The province of Ontario may soon ban power plants from burning coal. This is an outright ban, nothing less. According to CTV News, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, alongside Al Gore, … [Read full article]
All-Solid Lithium-Sulfur Battery Stores 4x As Much As Li-ion
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have been under development for years, and have already demonstrated the ability to store 400 Wh per kg of batteries. However, this time, there is an all-solid … [Read full article]
Canadian Solar Sells 4 PV Power Plants For $217 Million in Ontario
BluEarth Renewables has purchased four solar photovoltaic plants from Canadian Solar. BluEarth Renewables is based in Canada. The power plants were 38.5 MWac. They were part of the Ontario pipeline, which was … [Read full article]
Wind Power Blowing Strong In Cold Climates
The deployment of wind turbines in cold climates has been taking place rapidly in cold climates. This deployment is so significant that 40–50 GW of wind power capacity (wind turbines, … [Read full article]
Tesla Motors Set To Repay Its Government Debt
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has said that it would repay the debt induced by the loan they received from the US government to develop electric vehicles early, and it appears … [Read full article]
GE Received 1,000 MW of Wind Turbine Orders Following PTC Decision
Following the decision of the United States government to renew the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power on January 1, 2013, General Electric received 1 GW of US wind … [Read full article]
Largest Wind Farm In Southern Hemisphere Opens In Australia
Equipment and personnel from four continents banded together to build the largest wind farm in the world’s southern hemisphere: the 420 MW (nearly ½-billion-watt) Macarthur Wind Farm. The Macarthur Wind Farm … [Read full article]
Geothermal Climate Control System To Be Installed On Greenwich Ave
On 407–409 Greenwich Avenue, a geothermal heating and cooling system is being installed to facilitate energy-efficient climate control. This climate control system is for a three-story,12,000-square-foot celebrity chef restaurant that is … [Read full article]
Google Invests $200 Million In Texas Wind Project
Google, which has a history of investing plenty in large-scale renewable energy projects, just announced that it has invested $200 million in a Texan wind power project. The project is … [Read full article]
21MW Maui Wind Farm Goes Online
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy have announced that the 21MW Auwahi wind farm is now fully operational. Construction of this wind park took nine months … [Read full article]
Samsung Supplies Solar-Powered Internet Schools For South Africa
Samsung has built solar-powered Internet schools for use in a rural region of South Africa (notably, with careful consideration of potential problems, such as a special design material to … [Read full article]
High-Voltage Solar Cell Makes Flexible Solar Panels for Consumer Electronics More Feasible
A new, relatively high-voltage solar cell that can charge the li-ion batteries of portable electronics such as e-book readers and cellphones in partial shade has been created by the … [Read full article]
Largest Operational PV Project in the World Can Supply 250 MW to Grid
The largest operational PV project in the world can now supply 250 MW to the grid. This is the peak generating capacity, but that will increase to 290 MW … [Read full article]