Solar power has proven to be the solution needed by flower farmers in Kenya to support their energy-intensive businesses. These projects including Kenya’s first floating solar power plant are in line with the Kenyan government’s aim to use sustainable sources of electricity, especially in rural areas. Grace Nyachae who runs a fair-trade flower farm called […]
State signs renewable energy MOU with German company
PANAJI: The state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German-based Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for developing a state energy plan and 100% renewable energy roadmap for Goa under the Indo-German program on Access to Energy n Rural Areas. Aimed at creating a strategic unit to develop, maintain and […]
Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Set to Fund Solar Expansion in Africa
Canadian Solar Inc. CSIQ recently signed a strategic partnership agreement with Berlin-based SolarWorX in an attempt to improve electric supply to approximately 1.2 billion people who are still living without a stable grid connection. The partnership will mostly serve the citizens residing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Per the deal terms, Canadian Solar — as the lead […]
Saudi Arabia Wants to Pioneer Carbon-Capture Tech: Energy Update
Saudi Arabia will play its part in the global fight against climate change by pushing new technologies and ramping up its solar power capacity, the kingdom’s energy minister said. Lawmakers and industry executives from around the world have gathered virtually for the government-backed German Energy Transition Dialogue 2021. While the Saudis are promoting tech, politicians […]
German steel giant Thyssenkrupp plans 500MW green hydrogen plant
German industrial engineering and steel production giant Thyssenkrupp will work with German energy company Steag are planning a 500MW hydrogen electrolysis plant intended to power steel production. The HydrOxy Hub Walsum project is expected to be connected to the grid and producing green, renewable-powered hydrogen by as soon as 2025. Set to be built in […]
BMW is the first in the world to use aluminum produced with solar energy
Aluminum production is a very energy-intensive activity, which means that the greenhouse gas emissions are prohibitively high for every ton of this metal produced. Solar energy will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels for aluminum production. First, to this experience, it has joined the company BMW, aluminum for machines which will produce the plant and solar power […]
German Startup’s Solar-Electric Car Can Recharge During a Sunny Drive
German startup Sono Motors is showing off a solar-electric vehicle that can recharge when driven in daylight. The Sion looks like a minivan, but the black exterior is covered with 248 polymer solar panels that absorb energy from the sun. As a result, the panels can recharge the car when it’s parked outside or on the move. […]
Vietnam and Thailand attract German solar energy funds
A German crowd investing platform for green energy is looking to further expand in Southeast Asia after most recently acquiring a Thai solar project. Ecoligo bought SEA Rooftop Solar, the Thai solar subsidiary of German utility giant RWE, in December. With the deal, whose price has not been disclosed, Ecoligo obtained SEA’s only project, a […]
German Startup The Mobility House Stakes Claim on US EV Charging Market
Electrification projects like its St. Louis electric bus charging contract “are possible everywhere.” The U.S. electric fleet charging market is small but growing, just like domestic EV adoption. But the competition is heating up. German startup The Mobility House launched in 2009 to figure out dynamic charging for electric fleets, the kind that use enough […]
BMW moves engine production to Britain as German plants go electric
Factories across the globe are clamouring for investment into next-generation cars as electric vehicles gain traction with consumers and as governments hasten the demise of the combustion engine. FRANKFURT : BMW on Wednesday said it will retool its German factories to build electric cars and components and shift manufacturing of combustion engines to plants in […]