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Fifth of global electricity generated from renewables
Renewable energy accounted for 23% – or 4,892TWh – of all electricity generation globally last year, new figures reveal. The amount of renewable power capacity installed around the world doubled...
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Will new iPhone be solar-powered?
Is tech giant Apple planning to make its iPhone with a solar panel in the case? A common criticism of recent iPhone models is their relatively short battery life, with juice running out in less than a...
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Flatpackers IKEA get quarter of power from renewables
Flatpack furniture giant IKEA generates more than a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy. That’s according to the furniture seller’s first progress report since launching sustainability...
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Taiwan and Mongolia sign renewable energy deal
Taiwan and Mongolia have signed an agreement to collaborate in the field of renewable energy generation. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, the two nations will initially work on solar PV, wind...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia plans $6.4bn solar energy factory
Plans to build a $6.4 billion (£3.9bn) solar PV manufacturing complex has been unveiled in Saudi Arabia. The plant will be located at Wa’ad Al Shammal, an industrial city in the north of the country....
View ArticleGreen light for large solar farm in Northern Ireland
A large scale solar farm in Northern Ireland worth £6 million has been given the go-ahead by the Government. Located in Downpatrick, around 33 kilometres south of Belfast in County Down, the solar...
View ArticleFlatpacker IKEA gets quarter of power from renewables
Flatpack furniture giant IKEA generates more than a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy. That’s according to the furniture seller’s first progress report since launching sustainability...
View ArticleSmart home an ‘investment opportunity’ for consumers
Making homes smart will be an “investment opportunity” for consumers as it will be more than just about installing a smart meter. Talking to ELN about why smart homes are crucial, Dr Philip E. Lewis,...
View ArticleSolar firm eyes up business rooftops
Solar power firm Lightsource Renewable Energy is planning to offer a new ‘one-stop-shop’ to roof owners wanting solar panels. It announced today it has bought the engineering team from another...
View ArticleNew York solar industry gets $28.6m boost
Solar projects in New York have been awarded $28.6 million (£17.2m) which will add 33.6MW of renewable capacity in the state. A total of 29 large scale solar projects have been given $25.8 million...
View ArticleUK’s biggest solar canopies to save city £33k
Nottingham is planning two large solar panel “canopies” on top of two car parks which will earn the City Council thousands of pounds. On Wednesday councillors approved plans for the first solar array...
View ArticleGovernment turning roofs into sun power plants
Thousands of government buildings, hospitals, factories, supermarkets and car parks around the UK are to get solar panels under the Government’s new solar strategy launched today. Even the Ministry of...
View ArticleAre solar rooftops secret goldmines for business?
Rooftops will no longer be the sole domain of cat burglars and romantic téte a tétes – they’re also about to become a solar energy goldmine. At least, that’s the hope of ministers who today brought...
View ArticleLakeside energy from waste plant gets solar
Solar engineers had to abseil down the roof of an energy from waste plant in Slough to install solar PV panels. The Lakeside plant near Heathrow Terminal 5 can process 410,000 tonnes of non-recyclable...
View ArticleRWE invests in first UK solar energy project
German utility RWE’s trading arm has bought its first solar project in the UK. The ground mounted 37MW solar project to be built at Kencot Hill Farm, a former wartime airbase around 20 miles west of...
View ArticleGE invests $24m in India’s largest solar energy project
General Electric (GE) is making its debut investment in India’s solar industry with a stake in the nation’s largest solar project. GE Energy Financial Services is investing $24 million (£14.3m) in the...
View Article“Historic” pledge to solar from New York chief
The Governor of New York State has pledge nearly $1 billion (£600m) to a sun power project to boost the state’s solar industry. Called NY-Sun, it’s meant to speed up the process of solar becoming...
View ArticleSunny lessons from school solar project
Twenty schools around the UK are getting a helping hand to bring a little sunshine into their schoolrooms. Renewable electricity firm Good Energy announced today it is backing a project which helps...
View ArticleSolar funding cap is “positive” move for cash-strapped times
A cap on funding for solar panel projects which disappointed many has been greeted more practically by one firm in the solar supply chain. Larger solar projects won’t get cash from the renewable...
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