Renewables and Efficiency

Batteries combined with photovoltaics provide power for the pop-up clinic at a migrant camp of 3,000 asylum seekers in Mexico.

A new technique for cooling solar panels has been under development in Egypt. A mixture of water, aluminum oxide, and calcium chloride hexahydrate cools the PV modules from underneath. This research, conducted in Cairo, builds on earlier research this spring that France’s Sunbooster was exploring. The technology found success and …

BEVs have increased their share of the car market almost 30-fold from 0.9% in April 2019 to 31.9% in April this year.

On completion, the 83MW projects will power around 50,000 houses and reduce carbon emissions by 35,000 tonnes annually.

The projects will help bridge energy shortfalls in the region and direct more renewable energy to the grid .

The proposed facility in Western Australia is called the Asian Renewable Energy Hub and will cover an onshore and offshore area of 662,400 hectares.

In 2019, renewable generation in the US exceeded that of coal for 38 days, according to a new report.

The power generation company has hired Amberside Energy to manage its recently acquired solar and battery assets.

Europe saw new wind-farm investments amounting to 19 billion euros confirmed in 2019, according to WindEurope’s annual Financing and Investment Trends (published on 7 April). Another 33 billion euros was invested in the refinancing of wind farms, the acquisition of wind-farm projects and other transactions. A total of 13 billion …

The firm says the platform allows regions in harsh maritime environments to access affordable clean power generated from wind, solar and tidal energy.