Ohio bill would ban new large solar and wind projects for up to three years
by Kathiann M. Kowalski, Energy News Network December 1, 2020 The bill’s sponsors voted last year to gut state clean energy standards while subsidizing nuclear…
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Floating solar panels on 1% of reservoirs ‘could double’ Africa’s hydropower capacity
Chile aims to become a green hydrogen powerhouse
Can railways be fully solar-powered?
How electrification can supercharge the energy transition
Investment in renewable power in India topped fossil fuels for the first time in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
How land under solar panels can contribute to food security
India’s enormous solar power plan: Is it for real?
The world at a tipping point (Solar: Part 3)
How solar progress progresses (Solar: Part 2)
This is part 2 of a three part series. See here for part 1 and part 3. We have one really good tool for predicting…
Experts have massively underestimated solar. Why? (Solar: Part 1)
This is part 1 of a three part series. In 2016 the joists undergirding our carbon-fueled energy system shuddered and flexed. But in the US,…
Morocco is building a giant thermosolar farm in the Sahara Desert
An amazing transformation has taken place on the dunes below Morocco’s sun-blasted High Atlas mountains. Against the yellow sand thousands of curved mirrors, each taller…
UNIST Hits New World Efficiency Record with Perovskite Solar Cells
Professor Sang-Il Seok of Energy and Chemical Engineering hits new world efficiency record (22.1%) with PSCs. Their findings appeared in the prestigious journal, Science consecutively….
The Chinese Solar revolution
If we were convinced to have made the most of the sun’s energy, it was because we had not yet thought of turning a dismantled…
California Grid Smashes Record, Gets 67% of Energy From Renewables
CALIFORNIA LEADING THE WAY On May 13, 2017, California smashed through another renewable energy milestone as its largest grid, controlled by the California Independent System…
Europe’s climate policy goals hinge on renewables, solar power
The Paris Agreement on climate change is an international commitment that can only be kept by the European Union if effective, consistent policy drives the…