Originally published on 1Sun4All. I am happy to bring you the news that the inspiring solar-powered ship MS Tûranor PlanetSolar is returning to sea to participate in a new scientific mission. Recent news from the organization says that while she is still docked in Venice, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar is preparing to return to sea … [continued]
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies), this morning. PwC’s sustainability and climate change team says that not only are the … [continued]
The Environmental Evaluation Service of Chile (SEA) recently approved the construction of two solar power plants totaling 181 megawatts (MW). The plants are titled Project Pampa Sur and Project Pampa Norte. They are to be developed in the Antofagasta Province in the Antofogasta region by Igenostrum, a renewable energy developer. Project … [continued]
Sol Voltaics, a Swedish startup company, has received a $6.2 million loan from the Swedish Energy Agency to produce Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) nanowires (SolInk) for use in solar module. This may be bigger than it sounds. Gallium Arsenide is a highly efficient semiconductor material tested in some solar panels which … [continued]
The Chilean Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) has already approved 4 GW of new solar powered projects, and according to a new report published by the Chilean Center for Renewable Energy, the SEA is also currently reviewing another 2.2 GW of solar projects. Chile’s current solar power capacity sits at a … [continued]
An ecologist and an engineer at Michigan State University are working together to create robot fish that can better monitor various factors in aquatic environments. [social_buttons] Combining the brilliance of nature with some top-notch engineering, these two scientists are on to something and getting the funding for it. The researchers … [continued]
