Plans submitted for world’s first tidal energy centre
Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre project location map Plans have been submitted for the world’s first tidal energy centre, proposed for waters off the Isle of…
Renewables
NREL Demonstrates 45.7% Efficiency for Concentrator Solar Cell
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced the demonstration of a 45.7 percent conversion efficiency for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns…
Brazil readies big push on solar energy but companies are wary
Grappling with its worst energy crisis in more than a decade, Brazil is making its first big move to develop a local solar power industry…
True scale of wind industry revealed
Drax, Britain’s largest coal-fired power station, is set to become one of Europe’s biggest renewable electricity generators.