solar power
Right now we’re seeing a glut of solar panels in the market largely due to an increase in Chinese manufacturers being able to produce panels a lot faster and cheaper than their more established European counterparts thanks to a flood of local Chinese investment in the industry.
The recent uptake of solar and wind energy across South Australia has forced the State’s pricing regulator to reassess wholesale electricity costs, recommending an 8.1% cut to power bills.
When its new solar panel factory in Portland, Oregon, opened for operation last week, Solopower, based in San Jose, California, qualified for a $197 million government loan guarantee.
The flush toilet so many of us know so well is in fact out-dated technology. That, and the fact that they are “are irrelevant, impractical and impossible for 40 per cent of the global population, because they often don't have access to water, sewers, electricity and sewage treatment systems" is why Bill Gates has offered up cash for their re-invention.
Human beings use different kinds of energy for different purposes all over the planet every hour of the day and night.
The March 11, 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster has precipitated a world of change in Japan's nuclear power industry.
DuPont, the leading U.S. chemical maker, and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., a top Chinese PV panel manufacturer, reached a $100 million deal this week with the goal of boosting supplies of solar-energy materials and promoting broader adoption of solar energy worldwide.
Internet giant Google and leveraged buyout specialists Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) have signed an agreement to purchase four photovoltaic power plants in California from PV project developer Recurrent Energy, a Sharp subsidiary.
Stocks were up nearly 2% in mid-afternoon trading for TransCanada Corporation after the company announced its entrance into the the solar photovoltaic (PV) generation market.
On Tuesday, the U.S Department of Interior (DOI) approved two utility-scale renewable energy projects to be built on public lands.
