News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Reviewing The Future Design Of Solar Technology

Solar technology is becoming more and more flat. This applies to household solar panels, industrial solar arrays in the desert; Solar panels are literally defined by its flat shape. Yet, solar panels do not need to be flat. In our natural world, practically nothing is flat and therefore why should solar panels continue to have [...]

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Renewable Energy Companies Struggling (Solar Companies)

Europe’s three largest renewable companies said that they are being badly hit by the fall in price caused by over-supply and insignificant government incentives. The same has been said by renewable companies in the United States and in China. Renewable energy companies around the globe have been hit by a mix of high inventories and [...]

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UN Report: Renewable Energy Can Provide 80 % of Global Energy Needs by 2050

According to a recent report from United Nations, renewable sources (wind, hydropower and solar) can power 80 percent of the global energy needs by 2050. However, the right policies need to be in placed to make this happen. Environmental group such as Greenpeace said that the findings were even underestimated due to strong opposition from [...]

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Hybrid Solar System Harnessing Thermal & Thermoelectric Power

A new approach to the use of sun energy was developed at MIT. Two researchers are trying to get both thermal and electric energy at the same time out of a hybrid thermoelectric system. The journal Solar Energy has recently published a paper signed by Evelyn Wang, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and [...]

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The Solar Industry Might Struggle – Feed-in Tariff Being Cut

Are the subsidies cuts, levied by the government, out reduce the prospects of rapidly expanding solar companies such as Engensa – which is yet in its infant stage? The young owners of the company share with us insights into the model which they are working on, in a bid to keep Engensa up and running. [...]

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One of EU’s leading Photovoltaic power Companies Is Buying Solar Technology from Emerson

Recently, one of EU’s largest solar-energy developers awarded a long-term contract to Emerson to provide power inverter technology. Emerson’s contract with Euro Projects, makes them the supplier of utility-scale inverters for two very large solar power plants situated in Villaperuccio in Sardinia, Italy. The power inverters provided by Emerson, converts DC current generated from solar [...]

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Europe & MEAN Building New Science & Energy Alliance: DESERTEC – Solution For Energy Stability

Germany, Tunisia and Morocco along with their governments have both openly acknowledged and supported the concept of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries fulfilling their constantly rising demand for energy by using the intensive sun. They have to generate solar power on a huge scale. Additionally, Europe would import the extra energy generated by [...]

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Breakthrough CSP Desalination Plant in Cyprus

An astounding research energy programme on a CSP (concentrated solar power) plant for desalination launched by CYPRUS is catching the eye of the global population. This just might be the solution for Cyprus’s water and energy-related issues. British Science Museum says that the programme is capable of generating as much as 5 million more litres [...]

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Changing Energy Trends Across The Globe: Overview Australia

Recently, chief, Dan Hansen from Repower Australia, concluded that Australia will only be able to support a maximum of three or four turbine manufacturers in the years to come. Hansen spoke to Climate Spectator about the aggressive and cut throat competition in Australian market. A challenge which has evolved due to competitors bidding for contracts, [...]

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DOE Granting Funds to Innovative Research Projects for Alternative Energy

US is recovering lost terrain in the battle for technological supremacy in electricity production, transport and storage. One-hundred and six million dollars were recently awarded by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, for financing some 60 projects aiming to revolutionize a series of new technologies that would bring the US in the forefront [...]

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