Tag Archives: power
In Focus: Electricity Providers in the 21st Century
With Carbon emissions a primary contributor to the increasing problem of global warming, it’s time for us to look beyond fossil fuels as our primary source of fuel and energy. These days, businesses are waking up to more environmentally friendly, renewable alternatives to finite resources. It’s not just an environmental issue either, but a financial [...]
FiT Approved by Long Island Power Authority
The Long Island Power Authority recently approved New York’s first feed-in-tariffprogram for solar energy. The utility announced that, starting July 16, it will accept applications from property owners who want to install solar arrays and will ultimately pay 22-cents per kilowatt hour on a 20-year contract for up to 50 megawatts of solar power installed [...]
The Power Problem in Texas
As Texans celebrated the Summer solstice last week, the forecast for this week’s weather was simultaneously making people uneasy. With practically all of Texas, from El Paso to the Panhandle and the Coast, hitting 100+ degrees the only solace is that we were spared triple digits for the majority of June. Despite this respite, it [...]
World’s Top 10 Clean Energy Creators
With Rio 20+, the latest United Nations organized Earth Summit, less than a week away, the Natural Resources Defense Council has released a scorecard ranking the G20 nations and their commitment to clean energy development. It comes as no surprise that G20 countries lead the world in renewable energy investment. Since 2004, investment in clean [...]
$571M Solar Power Plant Coming to Spain
This project will prove to be a solar boom for Extremadura as apart from the large size, what is most extraordinary about this project is that it will not accept any subsidies from the government for implementing this particular project. It is being planned by SAG Solarstrom, a German company that makes solar plants for [...]
The Future of Nuclear Power in the UK
Top energy providers in the UK are abandoning plans for nuclear energy due to the enormous cost. As reported in the Guardian UK, had RWE invested its planned billions of dollars into nuclear energy, it would’ve forced a massive credit-rating downgrade while E.ON threw plans to the scrapheap due to a lack of “financial firepower.” [...]
Infinite Life for Thin Film Batteries?
Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) of Littleton, Colorado has announced that its thin film rechargeable batteries are now capable of 75,000 deep discharge cycles. Most rechargeable batteries are capable only of 300 to 1000 deep discharge cycles and need to be replaced thereafter. This breakthrough could signal the hope for rechargeable batteries that can last the [...]
In Focus: Building Energy Sensor Networks
There’s a key barrier between the technology that runs modern HVAC, lighting and other energy-intensive building systems today, and the quest to make it run more efficiently: a lack of energy data. Beyond the meters that record the entire building energy use, and perhaps some sub-metering for individual offices or building systems, there just isn’t [...]
The Earth Day Solar Car Race
At Solar Energy World, we focus on bettering the planet. Usually, and most obviously, this is through the installation of solar power systems. In addition, under the umbrella of creating a better, greener planet, falls community outreach. This year, for Earth Day, Solar Energy World partnered with two Maryland schools for events that focused on [...]