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…
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EU ‘asleep at the wheel’ as China and US race ahead in renewables
In the next five years, the European Union will fall behind the US and China in the deployment of renewables, according to the International Energy…
Solar Impulse keeps pushing
A World Alliance for Clean Technologies: it is the latest bold project launched by the Solar Impulse Foundation. The idea, presented in Marrakesh during the…
The solar voyager
While Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered by solar energy is reaching the end of its journey around the World, another “eco” international industrial enterprise…
Time to Revalue Solar
New York Utilities and Solar Companies Jointly Revalue Grid-Exported Distributed Generation to Support Solar Growth On April 18, 2016, a coalition of New York State electric utilities…
The solar road in the Netherlands is working even better than expected
The Netherlands made headlines last year when it built the world’s first solar road – an energy-harvesting bike path paved with glass-coated solar panels. Now,…
MegaCell launches solar water purification system based on reverse osmosis
MegaCell Engineering, the leading Italian Company focused on Smart Energy System and owned by Mega Group, launched the recently patented SSD (Solar Smart Solar…
Combine solar thermal energy with biomass gasification for natural gas substitute
Even at historically low natural gas prices, bioenergy may not be out of the running — it just may need a little help from the…
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…