Watch First Tesla Powerwall Home Battery System Installation
Walt and Dani from Channel 10’s Healthy Homes recently dropped in on an Energy Matters/SunEdison Australia team installing a Tesla Powerwall home battery system. Apparently the first filming of a...
View ArticleThe hunger for electric cars explodes – 232K orders since 31 March
In 2015 Tesla Motors sold 50 580 electric cars in total – major motor manufacturers sell that many cars in a weekend. Contrast the above with the number of pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3 since 7:30...
View ArticleSolar – start small, with your phone…
South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, MTN, has partnered with mobile solar technology company, World Panel, to enable a new bundle package allowing users to power their...
View ArticleThink of your geyser as a High-Powered Home Battery
This is an American report so substitute ‘water heater’ for ‘geyser’ when you read: Water heaters can shift more of the residential energy demand to the middle of the day when solar output is at its...
View ArticleGenerating Energy From Raindrops
Solar panel technology has changed the way many people bring energy into their homes, but this type of technology has always posed one concern: panels cannot output optimal power without ideal weather...
View ArticleFor those who said that Solar was ‘Mickey Mouse’ technology [Video]
On 27 May 2015, Duke Energy Florida was granted approval to build, own and operate a 5-megawatt solar facility to serve the Reedy Creek Improvement District near Orlando, Florida. The facility occupies...
View ArticleProposal for $50 Trillion Global Electricity Network
China has unveiled a proposal for a $50 trillion global electricity network that would help fight pollution and the effects of climate change. The plan envisions linking existing and future solar...
View ArticleLarge scale solar at under 0.70c per kWh
….The amount invested in the Solar Capital De Aar project totaled ZAR2.2 billion for the first phase and ZAR2.6 billion for the second phase – making an overall investment of ZAR4.8 billion in the...
View ArticleEnel brings Tesla battery to Cape Town
Enel Green Power (EGP) will begin selling its renewable energy kit, which includes a Tesla battery, in Cape Town, South Africa tomorrow − as a solution to power outages and rising electricity prices....
View Article250kW SolarEdge Installation
Solar Plants, one of Wales’ leading independent PV installers, has completed a 250kW commercial installation with SolarEdge’s DC optimized inverter solution at Sony UK Technology Centre. Looking to...
View ArticleHow South Africa can spread renewable energy to low income areas
How South Africa can spread renewable energy to low income areas David Richard Walwyn, University of Pretoria There has been a rapid decline in the costs of solar and wind power, to such an extent that...
View ArticleSolar Pergola, Barcelona
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View ArticleWhy low-carbon urban development in African cities makes economic sense
Low-carbon initiatives in cities like Rwanda's Kigali can help citizens to deal with the harsh effects of climate change. Shutterstock East Africa is home to some of the world’s fastest growing cities,...
View ArticleHow new energy technologies can help South Africa ease its energy crunch
Titanium ore can be used to develop lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors, which can aid South Africa's energy problems. Shutterstock Energy is an economic driver of both developed and developing...
View ArticleTo cut emissions faster, U.S. should ditch tax credit-based subsidies for...
A solar array goes up in New York. Is this the best place to locate solar, given the relatively clean New York state grid? Lucas Braun, CC BY-SA Congress last month extended valuable tax credits to...
View ArticleOne day we won’t need a Renewable Energy Target, because we’ll have good...
Investment in renewables has slowed to trickle. Chris Murray/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) has had a rough time in recent years. After a 2014 government review...
View ArticleSolar Pergola, Barcelona – Solar Image
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View ArticleSolar Pergola, Barcelona
Solar Pergola, Barcelona – Solar PV See more Solar PV images by steel & silicon – 2008-08-30 04:22:35
View ArticleHere comes the sun: explosion in solar power beckons
It'll come down to politics in the end jeedlove Is solar power the technology of the future? It is certainly the fastest-growing energy generation technology in the UK. By the early 2020s, according to...
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