CEFC Financing City Of Melbourne Energy Efficiency Initiatives
Australia’s Clean Finance Corporation will be financing the City of Melbourne’s next phase of boosting its use of solar power, reducing emissions and saving on electricity costs. The CEFC will provide up to $30 million for the energy efficiency initiative. $14.8 million will go towards fast-tracking the upgrade of 16,000 public lights to use electricity-sipping […]
Wattway – Another Solar Road Solution
Transport infrastructure specialist Colas has unveiled their Wattway solar road product at the World Efficiency Congress in Paris. Wattway panels are comprised of solar cells embedded in a multilayer substrate. On the underside of the modules, which are just a few millimetres thick, are connections to a lateral module containing the electrical safety components. The […]
Wearable Tech : Google’s Solar Powered Active Contact Lens
Google Glass is just so 2014 it seems. The giant of search has just been awarded a patent for a wearable light-powered monitoring and communication device that would sit directly on your eyeball. The patent envisions one of the applications of the device would be to monitor glucose, lactate or urea levels, internal body temperature […]
SunEdison Starts Construction On Latest Solar Schools Project
SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) has announced it has commenced construction on a 2.8 megawatt solar power project for eight schools in the Montgomery County Public School system in the U.S state of Maryland. The solar panel installations will collectively generate enough electricity each year to power the equivalent of more than 260 homes and will […]
Another Nuclear Power Station Closing
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) is the only operating nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of Massachusetts – and it won’t be operating for much longer. After having spent hundreds of millions of dollars to improve reliability, safety and security of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Entergy has announced it would be closing the […]
Work To Start On SE Asia’s Largest Solar Farm Soon
Construction of a 220MW solar power station in Myanmar (Burma) will get under way in the first quarter of next year. Thailand’s Green Earth Power recently announced Black & Veatch will be providing design and consultancy services for the project; which will be built on a 300-hectare site in Minbu, Magway region. “Electricity is an […]
SMA Battery Inverters For Major Energy Storage Project
SMA has announced it will be supplying its Sunny Central battery inverters for an energy storage project in Korea that will be the largest of its kind in the world. The company says it will deliver 24 Sunny Central Storage 1000 battery inverters and system technology next month for the 200MW KEPCO (Korea Electric Power […]
Another Step Forward For All-Polymer Solar Cells
A new all-polymer organic solar cell developed by a Korean research team is tougher and more flexible than its other organic counterparts. Organic solar cells have been attracting interest for quite a while given their low-cost, flexible properties and their potential for applications such as wearable devices; but their major drawback has been efficiency and […]
Little Solar Lights Are Big Business
More than 13 million verified off-grid solar lights have been sold in developing countries, representing a new market now worth USD $300 million each year. A new report to be released later this month will state just in Africa alone, 35 million rural dwellers have benefited from affordable solar lights. The global market for solar […]
Energy In The USA: A “Tectonic Shift”
The USA’s energy sector emitted less carbon pollution last year than in 1996; primarily due to energy efficiency gains and the country’s renewable energy revolution. The Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC’s) recently released report, “A Tectonic Shift in America’s Energy Landscape”, states the nation is already two-thirds of the way toward meeting President Obama’s Clean […]
