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Chinese Scientist Developed A PV Floor Tile with Satisfactory Solar Energy Conversion

The devices were tested on a ‘green deck’ in Hong Kong. The developers say the tiles have demonstrated satisfactory solar energy conversion, anti-slip perform…

GORD Launches EcoLab,First Energy Efficiency Testing Facility

The Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) has launched EcoLab, Qatar's pioneering facility measuring energy efficiency and safety for air conditio…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Virtual Power Plant Rescues Grid After Coal Peaker Fails

Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant project in South Australia is only around ~2% complete, but it is already proving to be a difference-maker, rescuing Queensland’s …

Offshore Wind Power

Estonia And Latvia to Jointly Develop An Offshore Wind Mega-project of 1GW in the Baltic Sea

The Liivi Bay project in the Gulf of Riga, which would be developed by Estonia's Eesti Energia, would present the two small Baltic nations with a means of sprea…

Sciencetists Develop A New Material for Capturing Carbon Dioxide

In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing ca…

New Technology

Reduce the Water Use in Thermal Power Plants by Satellite Imagery

A team of researchers at LUT University in Finland has recently investigated water use in thermal power plants, trying to project future scenarios for water use…

PowerGrid Technology

Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Charge Up the Grid

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity for …

Solar Price

Perovskite Solar Cell Method to Make Solar Energy More Affordable

That's when French inventor and renewable energy pioneer Augustin Mouchot used his diverse expertise in mathematics and physical sciences—along with his keen i…

Solar Power Panel

Researchers Develop New Method to Remove Dust on Solar Panels

Taking a cue from the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf, researchers have shed new light on microscopic forces and mechanisms that can be optimized to …

World Bank to Monitor Implementation of Action Plan for 183.2-MW Isimba Hydro Project

The World Bank board of executive directors have considered a Management Report and approved a Management Action Plan that respond to an independent Inspection …

Seismic Upgrades Move Forward at B.F. Sisk Dam

A billion-dollar seimic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir in California is to move forward, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Ca…

Coupling Pumped Hydro with Renewables and Other Storage Technologies

The combination of pumped hydro with other storage technologies can increase renewables penetration, improve operational safety and reduce maintenance costs at …

New Research Investigates Methanol as a Potential Green H2 Storage Option

Curtin University researchers want to make hydrogen (H2) extraction from methanol a cleaner process.

Nuclear Power Plant

Is the Negativity Around the Nuclear Energy Sector Justified?

There have been a number of negative press stories surrounding nuclear power in recent years and coupled with the surge in growth for renewable energies such as…

ABB CEO: ABB Is Ready to Spin off More Businesses

The Swiss engineering company, under pressure from activist investors to simplify its operations, is carrying out a strategic review of underperforming business…