India’s massive solar power park scheme holds immense investment potential, a recent study has found. According to the thinktank Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), India could attract investment worth $500-700 billion in its solar power park scheme. The investment is likely to come not only in power …
Read More »India’s Carbon Emissions Fall for 1st Time Since 1982
For the first time since 1982, India’s CO2 emissions have fallen. According to the BBC, the lockdown from the coronavirus pandemic was the tipping point of something already happening. In an analysis by Carbon Brief, a study found that India’s carbon dioxide emissions had fallen 15% in March and were …
Read More »New Solution for Cooling Solar Panels
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 …
Read More »India Moves Ahead With New Renewable Energy Transmission Projects
India’s mega plans to expand transmission infrastructure to support upcoming and planned renewable energy projects continues to take shape. The government-owned REC Transmission Projects Company Limited (RECTPCL) recently approved setting up seven transmission projects to support renewable energy parks in various parts of the country. The company has approved plans …
Read More »Hyundai Gets Serious On Electric Cars
The supply for the European market can soon grow to 80.000 vehicles per year.
Read More »USA and China Overtake Europe in Energy R&D Expenses
China and the US ramped up spending by 12 percent each. taking expenses to 8 billion dollars in China. and 8.2 billion dollars in the US.
Read More »Flattering Growth in Renewable Energy Sector
Renewable capacity additions need to grow by over 300 GW on average each year between 2018 and 2030 to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Read More »Germany Ranks 5th in Global Renewable Investment Ranking
New wind capacity was up slightly last year.
Read More »Apple and Google could Reshape Renewable energy Sector
Big tech firms want their global operations to be clean and green.
Read More »Fatih Birol Predicts 200 Gigawatts Of Offshore Wind By 2040
Wind energy is re-shaping the global energy mix.
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