As we move away from fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy to tackle climate change, the need for new ways to capture and store energy becomes increasingly important. Lancaster University researchers studying a crystalline material have discovered it has properties that allow it to capture energy from the sun. The energy can be stored […]
10700 MW Solar Power Projects To Be Installed In UP By 2022, Says CM Yogi Adityanath
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India]: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that 10700 Mega Watts (MW) solar power projects will be installed in Uttar Pradesh by 2022. Adityanath was attending the Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo Invest 2020 (3rd Re-Invest) on Friday. “The Chief Minister said that Uttar Pradesh is moving ahead […]
KENYA : East Africa Data Centre soon to be powered by solar energy
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) and Mettle Solar have just released US$1.2 million (over 130.6 million Kenyan shillings) to develop a solar project at the East Africa Data Centre (EADC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The solar photovoltaic system will have a capacity of 1 MWp. East Africa Data Centre (EADC) located in Nairobi will soon be equipped […]
XSD Partners with NEFIN to Power Up Its Plant with Solar Energy in Malaysia
HONG KONG, CHINA : Integrated papermaking specialist, XSD International Paper Sdn Bhd (“XSD”) announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with NEFIN Group (“NEFIN”). The PPA was signed at a signing ceremony held at NEFIN’s office at Penang where XSD was represented by its President, Ms. Joyce Shi ChenYe (施晨燁), NEFIN […]
Solar energy meets South Australia’s total demand
CANBERRA : South Australia (SA) has achieved a global milestone with 100 percent of the state’s energy coming from solar panels for over an hour. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) revealed on Sunday that for over an hour on Oct. 11 all of SA was entirely powered by the sun. “This is truly a […]
Garanti BBVA strengthens its solar energy service offering with Başarı Enerji
Garanti BBVA Leasing has decided to join forces with Başarı Enerji by signing a partnership agreement that will allow it to offer agile, flexible and personalized financial solutions, with attractive terms and highly competitive prices. “This partnership agreement with Garanti BBVA Leasing will help us provide strong financial support to investors in solar energy projects, […]
EDITORIAL: Red tape puts solar energy at risk
Developing green energy is one of the major industry policies that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) pledged when she started her first term in office in 2016. Based on the Tsai administration’s guidelines, renewable energy is to make up 20 percent of the nation’s total power generation in 2025 and solar power is to have the […]
Vietnam govt says needs $133.3 bln for power projects by 2030
Of the total, $96 billion is needed to build new power plants and $37.3 billion to expand its power grid, the government said in a statement on its website HANOI: Vietnam will need to invest up to $133.3 billion in new power plants and transmission networks over the next decade to meet the country’s rising […]
Promoting Solar Energy in Eritrea
Globally, the use of solar power as an alternative source of energy is growing. In Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ghana and South Africa are leading in their extensive use of solar energy. Morocco is home to Africa’s biggest solar plant, Noor Solar Complex, and South Africa hosts eight of the ten largest solar plants in Africa. […]
Storage gives boost to solar energy
The latest concentrated solar power projects, combined with energy storage, promise to make a significant contribution to the renewable energy effort. Concentrated solar technology systems use mirrors or lenses with tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. These innovations, however, are far from new. In fact, legend has it, […]
