Source: Mizzima olar power for off-grid rural populations is to be set up by SPCG Public Company Ltd., The Bangkok Post reported last week. “Electricity supply in Myanmar is falling short of demand that has grown rapidly.” said the Thai energy company’s chairwoman Wandee Khunchornyakong to the newspaper. “The country’s […]
Source: Clean Technica Utility companies can benefit considerably from the utilization of concentrating solar power (CSP) and available energy storage methods, a new study from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found. Solar thermal power plant tower by afloresm (some rights reserved) A CSP that possesses a 6-hour […]
(MENAFN – Arab News) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced an ambitious goal of reaching 41GW of solar power generation capacity by 2032 (25GW of concentrated solar power (CSP) and 16GW of Photovoltaic (PV). A 9GW wind energy capacity is also being envisaged. Building up energy generation capacity will […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&contentId=tech/2012/11/16/orig-ideas-future-battery.cnn CNN) — What if we could use solar energy when the sun has set, or wind energy when the air is calm? Donald Sadoway is working on a way […]
Source: BBC As fuel costs spiral, powering aircraft with sunlight might seem like an attractive option. But is a solar powered plane feasible? It is easy to see the appeal […]
Source: NY Times The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday that it would impose tariffs on solar panels imported from China after concluding that the Chinese government provided illegal export subsidies to manufacturers there. The tariffs were smaller, at 2.9 to 4.73 percent, than some American industry executives had expected. At […]