Poland is set to spend $16 billion on upgrading and expanding its power grid to accommodate additional renewable and nuclear capacity, the country’s power grid operator said on Friday. Grid operator PSE said that its draft investment plan includes more than 3,000 miles of 400 kV transmission lines in a …
Read More »Morocco to Allocate 1 Million Hectares to Green Hydrogen Projects
Morocco is looking to attract green hydrogen investments by allocating 1 million hectares of public land to projects, the government said on Monday. The first stage of the hydrogen project development will include providing investors with a total of 300,000 hectares of plots of land ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 …
Read More »Norway’s Energy Major Equinor Starts up Solar Plant in Brazil
Equinor has put into operation a 531-megawatt solar plant in Brazil, which boosts its power production in the South American country by 30%, the Norwegian major said on Friday. The 531-MW Mendubim solar plant will produce 1.2 terawatts per hour (TWh) of power annually, of which some 60% will be …
Read More »EU Puts Millions behind ‘Boundary Pushing’ North Sea Floating Solar Plan
A consortium of 15 companies including German utility RWE and Dutch-Norwegian floating PV pioneer SolarDuck has won €6.8m of Horizon Europe funding to support development of a floating solar demonstration project to be located on the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in Dutch waters. Nautical Sunrise, as the consortium is known, …
Read More »China’s Record Solar Additions in 2023 Top Entire U.S. Solar Capacity
China installed a record-high solar power capacity last year, with additions in 2023 alone topping the current capacity of the entire U.S. solar fleet. China added as much as 216.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in 2023 – a record high, obliterating its previous record of 87.4 GW of …
Read More »Space-Based Solar Farms could Power the Planet from Orbit
The variability of renewable energy is one of the key hurdles standing between us and a net-zero future. Unlike baseload fossil fuels, which can be easily manipulated to produce enough supply to meet demand at any given time, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power depend on uncontrollable elements …
Read More »Copper’s Critical Role in Green Energy Transition
In the Autumn of 2023, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) forecast that the copper market was likely to experience a significant surplus of the metal in 2024 after several companies worldwide ramped up their operations in response to the growing global demand. However, by the end of the year, …
Read More »Germany Leads the Way in Solar Energy across Europe
According to assessments by the International Renewable Energy Agency in 2022, Germany had an installed photovoltaic capacity of around 67 gigawatts, making it the European country with the greatest solar energy potential. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, the capacity of the Federal Republic in that year was more than …
Read More »Germany Boasts Record Renewable Capacity Additions in 2023
Germany installed a record-high power capacity from solar and wind in 2023, but only solar additions met government targets, while wind power installations fell short of goals. Booming residential demand resulted in the installation of over a million new solar power systems with a combined capacity of 14 GW in …
Read More »New Solar Powered Desalinization Method may Help to Solve Water Scarcity
It looks like a step forward has been taken in the longstanding task of figuring out energy and cost efficient ways of desalinating ocean water. According to ABC, scientists at Tianjin’s Nankai University have innovated a solar-powered desalination system that harnesses smart DNA hydrogels for freshwater production. The method was …
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