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The African Development Bank and International Solar Alliance are joining forces to scale up solar energy in Africa. Their goal is to develop 10,000 MW of solar power systems across the sunshine-rich Sahel. As...
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley have made a major breakthrough by developing windows that automatically tint on a sunny day and which can also convert the sunlight into electricity. Elke Bunge reports....
The name Chernobyl conjures up images of one of the worst nuclear disasters. But if the Ukrainian government has anything to say about it, Chernobyl will soon be associated with solar energy. A Ukrainian-German...
China has opened a 1-kilometre stretch of solar motorway near Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in east China. The road can generate 1 million kW hours of electricity in one year. The...
The oil and gas firm BP will invest $200 million over three years into Lightsource, Europe’s largest solar development company. The investment will fund Lightsource’s worldwide growth plans. Lightsource and BP announced that they...
The cement giant LafargeHolcim teamed up with the thin-solar film company Heliatek to develop an energy-generating concrete façade that is capable of producing double the energy generated by roof-based solar systems. It took two...
Severe air pollution in China is blocking light from the sun, significantly reducing the country’s solar energy potential, according to research from Princeton University. China aims to meet 10 per cent of its electricity...
Dutch investors are putting £160 million into a UK renewable energy scheme to help install rooftop solar panels for social housing tenants across England the Wales. A UK initiative to provide some of the...
Researchers at Stanford University have designed a new solar cell inspired by the compound eyes of insects. The design could help them overcome a major obstacle to the development of solar panels based on...
A Singapore-based solar energy company is developing a decentralized energy system that will allow homeowners who produce their own energy to sell it to their neighbours. The twist: it will be based on a...
DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser launched a new program this week that aims to install solar panels on the homes of nearly 300 low-income residents. The panels will save the families nearly USD 600 a...
The site of an unfinished nuclear power plant is getting new life as a solar farm. The site was abandoned in the 1980s due to falling energy demand and prices. Birdseye Renewable Energy partnered...
A new 50 MW solar farm has been connected to the grid in northwestern China. The catch: shaped like a panda bear, it not only produces green energy but is also part of a...
The 8th St.Gallen Forum for Management of Renewable Energies (REMforum), which took place last week in Switzerland, provided an ideal platform to discuss pressing questions with the movers and shakers of the energy transition...
In September 2017, member Norbert N. Vasen will launch the business Togethenergy in Switzerland. It aims to support renewable energy cooperatives, so that citizens will be able to generate renewable energy with their own...
Indian train platforms and stations could soon be lit up with solar panels and LEDs, greening the railway network while providing increased safety to passengers and homeless migrants alike. Solar lighting is on its...
E.ON and Google are entering into a partnership to expand the use of solar energy by developing a platform based on Google Maps and machine learning technology to calculate the solar potential of buildings...
Albuquerque is to install over USD 25 million worth of solar projects on the city’s buildings. The announcement marks the first phase in the goal of generating 25 per cent of city’s energy use...
Renewable energy sources could be cheaper than fossil fuels within just ten years, making the transition to a 100 per cent renewable energy future by mid-century is feasible, according to a UN-backed report. 2016...
Renewable energy could be a cost-effective solution for Africa’s energy demands, according to a study from the US energy department’s Berkeley Lab. Wind and solar are cheaper than hydropower or fossil fuels in many...
