Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse says the 4th stopover in the round-the-world attempt will be in Myanmar, Mandalay, where Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) will be grounded for three days. Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar and the last royal capital of Burma, will give the team warm, dry days with an abundance of sunshine to charge the solar cells on … [continued]
ACWA Power, together with Masdar, has joined a long list of international renewable energy project developers entering into agreements with the Egyptian government to set up large-scale solar power capacity. According to reports, the Egyptian government has signed agreements with a number of project developers to set up at least 6.5 … [continued]
One of the top developers of luxury rental properties in Manhattan — Glenwood — will soon be adding a full megawatt of distributed energy storage systems to its network of properties in the New York City area, according to a recent press release sent to CleanTechnica. The energy storage systems — which are expected … [continued]
Expanding upon its $1.5 million LED-lighting commitment to the Habitat for Humanity initiative, Cree will now be offering its new Cree LED Bulb to the noted home-building program. Since Cree’s commitment began back in 2010, more than 3000 homes constructed by Habitat for Humanity have used the company’s ENERGY STAR … [continued]
If you never heard of MAX phase before join the club, but MAX phase could be the key to a new generation of lithium-sulfur batteries for electric vehicles.
For all the renewable energy champions pointing to hydrogen as our best fuel for our future, an equal number of naysayers are more than willing to join in the debate. In a 2006 article on PhysOrg, writer Lisa Zyga referred to a study by fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel, who concluded … [continued]
South Africa’s largest pension fund has announced investments worth $1.8 billion in two concentrated solar power projects allocated to developers under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme auction. Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has announced that it will take a 20% stake each in two CSP projects with an investment … [continued]
Sweden-based Sol Voltaics has announced that it has doubled the previous world record for photovoltaic (PV) conversion efficiency using a gallium-arsenide (GaAs) nanowire array (NWA). The company’s 1-sun conversion efficiency of 15.3% in a GaAs NWA solar cell was reportedly verified by an independent source, Fraunhofer-ISE, the largest solar research … [continued]
New research out of the Carnegie Institute for Science has concluded that the amount of energy that could be generated from solar systems constructed on and around existing infrastructure in California is five times that currently demanded by the state. In short, the study conclusively proves that it is possible … [continued]
A new app for Tesla drivers, recently unveiled in the Netherlands, keeps track of current electricity prices (by communicating directly with the country’s energy exchange) and controls the charge speed of the battery to thereby charge at the lowest available price. The new app, dubbed Eneco SmartCharging, was also designed specifically to … [continued]
