Author: Energy Matters

The team behind an Australian designed and built solar powered car has its sights set on breaking a world speed record this week.

A US thin-film solar power company will partner with Chinese state-owned Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co., Ltd. (CGN SEDC), to begin construction of phase one of what will become one of the world’s biggest solar farms.

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a solar cell designed with the ability to self-heal in order to improve service life.

EU 27 countries will collectively meet and beat targets of 20% of their energy consumption coming from renewable sources by 2020 according to an analysis from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

A new online mapping system which allows property owners considering install solar power systems on their buildings to calculate exactly how much energy they will produce and how much money a system will save them has been launched for the U.S. region of Denver, Colorado.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi last week laid the foundation stone of the 500MW Gujarat Solar Park; which will be the largest solar power facility of its type in Asia.

Solar energy businesses in the USA look set to have a happy new year with President Barack Obama recently signing tax legislation into law that extends the Department of Treasury Section 1603 program for one year.

At just 610 metres above the ground, wind velocity is two to three times compared to ground level wind speeds. A NASA project is looking into how to harvest this resource with airborne wind turbines.

At the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico’s President Calderon announced his country’s intention to support a project to build the largest energy storage warehouse in North America.

U.S. company MidAmerican Energy Company has announced a massive expansion of wind power projects in the state of Iowa.