A Solar Panel Factory On The Moon?

As far-fetched as it may seem, space-based solar electricity production may become a reality if a California high school student’s vision of installing a self-replicating solar power factory on the moon is realized. Justin Lewis-Weber, a senior at Viewpoint School, California, believes terrestrial solar energy cannot work on a planetary scale. The sun isn’t always […]

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Lightsource agrees largest UK airport PPA solar project

Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Belfast International Airport for the largest solar project to connect to a UK airport.

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Proposed DECC reforms set to change the renewable heat landscape

The DECC has published a consultation document which could reduce the viability for biomass and anaerobic digestion projects from April 2017 and remove all support for solar thermal.

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UN reports 2015 saw $266 billion invested globally in renewable energy

Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity - one of several important firsts for green energy recently announced in a United Nations-backed report.

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Pictures of the day: 30 March 2016

Today: A volleyball eclipse, an overloaded tuktuk and a sunset in Thailand








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Wales’ First Full-Scale Tidal Energy Device is Installed

A Welsh tidal stream technology company has installed the country’s first tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire. Developed by Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd, the DeltaStream device will become one of the first grid-connected demonstration devices worldwide to generate green, sustainable and predictable tidal power. The patented DeltaStream device was loaded off the quayside in […]

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Pictures of the day: 29 March 2016

Today: The Obamas go wild, what Storm Katie did and an erupting volcano








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Pictures of the day: 28 March 2016

Today: A Baltic sunrise, a hawk on the hunt for food and breakdancers








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MIT Creates Solar Cells that are as Light as a Soap Bubble

By: Julie M. Rodriguez A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unveiled the lightest, thinnest solar cells in existence — so lightweight and flexible that they can be placed on top of a soap bubble without popping it. The breakthrough came about when researchers realized they could create the solar cell, the substrate […]

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Pictures of the day: 27 March 2016

Today: Elephants in a tangle, Easter celebrations and bullock cart racing








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AWEA releases key data on 2015 U.S wind generation

The AWEA has released findings that demonstrate the benefits of wind power generation in the US beyond its economic advantages.

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Pictures of the day: 26 March 2016

Today: Chariot racing, oil spills in Taiwan and Jagger rocks Cuba








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