The capital city of China’s Shanxi province, Taiyuan, has now largely banned the sale, use, and transport of coal in a bid to reduce local air pollution problems, according to the country’s state news agency, Xinhua.
SunEdison and a subsidiary of the state-owned Chinese company Jinneng Group, Jinergy Clean Energy Technology Company, are partnering for the creation of a 1.5 gigawatt integrated N-type mono-crystalline hetero-junction solar cell production facility in Shanxi Jinzhong Industrial Park, Shanxi, China, according to recent reports. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new … [continued]
Figures from the China Electricity Council show non-fossil fuel sources of energy accounted for over a quarter of the country’s power generation in 2014.
China’s north-western province of Shaanxi has given the green light to a batch of new wind power projects in an area that’s fast emerging as one of the country’s inland clean energy hubs. The People’s Daily reports that Shaanxi’s development and reform commission has given the go-ahead to a pair of 100-megawatt (MW) … [continued]
Following a continuous surge in capacity levels over the past half decade, the northern Chinese coal hub of Shanxi province posted a record level of wind power generation in the second half of January. According to official data, wind power comprised a total of 14% of electricity generation in Shanxi … [continued]
Spanish wind energy company Gamesa has announced a firm order for 150 MW in Brazil, bringing its fiscal-year 2014 cumulative total up to 3,300 MW. The company will provide 54 G114-2.0 MW turbines to several farms within the União dos Ventos complex located across several towns in the state of Rio Grande … [continued]
The electricity generated by China’s wind energy capacity fell by 5.2% in 2014, according to the country’s National Energy Administration. The news, reported by Wind Power Monthly, states that the average uptime for projects of 6 MW and over across the country was 1,905 hours. The decline in generation came … [continued]
Originally published on Green Building Elements. By John Perlin Special thanks to author John Perlin for this contribution about what is believed to be the world’s oldest solar device – a solar ignitor, or yang-sui . The material comes from Perlin’s recently published book, Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. … [continued]
