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World nations failing the poorest on energy goals: study

May 22, 2019 Anand Gupta

More than 150 million people are gaining access to electricity every year, reducing the ranks of those who live without power, but this is not enough to meet global development goals, according to a report released Wednesday. Furthermore, efforts to cut pollution from cooking food and promote renewable power for heat and transportation are likewise […]

Lithium Ion Batteries

Self-repairing batteries could soon become a reality

May 18, 2019 Anand Gupta

Engineers at the University of Tokyo have developed a material which could give more life and higher capacities to batteries. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. Atsuo Yamada and his team demonstrated that if the battery is made with a model material – oxygen redox-layered oxide (Na2RuO3) – something remarkable happens. Not […]

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Novel low-cost material can harness solar energy efficiently: Study

May 17, 2019 Anand Gupta

Scientists have developed a new material that can make solar cells more affordable and efficient, an advance that may allow us to better utilise the most abundant renewable energy. The study, published in the journal Science, describes the new material called a tandem perovskite solar cell which could be used in full-sized solar panels in […]

Renewable Energy

Energy investment reaches $1.8 trillion in 2018: IEA

May 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

Global energy investment totalled more than $1.8 trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017 — ending three consecutive years of decline. Capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply increased, while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. The power sector attracted more investment than […]

India

Burden of relief: The cost of letting captive plants off green power grid

May 14, 2019 Anand Gupta

The Union government’s decision to exempt captive power plants from meeting renewable energy targets will upset India’s climate change mitigation plan As India hopes to meet the target of 175 gigawatt (GW) renewable energy installation capacity by 2022, as part of its climate change mitigation plan, a misguided step may upset the apple cart at […]

India

Chandigarh holds on to the dream of becoming a solar city

May 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

Of the 7,000 households identified as potential candidates in Chandigarh, 1,500 have commissioned their SRTs. And another 5,000 odd households are in the process of installing The Union Territory of Chandigarh has extended its deadline for mandatory installations of solar rooftop (SRT) systems to June 30, 2019 — second such extension. The SRT obligations, presented […]

Asia - Pacific

ADB’s Clean Agenda: CSOs call against fueling dirty energy and coal investments

May 4, 2019 Anand Gupta

This year’s 52nd Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Governors’ Meeting is being held in Nadi, Fiji. Similar to its neighboring countries in the Pacific, Fiji is on the brink of suffering from the severe impacts of climate change despite its low global carbon emissions. The location of the Annual Meeting intensifies the compelling clamor from […]

Europe & UK

UPDATE 1-Turkey’s energy sector has $12-13 bln of problem loans – Garanti Bank executive

May 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s energy sector has $12-13 billion worth of loans that require restructuring, out of a total of $70 billion, lender Garanti Bank’s deputy managing director Ebru Edin said on Thursday. Last month, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak unveiled a plan to transfer some of the banking sector’s problem loans to off- balance-sheet funds, two of […]

Electric Vehicles

Drax drives into electric vehicle market with business advice service

April 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

UK energy firm to offer bespoke EV energy services to companies looking to switch to battery-powered fleets Drax Group is making its first foray into the burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market with the launch today of a new service to help businesses looking to make the switch to battery-powered fleets. The UK energy supplier said […]

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Coffee compound may boost solar cells performance

April 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

Caffeine — a chemical found in tea and coffee — can help make traditional silicon solar cells more efficient at converting light to electricity, a study has found. The research, published 25 in the journal Joule, may enable this cost-effective renewable energy technology to compete on the market with silicon solar cells. The idea began […]

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