While 2014 remained a challenging time for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, it marked an inflection point in the market’s development.
May 20, 2015
Category Archives: Renewable energy generation
May 6, 2015
Wind energy in India
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, is to build two wind farms in India, of 50 MW and 108 MW, under turnkey arrangements for one of the country’s leading independent power producers (IPP).
April 23, 2015
Australia could source 100% of power from renewables by 2050
Australia is well placed to reduce emissions at low cost because the costs of carbon-free technologies such as wind and solar have fallen significantly in recent years.
April 17, 2015
Brazil is building a giant floating solar farm
Generally when you think of solar power, the sun beating down on a dry, dusty desert might come to mind. But in Brazil, a new project will see solar panels installed on a much wetter surface: the surface of a reservoir.
March 11, 2015
Farming Kindergarten
Vietnam historically an agricultural country is facing changes as it moves to a manufacturing based economy, taking its toll on the environment. Increased droughts, floods and salinization jeopardize food supplies, while numerous motorbikes cause daily congestion and air pollution in the cities. Rapid urbanization deprives Vietnamese children of green lands and playgrounds, thus relationship with nature.
March 10, 2015
The Eiffel Tower now generates its own power with new wind turbines
The famous Paris landmark has been fitted with two new wind turbines that generate enough electricity to power the commercial areas of its first floor.
February 27, 2015
Tree Vent, the new wind turbine
One of the biggest criticisms against wind turbines is that they aren’t usually nice to look at, but that may be about to change thanks to the French company NewWind. Their new device, Tree Vent, is an array of vertical wind turbines that look a lot like a tree.
February 19, 2015
Rwanda gets a solar fields
The solar field at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda embraces a big range of causes: it helps the long-term sustainability of the Village, it is good for the environment, it generates local employment and education and it empowers the country with access to electricity – which in itself results in a myriad of benefits for the Rwandan population.
February 11, 2015
Renewable, low-cost electricity from gravity-fed water pipes
The LucidPipeTM Power System from Lucid Energy is a new, water-to-wire energy recovery solution that enables water-intensive industrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed water pipelines and effluent streams.
February 10, 2015
Apple to build $2 billion green data center at failed GTAT sapphire plant
The Arizona facilities associated with Apple’s failed partnership with GT Advanced Technologies will be transformed into a new “global command” data center for the company employing 150 people full-time, thanks to a major $2 billion investment from the iPhone maker.
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