Conditions within the energy industry have changed significantly in recent years. The increased cost of natural gas have made this an expensive source of power, while concern about global warming and the introduction of limits on CO2 emissions will have a profound effect on the use of coal in power generation at least in the [...]
Turkey is drafting legislation to require owners of homes and businesses that install solar energy panels or batteries to cover 10 percent their consumption and meet the standards of the European Union, Milliyet said today.
Turkey could produce 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, Soner Aksoy, chairman of the Parliament’s Committee for Industry, Commerce, [...]
Today during the We Campaign, Al Gore challenged the United States to generate 100% of its energy from renewable sources within 10 years. While it is interesting to read the full speech, which has more than 10 pages in length (source here in English), here the most relevant public discourse and that have nothing to [...]
The Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Mitsubishi, and Tokki Corporation have developed a smart way to integrate solar cells into our lives, making them a little more friendly for the eyes. Meet the new leaves in a technological version of the plants home.
The unit is a plant similar to a main [...]
Recently, Nanosolar main manager Martin Roschein suggested “short term” plans for residential solar energy for the thin film initiative:
“For those who are disappointed that our first product is not for residential owners, we can ensure we have a fabulous residential solution on our map of travel in the short term – one that led [...]
From the moment that the earth was formed, it is the solar energy, and since the 7th century BC, when glass is used to magnify its potential, human beings have tried to capture it. Today, the technology takes more to generate electricity, heating, lighting, etc … but the point is the same, using the sun [...]
The collection of solar energy is produced in the atmosphere, oceans and plants on Earth. The interactions of the sun’s energy, oceans and atmosphere, for example, produce winds, used for centuries to move mills. The existing wind power systems using propellers produce electricity for local use or for specialized feeding the power grid of a [...]
China Technology Development Group Corporation has signed an initial contract with the local government of Qinghai Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Region for the construction and operation of a 30MW on-grid solar power plant at a cost of US$150 million. Construction is expected to start sometime in 2009 and has a targeted capacity of 1GW, according to [...]