No Events
Tag: electricity
Report: Small Modular Reactors Vital for Low-Carbon Transition
The government should press ahead with plans to develop small-scale nuclear technology, according to a new Policy Exchange report which argues nuclear power will be vital for achieving a fully decarbonised electricity...
Corporations Purchased Record 5.4 Gigawatts Of Clean Power In 2017
Corporations around the world signed a record volume of Power Purchase Agreements in 2017, amounting to 5.4 gigawatts of clean energy by 43 companies across 10 different countries, which is an impressive...
China Donates Thousands of Solar Power Generating Systems to Nepal
China on Sunday donated more than 32,000 solar power generating systems to Nepal to enhance its domestic capacity in combating climate change and to provide electricity to communities that have not had...
Masdar Expands Renewables Portfolio Amid Flurry of Solar Deals Across Middle East
As clean energy firm Masdar unveiled a raft of deals aimed at expanding its renewables portfolio internationally, a flurry of wind and solar investments this week further served to highlight the Middle...
Shell, Swedfund, ENGIE Invest $20 Million In Rural Distributed Renewables In Asia & Africa
Husk Power Systems, a leading rural distributed utility company which operates mini-grids in Asia and Africa, has announced the closure of a $20 million equity investment from Shell, Swedfund, and ENGIE, which...
New NASA Study Solves Climate Mystery, Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas
Over the past few years, natural gas has become the primary fuel that America uses to generate electricity, displacing the long-time king of fossil fuels, coal. In 2019, more than a third...
All Renewables Will Be Cost Competitive With Fossil Fuels by 2020
Generating electricity from renewable energy sources is not only better for the environment compared to fossil fuels, but it will also be consistently cheaper in just a few years, according to a...
‘World first’: Australian University Signs Deal for 100 Per Cent Solar Power
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is hoping to make it into the green energy record books with a new deal to source all of its electricity from solar power.
The Australian...
Researchers Determine Future Climate Change Will Make Power Outages More Costly
Researchers from Virginia Tech have published findings that show future climate change will likely make power outages more costly for European households as residents seek to avoid summer outages.
In a study published...
MBARI: Wave-Power Bouy
MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way...
‘Cheapest Option’: South Australia Reveals Plan for World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant
The largest solar thermal energy plant in the world is set to be built in South Australia, after the state government declared that it represented the "cheapest option" available.
US developer SolarReserve bid...
Indian State Plans Massive Solar Project At Retired Coal Power Plant
More Indian states are switching to solar power from thermal power due to the cost benefits available with the former.
Now, the northern state of Punjab is considering setting up a huge solar...
2017: The ‘Greenest Year Ever’ for Electricity
The UK smashed 13 clean energy records last year in the ‘greenest year ever' for electricity production in the country, according to WWF analysis of National Grid data.
The sweep of new records...
Germany Sets New Renewable Energy Record
Germany has broken another renewable energy record, with clean power providing a third of of the country's electricity in 2017.
Preliminary data from the Association of Energy and Water Industries show that renewable...
Northborough-Southborough Public Schools Investigate the Use of Solar Energy
Since July 2016, the Northborough-Southborough Public School system has been investigating the feasibility of solar energy within their district.
“We have moved forward in a very collaborative way with our town,” shared Superintendent...
South Korea Aim: 5 Times More Solar Energy Generation By 2030
The government of South Korea has unveiled new plans for the country to boost its solar energy generation 5 times over by 2030, as revealed by the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry...