Apple gets green light to sell solar energy
Apple has been granted permission to sell energy from its $850 million (£645m) solar farm. Last Thursday, energy officials in Washington DC said the company could sell power from the site in California...
View ArticleThe sun is shining on Manchester’s community projects
Three schools and a community centre in Greater Manchester are to be fitted with solar panels. Primrose Hill Primary, Irlam Primary School and Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School in Salford, as well...
View ArticleHybrid car goes 26,000 miles on one gallon of fuel
An electric and solar car has set a new Guinness World Record for fuel efficiency. A team of students called TUfast from the Technical University of Munich built the catchily named “eLi14”, which...
View ArticleBatteries can unlock renewable energy
A leading chemistry professor has told ELN that energy storage is the key to harnessing renewable power. Tom Zawodzinski, the Governor’s Chair in Electrical Energy Storage at the University of...
View ArticleTurning green light blue will boost solar
Scientists may be able to boost the efficiency of solar panels by converting green light to blue. According to research from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, this involves a...
View ArticleNow you can pass away sustainably too!
A funeral director has been shortlisted for a national energy efficiency and innovation award. Ian Hazel Funerals in Sutton Coldfield has been awarded the highest possible Energy Performance...
View ArticleRenewables generated a quarter of UK’s electricity
Renewables generated 25.1% of the UK’s electricity in the first quarter of the year. That’s according to new data revealed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which...
View ArticleSolar panel “photosynthesis” creates burnable fuel
New solar panels use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuel. A team from Chicago’s University of Illinois have developed the solar cell, which works like a leaf during photosynthesis....
View ArticleAustralian scientists set record for solar thermal efficiency
A group of scientists in Australia have set a world record for efficiency for a solar thermal dish generating steam that could be used for power stations. The team from the Australian National...
View ArticleNew record global low price for solar in Chile
The price of solar in Chile has hit a record global low in an energy auction. The government has awarded a contract to sell solar energy at $29.1/MWh (£21.8/MWh). That undercuts the previous record set...
View ArticleJapan gives Nigeria $9.7m solar boost
Japan has donated solar energy equipment worth $9.7 million (£7.35m) to Nigeria. It has been provided by Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and is expected to help boost power supply by...
View ArticleIKEA to install Washington’s ‘largest’ solar array
IKEA is to install a 1.18MW rooftop solar array at one of its new stores. The solar array on the roof of the Renton, Washington shop will have 3,420 panels, which the retailer claims will make it the...
View ArticleSun goes in on solar state schools
Solar panel tax hikes are to hit state schools unfairly. Climate change charity 10:10 claims the new tax will disproportionately affect state schools as private schools, free schools and academies are...
View ArticleLabour launches campaign to block solar tax hike
The Labour Party is calling on the government to stop the solar panel tax hikes to protect jobs and investment in the industry. Shadow Energy Secretary Barry Gardiner has rallied other MPs, including...
View ArticleForecasting and planning ‘helps electricity system handle solar eclipse’
Forecasting and planning ensures problem-free operation of an electricity system with high shares of PV generation during a solar eclipse. That’s according to a study from the International Energy...
View ArticleAustralia to triple solar capacity with $92m funding
Australia aims to triple the amount of energy generated from solar by investing $92 million (£69m) in projects. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has chosen a total of 12 projects with a...
View ArticleDouble helix metal could change energy sector
A double helix structure has been found in an inorganic semiconducting material, opening the door for a number of energy-related applications. The double helix, most famously occurs as the structure of...
View ArticleUS solar market grows by 43% year on year
The US installed more than 2GW of solar during the second quarter (Q2) of the year. That’s a growth of 43%, compared to the same period last year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association...
View ArticleExxonMobil and US uni to research solar and battery tech
ExxonMobil has joined forces with a US university to work on solar energy and battery technology projects. The oil and gas firm and Princeton University will look into how new photovoltaic materials,...
View ArticleRenewable firm continues solar spree
Cubico Sustainable Investments has bought a 50MW solar park from British Solar Renewables (BSR). Owl’s Hatch solar farm is the 11th project it has purchased from BSR over the last eight months. These...
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