Undersea air bags store wind power The University of Nottingham is busy trying to find ways to store wind energy. What its researchers have come … Storing excess wind energyRead more
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More than 1.1 million people
More than 1.1 million people have jobs in Europe’s renewable energy sector, according to new figures released from EurObserv’ER, a renewable energy tracking project supported … More than 1.1 million peopleRead more
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Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency Record
Semprius, a startup that makes minuscule solar cells capable of capturing concentrated sunlight without costly cooling systems, announced this week that it had made the … Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency RecordRead more
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Solar Tulip
With a 35 meter high sun-ray collection tower and about 50 mirrors positioned to direct the sun, Israel’s AORA is about to flip the switch … Solar TulipRead more
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Wind Power Market Rose 41 Gigawatts in 2011
The global wind power market rose 6 percent to 41 gigawatts last year, led by China, which captured more than two-fifths of the total, the … Wind Power Market Rose 41 Gigawatts in 2011Read more
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Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels
A national study showed that job creation in clean energy outdoes fossil fuels by a margin of 3-to-1 — every dollar put into clean energy … Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuelsRead more
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An excellent simple innnovation from solar industry
UK renewables company Naked Energy has invented Virtu, a hybrid solar panel that simultaneously heats water and generates electricity. The technology, developed by Naked Energy’s … An excellent simple innnovation from solar industryRead more
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Sun shining after sunset
Two identical 50 megawatt solar thermal plants are now up and running in Spain, each sending enough clean power to the grid to power over … Sun shining after sunsetRead more
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Coal has no effect on electricity price
Contrary to coal industry spin, coal is not the cheapest resource for electricity generation — and it is only becoming more expensive, according to a … Coal has no effect on electricity priceRead more
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100 megawatt-hours (MWh) of tidal power
A prototype installed on the subsea at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) off the Orkney Islands in Scotland is the first tidal turbine to … 100 megawatt-hours (MWh) of tidal powerRead more