More Wind Power For Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced its fifth renewable energy project in the USA – a 189MW wind farm. To be constructed in Hardin County, Ohio and completed late next year, the facility will generate 530,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean electricity annually. Combined with its other four projects, AWS’s collective capacity will generate 2.2 […]
Battery System Subsidies Kick Off In Sweden
Solar power system owners in Sweden can now receive up to ~AUD $7,300 to go towards the purchase of battery storage. Renewable Energy World reports the initiative is part of Sweden’s commitment to achieve electricity generation free of fossil fuels by 2040 and adds to existing financial support available in the country for the acquisition […]
Australian Solar And Storage Research Projects Funded
Australia’s Minister for Education and Training yesterday announced $416.6 million in funding as part of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) National Competitive Grants Programme. Minister Simon Birmingham said the funding was a crucial investment in furthering a “smart Australia”, fostering innovation and outcomes that will benefit all Australians. “This funding represents a significant investment in […]
Solar Powered Car To Challenge Speed Record
Students from Cal Poly’s Prototype Vehicles Laboratory (PROVE Lab) have their sights set on breaking the international land speed record for solar vehicles – without batteries. The PROVE team believe they can achieve a speed just shy of 105 kilometres per hour; 13 kilometres per hour faster than the current Guinness World Record. This will […]
Solar PV And Electric Vehicles To Boost Copper Demand
A recent conference in London has heard that copper will play an increasingly important role in creating a greener and more sustainable world. Those in the copper sector have been doing it tough for quite a while. The metal was fetching more than USD $4.50 a pound in 2011, but in October this year its […]
SeaBubbles – Solar Powered “Flying” Electric Water Taxis
Paris is set to become the first city in the world to be serviced by SeaBubbles – novel green energy powered river taxis. Constructed from fiberglass and foam, SeaBubbles are a small hydrofoil trimaran capable of carrying four passengers and a driver/pilot. Propellers attached to the back skids are powered by an electric motor and […]
Clean Energy, Not Coal, Can Fight Global Poverty
A recent paper states eradicating global poverty is possible, but it’s a noble goal made more complex by climate change – and coal’s role in that. Coal industry claims that it can lift people from poverty, and those of others stating a “strong moral case” for coal and referring to it as “nature’s gifts, is […]
Solar Powered Silent Falcon Evolves
This solar electric powered, carbon fiber based small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) recently gained a stamp of approval from NASA. We first covered Silent Falcon back in 2012 and it looks like it’s come a long way since then. Boasting a flight endurance of 5+ hours on average, the latest iteration of the craft has […]
Better Catalysts Equal Better Hydrogen Production (Again)
One of the many exciting frontiers in renewable energy research is the development of cheaper and more efficient ways to harvest hydrogen from water. This is due to its potential as a round-the-clock clean fuel and energy storage solution. The process of electrolysis used in splitting water to capture hydrogen requires a lot of energy, […]
Confusion As NSW Solar Bonus Scheme End Looms
It’s been reported some energy retailers are taking advantage of consumer confusion as the end of New South Wales’ legacy solar feed in tariff incentive draws near. Participants who joined the New South Wales Solar Bonus Scheme prior to May 2011 have been receiving 60 cents or 20 cents per kilowatt hour for all the […]