Originally published on Solar Love. One of the largest tech companies in the world, Apple, will be constructing a $2 billion data “command center” powered entirely by renewable energy in Mesa, Arizona, according to recent reports. The very large data center is set to be built at a 1.3 million-square-foot … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. A new world record conversion efficiency for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar photovoltaic cells was recently achieved by researchers at First Solar’s Research & Development Center in Perrysburg, Ohio. The new record of 21.5% efficiency was verified and certified at the Newport Corporation’s Technology and Applications Center … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The much-anticipated 2017 Chevy Bolt will enter into production just 20 months from now, in October 2016, according to a pair of unnamed supplier sources. According to the sources, the +200-miles-per-charge electric vehicle (EV) will go into production at the “underused” GM production plant in … [continued]
Solid Energy, a Boston-based startup, recently said it has developed battery materials that have 200% greater energy density. The company has created an “anode-less” battery prototype with 1200 Wh/L in energy density. Some lithium-ion batteries with graphite anodes provide less than 600 Wh/L. A thin sheet of lithium foil was … [continued]
The first utility-scale solar energy project in the whole of East Africa — Gigawatt Global’s 8.5 megawatt (MW) solar project at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village — is now online. The completion of the project boosted Rwanda’s total electric grid capacity by ~6%. The project represents the first instance of a … [continued]
The prominent solar power company Canadian Solar will be acquiring the North American solar energy developer Recurrent Energy from Sharp Corporation for ~$265 million, according to recent reports. A definitive agreement for the acquisition has already been entered. Once completed, Canadian Solar’s total solar energy project pipeline will surge by 4.0–8.5 … [continued]
The first-ever announcement of a national divestment move — the government of Norway’s decision to divest from coal — represents a giant step in the fossil fuel shutoff movement. Last June, the UN urged Norway to shut down its coal mining operations on the Svalbard Arctic archipelago. The nation has just trumped that request. … [continued]
The Saudi Arabia solar profile is set for boom times, even as the country’s powerful petro-muscles feel the strain of the global oil price crash.
Originally published on 1Sun4All. In less than 3 weeks, the First Round-The-World Solar Flight is scheduled to depart Abu Dhabi. This adventure is a way for Bertrand Piccard, President and initiator, and André Borschberg, CEO and co-founder — the 2 pilots of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) — to demonstrate how pioneering spirit, innovation, and clean technologies can change the world. … [continued]
The new chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, William C Fox, will apparently be continuing the association’s “Get the Facts” publicity campaign — based on comments made by the new chairman during an interview with the industry trade journal Ward’s Auto. While it’s hard to say if that publicity … [continued]
