British village gets solar battery boost in green energy trial By Magdalena Mis LONDON, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Villagers in northern England may soon see their electricity bills slashed by as much as 50 per cent in a pilot project allowing them to use solar power around the clock. In a 250,000 pound […]
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Tourist business gives hope to Maasai girls By Benson Rioba LAIKIPIA, Kenya, Jan 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the late evening, Eunice Kaparo and Rosemary Nenini finish up their daily cleaning routine in the modern Maasai dwellings, or manyattas, owned by the Twala women’s group. “This is elephant dung – they destroyed trees last
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Panasonic shifting into self-driving technology OSAKA, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp aims to extend its partnership with electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc beyond batteries and into self-driving technology, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to shift its focus to the automotive business. The electronics maker has placed automotive applications at the centre of a growth
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Hydrostor capital costs between $1,000-$2,000 per kilowatt By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Canadian underwater energy storage company Hydrostor is eyeing $1 billion of contracts to replace decommissioned U.S. peak power plants in the next two or three years, its chief executive said. So-called “peakers,” electrical generators which are turned on only when demand
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Shell, Statoil qualify for US offshore wind leasing round LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell has been shortlisted by the U.S. government to make a bid for an offshore wind project licence in the waters off North Carolina, as it comes under pressure from shareholders to diversify into green energy. Shell, as well
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Biogas plant meets power needs of 5,000-6,000 rural homes By Geoffrey Kamadi NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A commercial farm in Kenya has become Africa’s first electricity producer powered by biogas to sell surplus electricity to the national grid, cutting the carbon emissions associated with oil-powered generation. The Gorge Farm Energy Park in
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Battery storage significant development in power sector transformation By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Germany’s power grid industry will expand big electricity battery storage capacity more than three-fold this year to 200 megawatts (MW) from 60 MW, German advisory group Team Consult said in a study of the new business area. Battery
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New York wind project could power 1.25 million homes Jan 12 (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo this week proposed to develop up to 2,400 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind power by 2030 capable of powering 1.25 million homes as the state seeks to lead the nation in renewable energy production. The offshore wind proposal
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Market issues driving investment in energy storage around the world BOULDER, Colo.-A new white paper from Navigant Research examines five major trends and the related market forces expected to shape the future of the energy storage industry in 2016 and beyond. The global energy storage industry reached significant milestones in 2015, and momentum is expected
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Wind, sun could eclipse fossil fuels for electric power by 2030 The United States could slash greenhouse gas emissions from power production by up to 78 per cent below 1990 levels within 15 years while meeting increased demand, according to a new study by NOAA and University of Colorado Boulder researchers. The study used a
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