Originally published on Renew Economy. We’ve seen and published many dramatic graphs about the fall in solar, such as this one tracing the fall over the past 30 years and this from Citigroup, but the following graph from investment bank Sanford Bernstein is quite stunning – not just for its simplicity but because … [continued]
Continuing my return to Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week*, here’s another video I’ve been stingily holding on to. Basically, folks from Masdar Institute, IRENA, and other organizations are working on some solar resource mapping for countries in the Middle East (initially, for the UAE; now, for Saudi Arabia). Some initial solar resource mapping … [continued]
I spent most of the weekend covering a bunch of stories I’ve been wanting covered but no one has been able to get to, as well as a few new stories that popped up. Of course, CleanTechnica doesn’t have an infinite budget, which is one key reason I started a … [continued]
The trade association behind the DESERTEC Concept of the same name has said that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is likely to see their renewable energy assets more than double in capacity by the end of 2015. According to Desertec, solar and wind generation capacity will rise … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Angelina Jolie has worked with UNHCR since 2001 — you may read more about her Field Missions here. IKEA is well-known for the company’s sustainability practices and it currently has a campaign to provide solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves in UNHCR refugee camps. It started on February 3 and is running through March … [continued]
I think the piece I wrote up last year on Masdar City* is still completely relevant. So, for an overview of the city from this city planner (by training) and cleantech expert (by career), have a look at that article. This year, I was intent on getting a lot more video … [continued]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the opening of Siemens’ new LEED Platinum Middle East headquarters in Masdar City*, which also included an exclusive video featuring several details about the building. However, earlier in the day, before the big launch ceremony, a few journalists and bloggers got to … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The Bullitt Center in Seattle, Washington is the greenest commercial building in the world, it is Net Zero, and was recently named the World Architecture News Sustainable Building of the Year 2013. In addition to an energy efficient design, the Bullitt Center relies on the behavior of the tenants to meet the goals … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Leading investment house Deutsche Bank has dramatically lifted its demand forecasts for the global solar industry – predicting that 46 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV will be installed across the world in 2014, before jumping by another 25 per cent to 56GW in 2015. It notes … [continued]
Samsung now holds the record for the most efficient CIGS solar panels — 15.7% on a 1.44 square-meter substrate. This efficiency was achieved using a two-stage process similar to that of Solar Frontier. Solar Frontier isn’t terribly far behind with its 14.7% efficiency rating, which was achieved on a 1.23 … [continued]
