Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Helen Marks and Bianca Wachtel Last week, as the world’s leading maritime players gathered in Oslo for the 50th Nor-Shipping conference, Norsepower Oy Ltd. shared the successful trial of its Rotor Sail Solution, a wind propulsion technology for maritime ships. Verified by ship design … [continued]
A new conversion efficiency world record for black silicon solar cells was recently set by researchers at the University of Aalto in Finland. The new record of 22.1% conversion efficiency marks a nearly 4% increase in efficiency — which was achieved by addressing (to some degree) one of the primary … [continued]
It doesn’t mean we can all breathe a sigh of relief about climate change, but last week over 6,500 people, including 2,800 reps of 187 governments, significantly redefined a global approach to regional and world disasters. Following the recent UN climate meeting pattern of late nights and a lengthy (30-hour) bargaining session … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. The European market for renewable energy, documented with Guarantees of Origin, increased by 26.5 % in 2014 compared to 2013. For the first time, the demand surpassed 300 TWh, according to statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB). This is nearly one tenth of all … [continued]
ABB has won an order to build a cable system that will integrate the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark to the national mainland grid, an order worth over $100 million. Based in Zurch and a self-proclaimed “leader in power and automation technologies,” ABB will lay … [continued]
Many critics of wind energy have pointed to the apparent physical impact wind turbines have on the hearing as one reason to cut down on wind turbine development. A number of studies have disproved the idea that living in close proximity to wind farms has an impact on human health, … [continued]
This year’s WWF Earth Hour City Challenge now has its finalists, as revealed in a recent press release from the organization. These 44 finalist cities, selected from all around the world, have been chosen due to their actions in building “a sustainable and safe energy future.” 2015 will mark the … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Sonja van Renssen and Hughes Belin Vattenfall’s CEO Magnus Hall likens the selling of its lignite operations in Germany to Eon’s recent split in two. “The problem we needed to solve was the CO2 issue,” says Hall in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. The … [continued]
The world’s first flight powered with a “green diesel” hybrid jet fuel was recently successfully completed by Boeing, according to a recent press statement. This first test flight was completed using the company’s ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane, and a 15% green-diesel/85% petroleum jet-fuel mix (in the left engine). The … [continued]
The global nuclear energy industry is facing an increasingly uncertain future according to the International Energy Agency’s recent World Energy Outlook 2014 — owing to a number of different coalescing factors. These factors — economic uncompetitiveness, lack of public confidence, massive subsidy reliance, changing government policy, “financing in liberalized markets,” … [continued]
