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Li Metal Battery Breakthrough May Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

published: 2019-09-07 0:00

Image by Marilyn Murphy from Pixabay Electric vehicles have been media darlings that dominate the headlines and guarantee huge viewership. But how popular are they really to the consumers? Can the sales really stack up to the media hype? ... more

Best of Both Worlds: Agrivoltaics Boosts Yields of Crops and Solar While Saving Water

published: 2019-09-06 0:00

Credit: Peggy Choucair from Pixabay Not one, but two research teams from the U.S. found that agrivoltaics is a win-win for the crops and the solar modules. According to one of the studies from Oregon State University, agrivoltaics thrive in environments such as cropland, grasslands, and wetlands. The other study from the University of Arizona has gone even further and proved that Agrivoltaics can also flourish in dryland. ... more

RES to Build a Huge PV Power Station in New South Wales

published: 2019-09-05 0:30

After a long wait, RES, a U.K. renewable energy developer, has finally been approved to build a 200 MW PV power station and a 10 MW/10 MWh energy storage battery system in New South Wales of Australia. ... more

Europe’s Onshore Wind Power Potential Is Quite Large, and 100% of the World’s Electricity Can Be Provided, Study Says

published: 2019-09-05 0:30

Europe’s wind power industry really stands out in the world, and the installed capacity has either reached the second or the top. In 2018 alone, Europe has invested 27 billion euros to develop new wind farms. ... more

UK to Ditch Diesel for Solar-Powered DC Railways

published: 2019-09-04 0:00

Credit: Flickr/zak zak The UK has been searching for ways to directly supply the railway system through solar energy since some of the UK's railway systems run on direct current (DC), which solar modules produce. Thus, there is no need to convert solar energy into alternating current. ... more

Global Warming Cripples Solar Power Generation

published: 2019-09-03 0:00

Credit: JR via Flickr Global warming has made climate change more and more extreme around the world. In addition to the ecological environment and people's quality of life, even solar power efficiency is subject to its impact. According to MIT scientists, ... more

India Installs 8.5 GW of Green Power Capacity in FY 2018-2019

published: 2019-09-02 17:20

India is estimated to have installed an additional 8-8.5 GW of green power capacity during FY 2018-2019, after installing 12 GW in FY 2017-2018; Of the latter amount, approximately 9 GW are for PV power, 2 GW are for wind power, and 1 GW are for other renewable-energy powers, according to the market information body ICRA. ... more

South Korea's Long Road to Green Energy: Past, Present, Future

published: 2019-08-31 0:00

Credit: FirstEnergy Corp. via Flickr The energy issue is much-debated in Taiwan. How does the rest of Asia deal with such a complex issue? Take South Korea for example, it lacks ... more

Gogoro Rolls Out Gogoro S2 ABS

published: 2019-08-30 0:30

Gogoro, Taiwan’s leading electric-motorcycle manufacturer, has officially rolled out the new Gogoro S2 ABS model, which is equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS). ... more

Amazon Joins Walmart in Its Complaints of Tesla’s Solar Systems

published: 2019-08-29 0:00

Credit: Flickr/Michael Coghlan According to Bloomberg’s report, Amazon joins Wal-Mart and confirms that there had been a fire on the roof of one of its warehouses in Redlands, California, involving a solar system installed by Tesla’s SolarCity division. ... more

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