Tag: solar
Recycling Next-Generation Solar Panels Fosters Green Planet
Tossing worn-out solar panels into landfills may soon become electronics waste history. By designing a recycling strategy for a new, forthcoming generation of photovoltaic solar…
Most US coal generators can’t compete with wind and solar, US study finds
A new report from US think tank Energy Innovation shows that 72% of the country’s coal power fleet is now uneconomic compared to local wind…
Combining Solar Panels and Lamb Grazing Increases Land Productivity, Study Finds
Solar panels also benefit the welfare of the lambs by providing shade. Land productivity could be greatly increased by combining sheep grazing and solar energy…
Sustainability Research Gets Boost from DC Microgrid at U of T Engineering
Researchers and students at the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering now have access to commercial-scale solar arrays and energy storage facilities – with the…
Portugal hails new record low for solar power prices
Lowest winning bid for solar energy output in latest auction round easily beat the previous record, which was also set in Portugal a year earlier….
Wind and solar power at record high in 2020, coal dips: analysis
Wind and solar produced a record 10 percent of global electricity in the first half of 2020 as the world’s coal plant fleet ran at…
First zero-emission McDonald’s restaurant unveiled at Disney, Florida
McDonald’s has unveiled its first zero-emissions restaurant at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, with solar arrays, green walls and kinetic bikes all featuring to…
Green Investment Group and Enso Energy team up on 1GW solar-plus-storage pipeline
Green Investment Group (GIG) and Enso Energy have formed a joint venture to build a 1GW pipeline of battery-backed solar projects across the UK. Macquarie-owned…
’Records are falling like dominos’: Europe delivering record renewables generation
May acted as a record month for renewables across certain areas of Europe, with blustery and sunny conditions propelling levels of renewables supply to new…
French power producer to build Australia’s biggest solar farm
French power producer Neoen has the go ahead will build Australia’s largest solar farm, worth $570 million, after lining up a contract to sell most…









