To Boost Rural Entrepreneurship Inclined Box-Type Solar Cooker The key feature of the designed new box-type cooker (Picture 1) is that, it is designed to tilt towards the sun so that direct radiation is perpendicularly accessible to increase solar irradiance on the cooker face. Two foldable mirror reflectors are conveniently Read more…
Background The National Solar Mission (NSM) launched in January 2010, is a major initiative of the Government of India involving States, R&D institutions, and industries to promote solar energy while addressing energy security and climate change challenges of the country. Thus, it will constitute a major contribution by India to Read more…
Availability of potable water is one of the major problems in the contemporary world. Solar still is a simple device to convert available brackish or saline water into drinkable water by use of solar energy. Many researchers from all around the world have worked on solar still for the increment Read more…
Renewable energy developers won contracts to produce 1,720 MW of power in Mexico during the country’s first-ever private auction, after the government ended decades long state electricity monopoly in 2013. Seven wind and solar companies including Enel Green Power, SunPower Systems Mexico, and Recurrent Energy won 15-year contracts to rights to provide the state-owned Comision Read more…
Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought 50 per cent stake in EON SE’s Arkona offshore wind farm, entering the German market and widening its renewable energy portfolio as it scales back its funding for traditional fossil-fuel projects. Statoil and EON will invest more than €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in the project, Read more…
Irish company AirSynergy’s windand solar-powered off-grid remote power unit (RPU) has become the very first renewable hybrid streetlight to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada. The hybrid streetlight made history following a collaborative pilot project between New York-based Aris Wind—the company licensed to sell AirSynergy products in the US—and Read more…
Hitachi Zosen Corp. won an order for a waste-to-energy plant from KPN Green Energy Solution Co. in Thailand’s Nong Khai province. The 6-MW plant will be operated by Nongkhainayu Co., Hitachi Zosen said in a statement. KPN is in charge of engineering, procurement, and construction work for the station and Read more…
France has announced that it was raising its renewable energy goals and would become the first country to issue “green bonds” to fund projects that benefit the environment. French President Mr François Hollande also confirmed that the country’s oldest nuclear power plant, Fessenheim would be closed. Speaking at a national environment conference Read more…
Papua, New Guinea, recently became the first country to formally submit the final version of its national climate action plan (called ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’, or NDC) under the Paris Agreement. The small Pacific nation’s plan to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030 is no longer just an “intended” nationally Read more…
Wind energy solutions provider Suzlon Group has commissioned 900 MW wind energy projects during the financial year 2015–16, of which 520 MW was commissioned in Q4FY 2015-16. This amounts to a more than 100 per cent increase in installations, vis-à-vis 442 MW installed during the financial year 2014–15, the company Read more…