Tag: Solar Energy
Global solar installations set to double by 2021, hit 7% of electricity production – Navigant
Utility-scale solar power now cost-competitive with wind, natural gas, new coal in many markets Constraints to the adoption of solar power generation are set to weaken and accelerators are growing in strength, according to Tyler Ogden, Lux Research analyst, whose recent study forecasts solar installations worldwide to double over the next five years. Worldwide solar […]
Canada needs a national energy strategy yesterday and Trudeau must take lead – Michal C. Moore
Energy technology is changing rapidly, Canada risks being left behind unless it prepares for future with national energy strategy The premiers met last week and one of the topics on the table was the “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which is turning out to be all platitudes and pablum, the typical Canadian approach to contentious policy issues. […]
Clean energy tech brief July 20: Captain Kirk explores the outer reaches of…home solar energy
Also in this brief: Only 1 in 8 US homes uses programmed thermostat with central AC, will there be enough lithium to meet growing battery needs William Shatner joins Save Money, Save the World alliance, switches home to solar power Actor William Shatner, famous for playing Captain Jame T. Kirk on the 1960s Star Trek TV series and […]
Major US corporations biggest customers of renewable energy
Wal-Mart, GM some of the largest users of renewable energy A number of major American corporations, including Wal-Mart Inc and General Motors Co have become some of the biggest consumers of renewable energy and are helping drive growth in the industry. According to a Reuters report, nearly 40 per cent of US wind contracts were […]
First solar powered hospital opened in Syria
Solar powered hospital can run on renewable energy for 24 hours This week, the war-torn country of Syria will open a solar powered hospital which will have uninterrupted power. Project designers are hopeful the facility can save lives and be repeated across the country. In the past six years as a volatile civil war raged […]
Wind and solar wrestling coal into submission in Trump White House
Evolution of the American smart grid, falling costs for wind and solar, will carry the day According to US media reports, the Trump Administration is split over renewable energy. One faction, led by EPA head Scott Pruitt, wants to end subsidies and policy support. The other, led by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, […]
Li-ion battery storage key for utilities adopting wind and solar power
Battery storage improves cost and energy density by about 3% annually – Tim Grejtak, Lux As the global economy electrifies and intermittent renewables gain marketshare, power utilities are increasingly turning to battery storage to stabilize their grids. But which battery storage technologies hold the most promise? A new study from Lux Research says lithium-ion will dominate in the short-term, […]
Enmax preparing for future of Alberta renewable energy
Cost of renewables will drop, fossil fuel costs likely to rise, power grid becomes smarter – Enmax I still refer to this column three years later. Long before Rachel Notley and the NDP assumed power in Alberta (May, 2015), Calgary utility Enmax was already planning to integrate renewables into its power generation mix. Enmax echoes every other […]
Cheap solar ambulances to speed into service in rural Bangladesh
Solar ambulances can bring services to rural areas By Mushfique Wadud DHAKA, Feb 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Inexpensive, solar ambulances that can fit down narrow laneways is set to hit the road in rural Bangladesh this year, its manufacturers say. The three-wheeled van, as well-equipped as ambulances used in Bangladesh’s cities, runs entirely on […]
Solar borehole protects Kenyan herders’ children as drought deepens
Herders’ solar borehole helps protect the lives of thousands of children and animals as a new drought hits By Isaiah Esipisu TURKANA COUNTY, Kenya, Feb 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A borehole dug by herders in a desperate attempt to survive Kenya’s last severe drought has been transformed into a lifeline for thousands of children and […]
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