The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a report that finds a 5% increase in renewable energy in 2017, compared to 2016. The report presents data for 130 countries, and highlights trends on renewable energy worldwide. The report titled, ‘Renewable Energy Statistics 2019,’ provides data on power generation capacity Read more…
The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time. The result is thanks to a record third quarter for the UK tenant sector, with the capacity of wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower reaching 41.9 GW, exceeding the 41.2 GW capacity of Read more…
A research team led by DGIST Professor Jong-Sung Yu’s team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar light. It is expected that this method will facilitate hydrogen mass production due Read more…
The Gujarat government has launched a solar power scheme for farmers—Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) enabling them to generate electricity for their captive consumption as well as sell the surplus power to the grid and earn an extra buck. Announcing the pilot project of the scheme in Gandhinagar, Chief Minister of Read more…
India can surpass the target of attaining 100 GW solar energy by 2022, provided it replaces all traditional water pumps by solar water pumps, said a study. According to the report, these grid-connected,net-metred solar pumps will also play an important role in providing secondary income to farmers, while giving them Read more…
University of British Columbia researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that converts light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from such a device, and worked as efficiently in dim light as in bright light. This innovation Read more…
Researchers in Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom have shown how long-term weather patterns affect wind and solar renewable energy technologies across Europe. Using 30 years of meteorological data, the scientists have examined and further modelled the impact of renewable energy on the electricity sector out to the year 2030. Read more…
Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam UtthaanvMahabhiyan (KUSUM) Scheme Being an agrarian economy, India supports nearly 50% of its population through agricultural activities. The major hindrance in the agricultural sector is erratic power supply and too much reliance on polluting diesel-powered pumps. Approximately, around 30 million agricultural pumps are installed in India. Read more…
Waaree Energies Ltd, which has been primarily in solar PV module manufacturing, is now witnessing a steady rise in business from rooftop solar projects. According to Nitin Kapadnis, Senior Vice-President, Franchise, Waaree Energies, solar module accounts for nearly 85 per cent of its total business. The remaining 15 per cent Read more…
Leading hydro-power generator NHPC Ltd has firmed up plans to develop a 100 Mw soalr park in Odisha Opting for a staggered implementation, the central PSU, in the first phase, has invited bids from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors for installing a 40 Mw crystalline PV (photo voltaic) grid-connected solar power project Read more…