Solar installations in the United States are expected to quadruple by 2030 thanks to the extension of a key industry subsidy late last year and booming demand for carbon-free power, an industry body said on Tuesday. The sector will install Read more
In a path-breaking accomplishment, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay of the department of chemical engineering and technology and his team at IIT (BHU) have developed a membrane reformer prototype for producing ultra-pure hydrogen from methanol. The team said it is the Read more
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) on Thursday said its Kamuthi solar plant in Tamil Nadu has become water positive. A plant of a company becomes water positive when it harvests and recycles more water than what it consumes, AGEL said Read more
Britain will invest 95 million pounds ($132 million) in the construction of two new facilities to service a big expansion in offshore wind farms, creating around 6,000 jobs in the north of England, the government said on Wednesday. Able Marine Read more
The global wind market commissioned about 100 gigawatt (GW) of new wind turbines in 2020, up 59 per cent to 96.3 GW as compared to 60.7 per cent in 2019, according to a recent report by BloombergNEF (BNEF). It added Read more
India will levy a customs duty of 40% on solar modules and 25% on solar cells from April 2022, according to a government document and two industry sources familiar with the matter, as it looks to cut imports and boost Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country is on track to achieving its climate goals well before the target date as it switches over to energy-efficient mediums and uses waste to generate energy. Speaking after accepting the 2021 CERAWeek Global Read more
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi installed mounting brackets and struts for the improved solar wings due to arrive in June. Spacewalking astronauts completed the first round of prep work Friday for new solar panels, part of a major Read more
Charge carriers’ density, their lifetime, mobility, and the existence of trap states are strongly affected by the microscopic morphologies of perovskite films, and have a direct influence on the photovoltaic performance. Here, we report on micro-wrinkled perovskite layers to enhance Read more
Cities are home to more than 55 percent of the global population and also energy use in cities contributes to around three-quarters of the world’s CO2 emissions. Thus, city-level action can significantly contribute to decarbonize the energy system, enhancing resilience Read more
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