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Siemens to Supply Wind Turbines for Onshore Project in Norway
Siemens has received an order to supply, install and commission 50 onshore wind turbines in Norway. Project developers are Zephyr AS and Norsk Vind Energi AS. Funds managed by BlackRock are providing...
Solar Panels Have Gotten Thinner than a Human Hair
South Korean scientists have created solar PV cells that are 1 micrometer thick, hundreds of times thinner than most PV and half again as thin as other kinds of thin-film PV. (The...
Financing the Future
In 2015, $286 billion was invested in renewable energy. That is an enormous sum of money by many measurements, but is it enough, and are we on track to meet the energy...
Solar Energy to Power India of the Future
The World Bank Group is moving to help India deliver on its unprecedented plans to scale up solar energy, from installing solar panels on rooftops to setting up massive solar parks. This...
More than 5,300 U.S. Water Systems Violated Lead-Testing Rules Last Year
The report, which analyzed data from the Environmental Protection Agency, found that more than 18 million Americans are served by 5,363 water systems that in 2015 violated the federal rules governing lead...
Solar Massive Expansion
Munich, Germany – The share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2 per cent today to as much as 13 per cent by 2030, according to a...
Transportation: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
On Thursday, the 23rd of June, Bertrand Piccard and Solar Impulse successfully made a historic, zero-fuel flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Seville, Spain.
The flight comes at a time when...
New Mexico Breezes into Wind-Energy Gigawatt Club
New Mexico became the seventeenth state in the U.S. in December to surpass the 1,000-megawatt mark for installed wind energy capacity, following the startup of a 250-megawatt wind farm in Roosevelt County.
New...
Ventura Oil Spill Misses the Ocean, but Damage on Land is Unclear
Before the sun rose Thursday, Kirk Atwater’s wakeup call was a noxious breeze that filled his bedroom with fumes.
He stepped out of his ranch that overlooks an arroyo in the Ventura hills...
Which countries have plans for all new cars to be electric, and when?
Plug-in electric cars currently make up a fairly small percentage of the millions of new vehicles sold globally. But within the next two decades, they may be the only new cars available...
EIB Agrees New Investment Totalling EUR 7.4 Billion
The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank approved EUR 7.4 billion of new financing for 38 projects across Europe and around the world. Negotiations for the approved loans are expected...
Energy Department Invests $82 Million to Advanced Nuclear Technology
Last Monday the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $82 million in nuclear energy research, facility access, crosscutting technology development, and infrastructure awards in 28 states. In total, 93 projects were...
Peru Brings Electricity to Rural Communities
Peru increased access to electrical power to more than 105,000 low income rural households, through a World Bank-supported program to extend the electrical grid and install solar power systems. This electrification effort...
The Gotthard Base Tunnel Opens to the General Public
Update - 80,000 visitors joined in the festivities during the public days on June 4 and 5, 20,000 of whom visited ABB's special technology pavilions
Following the official inauguration of the world’s longest...
Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Free
Chile’s solar industry has expanded so quickly that it’s giving electricity away for free.
Spot prices reached zero in parts of the country on 113 days through April, a number that’s on track...
Never Give Up
RENEXPO® Water Management will be held from 06th to 08th June 2016 in Holiday Inn Hotel, in Belgrade. Therefore, we interviewed Mrs Myriam Fridman Dobrota, who has been preparing with REECO team numerous...
