5 More Solar Projects For SunEdison In South Africa
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) has been awarded an additional five major solar projects in South Africa totaling 371 megawatts. The solar PV facilities are to be constructed in the Northern Cape and North West Provinces. Combined, the power plants are expected to generate enough electricity to supply the needs of the equivalent of more than […]
Ontario Reaps Renewable Benefits After Ditching Coal
Ontario’s booming clean energy industry continues to attract big investment in solar and wind projects, with the province expected to add some 2,300 MW of new renewable power by mid-2016. The latest commission is the 270 MW K2 Wind farm, located in the southwest-Ontario township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW), which began supplying power this week. The […]
SunEdison Australia Powering MASH 2 Solar Initiative
Castlemaine-based non profit group Hub Foundation has sparked a second solar revolution in Mount Alexander Shire in Victoria, Australia; in partnership with SunEdison. Hub Foundation’s largest project so far has been MASH (Mount Alexander Solar Homes). The community solar bulk-buy program has already achieved 225 new solar PV rooftops in the area – half of […]
Australia’s Top Solar Postcodes – June 2015
Data released by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) last week shows 1,416,702 solar panel systems have been installed in Australia, with a combined capacity of 4,242,794 kW. These solar households are now collectively saving millions of dollars each day on electricity bills through harvesting the energy of the sun via their rooftop real estate. To […]
Australia’s First Council/Community Solar Farm Seeks Investors
The nation’s first council/community owned solar farm could be operational by the end of 2015 in Lismore, New South Wales. Last week, Lismore City Council announced it and Farming The Sun would be officially launching a campaign to attract 40 impact investors this Thursday. These interested investors would be asked to pledge in-principle support for […]
IKEA Commits More Big Bucks For Wind And Solar Power
Furnishing and homewares giant IKEA recently announced a further AUD $1.46 billion investment in renewable energy and assisting communities most impacted by climate change. Of that figure, EUR 600 million (approximately AUD $874 million) will go towards renewables. “Climate change is one of the world’s biggest challenges and we need bold commitments and action to […]
Energy Storage – Flexible Wood Based Aerogel Batteries
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and Stanford University have developed a flexible, compressible foam-like battery material made from wood pulp. The elastic high-capacity batteries are based on nanocellulose broken down from tree fibres, around one million times thinner than the original fibre. The nanocellulose is treated so the material does not […]
NYSERDA Pushes For $1.5bn To Support Big Solar And Wind
A new funding proposal supporting large-scale renewables such as solar and wind power could see New York State become a national leader in clean energy employment – and result in a big drop not only in carbon emissions, but also electricity prices. In a submission of strategies for guiding the Empire State towards its climate […]
Large Scale Storage – The Energy Train
A proposed massive underground maglev floating railway could store 10% of the entire Netherlands’ power needs as kinetic energy according to its inventor. Developed by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), the floating railway is envisaged to operate on a circular track with a radius of 2.5 kilometres. Surplus wind and solar electricity […]
Fraunhofer Institute Opens Solar Research Centre In Chile
Europe’s largest solar research organisation, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, has opened a new centre in Santiago, Chile, dedicated to helping the sun-rich nation harness the potential of its solar resources and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The new Fraunhofer Chile Research Centre for Solar Energy Technologies (FCR-CSET) will focus on developing solar […]
