Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 27, 2024
IRENARenewable Capacity Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that 2023 set a new record in renewables deployment in the power sector by reaching a total capacity of 3 870 Gigawatts (GW) globally. Renewables accounted […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 26, 2024
CleanTechnicaThe offshore wind industry is apparently not satisfied with producing carbon-free renewable energy. They are also cleaning up around the edges, too. One area of attention is the replacement of dirty petroleum fuels used by the working vessels that ferry […]
March 25, 2024
CleanTechnicaEnergy storage is the key to feeding more wind and solar power into the grid, but the question is how to get all that stored-up renewable energy to someone who can use it. The same goes for recovering waste heat […]
March 22, 2024
PetrolPlazaThe global focus on hydrogen as a clean, versatile, and sustainable energy carrier continues to intensify. The Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of a $750 million investment across 52 projects to support America’s growing clean hydrogen economy, as highlighted in a recent […]
Conventional Fuels, News and Policies, Nuclear, World
March 21, 2024
Power MagazineThe UK government has ambitions for 24 GW of nuclear energy by 2050 to help in providing energy security for the UK and for meeting its net-zero goals. Among groups helping to revive and expand the UK’s nuclear industry is […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 20, 2024
CleanTechnicaWeren’t we just saying that the case against onshore wind farms is collapsing? Well it is, and the US startup Radia has just busted out of stealth mode to pick up the pieces. Radia has come up with a way […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 19, 2024
Tech XploreA team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, developed a new material for perovskite solar cells. After polymerization, it can be used as a hole transporting layer in both regular and inverted architecture solar cells; in both […]
March 19, 2024
CleanTechnicaRemember those golden days when natural gas was a clean-burning bridge fuel, a nice way to reduce emissions as we ditched coal and switched to renewables? It was such a pleasant fantasy, while it lasted. Remember how the USA has […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 18, 2024
Power MagazineThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its designation of an offshore wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine. The BOEM, in a notice published in the Federal Register on March 18, said two million acres has been […]
Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World
March 15, 2024
reNewsIgnitis Renewables’ 50MW Silesia wind farm 1 in Poland has reached its commercial operation date. The project is located in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, near the border with Czech Republic. It comprises of 14 wind turbines with […]
Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy
March 14, 2024
Tech XploreAs traditional energy methods increase in cost and take their toll on the environment, Penn State researchers are turning to two underutilized renewable resources, the sun and outer space, for solutions to generate electricity and passively cool down structures. Led […]
Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World
March 13, 2024
CleanTechnicaAdani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest and one of the world’s leading renewable energy (RE) companies, has operationalized cumulative capacity of 1,000 MW solar energy at the world’s largest RE park at Khavda, Gujarat. With this, AGEL has achieved […]
Commercialization, Renewable Energy
March 13, 2024
CleanTechnicaPrimergy Solar LLC (‘Primergy’), a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and storage projects, announced today that it closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for the 408 MWac Ash Creek Solar project in Hill County, Texas. […]
March 12, 2024
CleanTechnicaWith a rapidly growing economy, vast coastlines available for offshore wind power, and high solar radiation levels, Vietnam has all of the ingredients to be a world leader in renewable energy. A report by McKinsey & Company found that Vietnam […]
March 11, 2024
Power MagazineEntergy Louisiana has asked state officials for approval to build a floating natural gas-fired power plant that would serve areas along the Gulf Coast. The utility’s recent March filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission calls for construction of a […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 8, 2024
CleanTechnicaThe rise of the offshore wind industry has sparked a new movement to piggyback other maritime activities onto offshore wind farms. This multi-use approach could help defray the cost of constructing wind farms, helping to accelerate the pace of the […]
March 7, 2024
CleanTechnicaToyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has agreed with Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD) to make Primearth EV Energy Co., Ltd. (PEVE) a wholly owned subsidiary in order to strengthen its capabilities in mass-producing automotive batteries. The acquisition is scheduled to take […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 6, 2024
CleanTechnicaThe latest report from the IEA (International Energy Agency) says the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions would have been much greater in 2023 were it not for renewable energy and electric cars. As it was, emissions went up 1.1%, […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 5, 2024
Tech XploreThe development of renewable and clean energy has been recognized as a crucial solution to the problems of deteriorating environment. Owing to the advantages of light weight, transparency, flexibility, and low cost, organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted increasing attention […]
Electric, Energy Consumption, News and Policies, World
March 5, 2024
Tech XploreA new cutting-edge tool developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Strathclyde is helping to revolutionize the real-time balancing of Britain’s electricity network. Energy experts at the University teamed up with the Electricity System Operator (ESO) to design […]