A model demonstrates how renewables could increase rainfall. Installing large-scale wind and solar projects in the Sahara could increase rainfall and help the desert bloom, according to research released this month. The U.S.-led study used a climate model to show how renewable infrastructure could change local weather patterns in deserts. The research showed large-scale solar […]
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Solar Industry shining with job offers, ‘Green Jobs’ to be the next big thing
Solar Industry shining with job offers, ‘Green Jobs’ to be the next big thing A report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) claimed that the country could add three million new jobs if the renewable energy sector continues with its current growth trajectory. Solar Industry is witnessing an unprecedented growth in India which has opened […]
Wind and solar farms could double rainfall in Sahara, scientists say
Wind and solar farms could double rainfall in Sahara, scientists say In a simulated model, windmills and solar panels were installed across the world’s largest desert – an unrealistic scenario in the near future, experts said. New Delhi: Large-scale wind and solar farms could more than double rainfall in the Sahara desert, “shocked” scientists said […]
Declining Costs and Technology Are Powering Renewable Energy Demand According to New Deloitte Report
Declining Costs and Technology Are Powering Renewable Energy Demand According to New Deloitte Report – Seven key trends are helping make renewable energy sources preferred energy sources. – Three key enablers – parity, integration and technology – are helping solar and wind become equivalent to conventional sources. – Solar and wind can meet the increasing […]
Lition Blockchain Envisions Smart Cities and the Green Energy Revolution
Lition Blockchain Envisions Smart Cities and the Green Energy Revolution The project creates a blockchain-based platform system to connect energy consumers directly to green energy producers and integrate smart technologies into existing infrastructures in cities. The world is quickly becoming more urbanized, with 60% of the global population projected to reside in cities by 2050. […]
Tariffs, Interest Rates and the China Wild Card: The Latest Pricing Trends in Solar
On this week’s Interchange podcast: We untangle the market for solar and storage. How much solar and storage are getting built in the U.S. right now — and at what prices? This year, there were a few major political and geopolitical factors that influenced solar project pricing: Trump’s tariffs, China’s abrupt policy shift, and the […]
Smog Overshadows Outlook of PV Power
Smog is overshadowing the otherwise rosy outlook of PV power, as it could inflict loss amounting to hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollar on the PV power industry worldwide, a year, according to a report released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently. Thanks to technological advancement and rapid cost reduction, […]
Big cities vow to make buildings carbon neutral by 2050
From London to Tokyo, 19 mayors said they would put in place regulations requiring all new buildings to be carbon neutral by 2030 and all existing ones to reach the same goal by 2050 LONDON: Leaders of some of the world’s biggest cities vowed on Thursday to make all buildings carbon neutral by 2050, ensuring […]
Senator Heinrich: A 100% Clean Energy Grid Is ‘Completely Doable’
Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) outlines his new “Clean Energy Vision” in a special episode of Political Climate. Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich is the son of a utility lineman, and one of just a few engineers in Congress. Clean energy piqued the New Mexico lawmaker’s interest at an early age, while he was building and racing […]
Navigant Research Report Shows Global Revenue for Predictive Analytics for Distributed Generation is Expected to Exceed $287 Million through 2027
Navigant Research expects significant business model innovation relating to customer data, O&M, and value-added services BOULDER, Colo.: A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for predictive analytics deployment for fossil fueled distributed generation systems (PADG), providing market forecasts broken out by segment and region, through 2027. The trend of predictive analytics (PA) […]