Renewable energy sources like concentrated solar and photovoltaic solar systems are the most viable technologies likely to challenge the dominance of fossil fuel on the global energy scene, according to a report released by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
The medical industry is increasingly embracing solar power and GlaxoSmithKline is the latest large company to begin utilising solar energy to provide electricity at one of its facilities.
Solar energy, in the form of light and heat, could be harvested from highways and put to a variety of uses including powering streetlights, illuminating signs and advertisements, even powering buildings.
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2010 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) was released overnight; providing projections of global energy production and consumption to 2035.
A new study commissioned by leading US solar groups has found that rooftop solar energy systems are the most efficient means of cutting electricity bills.
Nearly 30% of incident sunlight is currently reflected off the surface of conventional solar panels, and further energy is lost inside the solar cell materials. Solar3D, Inc. is developing a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity.
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook released by the Gillard Government today announced spending of $10.8 million on climate change committees; with the money to come from renewable energy funding says the Opposition.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton announced on Sunday the US-Australia Solar Research Collaboration; an initiative that aims to develop cheaper solar power solutions.
It’s not every solar company that can boast the services of a former leader of the free world when it comes time to flip the switch on your latest venture capital project, but that’s exactly what US solar energy provider, Cogenra, has done.
America and India, two nations trying to wean themselves off an unhealthy reliance on fossil fuels, have agreed to work towards a joint space program that would establish solar energy harvesting satellites in orbit around the Earth.
