Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has won a state subsidy to move forward its project to produce hydrogen using solar power generation in Kofu city, Yamanashi prefecture. Tepco and other six firms including petrochemical producer Toray, shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen, German engineering firm Siemens, compression device engineering Kaji Technology, boiler engineering Miura Industries and battery […]
KENYA: Boreal Inaugurates a New Solar-Powered Water Desalination System – EQ Mag Pro
The German start-up Boreal Light is inaugurating new water desalination plants installed in several public structures on the southern coast of Kenya, bordering Tanzania. The installation is powered by solar energy. New drinking water kiosks designed by Boreal Light supply a school, a mosque, a vocational training centre, a tailoring shop and oil extraction facilities […]
UCLA Engineering Club Builds Solar-Powered Homes For Jordanian Refugee Camp – EQ Mag Pro
Top view of a Jerash Refugee Camp home before Design Create Solar members updated its roof and a new roof with photovoltaic panels A group of UCLA students and recent graduates have brought safe and low-cost housing to refugees in Jordan by harnessing the power of the sun. The student organization, Design Create Solar, brings […]
EGYPT: $2.5Bn to Build 17 Solar-Powered Desalination Plants – EQ Mag Pro
The Egyptian Sovereign Wealth Fund (Egypt Fund) will sign new financial partnerships worth $2.5 billion by 2025. The funds will be used to build 17 new seawater desalination plants to supply drinking water to Egyptians. The future plants will run on solar energy. There is no end to the initiatives to improve the supply of […]
Kerala: Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Points to Come Up At Malls – EQ Mag Pro
KOCHI: Aiming to tap non-conventional energy to run electric vehicles, Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (Anert) is going to install solar-based electric vehicle charging stations at hotel and mall premises in the state. The move will thereby reduce the dependency on hydropower for charging vehicles. The agency received administrative sanction from the government […]
Tamil Nadu Relaxes Rule For Solar-Powered Pump Scheme
Stipulation that farmers withdraw applications for free power has been dropped. The Tamil Nadu government has done away with the stipulation that farmers withdraw their applications for free power connections if they want to get covered under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evem Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), a Central government scheme for installation of solar […]
World’s First Solar-Powered Project to Extract Drinking Water From Thin Air
According to World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 785 million people are still without access to clean, safe drinking water. Several projects are popping up across the world – such as Solar Desalination Skylight, water desalination using solar energy, and more – to solve this issue. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is planning to install […]
JuanWheel: Solar-Powered Bamboo Wheelchair For PWDs
With innovation and Filipino ingenuity in mind, three senior high school students from Angeles City, Pampanga invented the JuanWheel—a solar-powered wheelchair made from local bamboo for persons with disabilities (PWDs). The JuanWheel is an invention that Angeles City Science High School students Williann Pangilinan, Allen Siopongco, and Iñigo Cruz made for the disabled persons lacking […]
Sembcorp Launches Solar-Powered EV Charging Hub
The hub will be opened for public use by 2022. Sembcorp Industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary and waste management business SembWaste, launched Singapore’s first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at its Tuas depot, 20 July. The Sembcorp Green EV Charging Hub, which can charge up to 18 industrial EVs via four-hour fast charging cycles […]
Oman Completes Work on 36 KW Solar-Powered Electric Plant
The solar project features 150 solar panels within 300m2 and It provides electricity by producing around 36KW/hour of alternating current. Majis Industrial Services Company (MISC), an affiliate of Oman Investment Authority, has completed construction work on a solar-powered electricity production plant. The project is located at the Sohar Industrial Port. Electricity production within the renewable […]