it comes to renewable energy technology, most of the attention goes to solar power and wind turbines. However, a new project spearheaded by Toshiba involves the installation of several ocean energy turbines off the...
Solar power has long been a source of power for Peru’s Uros people. This indigenous people of Peru live on more than 50 artificial floating islands on Lake Titicaca and lead simple lives which consist of fishing and craftsmanship. However,...
Ever since the Australian Government dropped the carbon tax policy – also known as carbon pricing – and switched to emissions trading, Environment Minister Greg Hunt won’t acknowledge that economists were right about the efficiency...
