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The UK Government’s most recent uptake figures published in April 2013 showed that 362,000 homes have installed solar panels in the UK since April 2010; approximately one roof in every 70 or around 7% of households. However, the uptake differs across the country, with London authoriti...
US wind grew 28% in 2012: AWEA Wind energy grew 28 percent in America last year, setting a new installation record and confirming its status as a mainstream energy source, according to the American Wind Energy Association. US wind grew 28% in 2012: AWEA Wind energy grew 28 percent in ...
America’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to construct the federal government’s largest wind farmto Siemens Government Technologies, Inc (Siemens). The Pantex wind farm is expected to save an average of $2.9mn annually over the 20-year contract t...
The company will focus on solar PV projects 10MW and larger, and will be actively seeking partners to develop sites of 40 hectares and larger – it has a current target for an initial 100MW of PV projects in Japan. JCM says it will co-develop and fund project costs through to the const...
The ground-mounted solar PV power project comprises three 500kW systems and more than 6500 UP-M230P polycrystalline modules . The systems were built by engineering, procurement and construction firms Sun El A.E. and Gortys Ltd. “In the current economic climate, securing the funding ne...
RES is celebrating the completion of the 14MW Grange Wind Farm, located between Sutton Bridge and Tydd St Mary in Lincolnshire. The wind farm is capable of generating enough clean, green renewable electricity to meet the average needs of more than 10,000 homes, says the company which ...
“Thanks to more than ten years of research and development, of effective collaboration between EPFL and SwissINSO and investments amounting to several million euros, we have developed a coloured glass whose performance is almost equal [to] traditional glass. It is a real technological...
The company can generate electricity on glass windows by spraying ultra-small, see-through solar cells in layers onto the surfaces. This SolarWindow technology is now in advanced product development and the company says that it now focused on the fabrication of large-scale mini-module...
