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Researchers Develop Solar Paint That Turns Water Vapor Into Hydrogen
It may be getting cheaper and easier to install solar panels onto your rooftop but what if you could generate clean energy for your home with just some paint? This reality is inching ever closer after researchers from the Royal…
BNEF: Renewables to Provide Nearly Half of Global Power Capacity by 2040
The dramatic collapse in renewable energy costs is showing no sign of abating, according to the latest report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The influential analyst firm yesterday published its annual New Energy Outlook (NEO) Report, setting out its…
Could the Coldest Days Provide a Wind Power Boost?
A new study released yesterday suggests concerns about the impact the cold days have on wind power output may have been overblown, and provides new evidence wind power output exceeds the winter average on the coldest days. The study, which…
US Wind & Solar Accounts For 10% Of March Electricity For 1st Time
For the first time ever, US wind and solar electricity generation exceeded 10% of the monthly total in March, according to figures published by the country’s Energy Information Agency this week. The EIA published a short update on its website…
US Solar Industry Creates Jobs 17 Times Faster Than Rest Of The Economy
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals that solar jobs in the U.S. (and other nations) are expanding quickly. As of November 2016, the American solar industry employed 260,077 workers. This is an increase of…
Duke Energy Behind North Carolina’s Proposed Solar Policy Change
Alongside Highway 401 in northern North Carolina is a 21st-century twist on a classic rural scene. A few miles outside of Roxboro, sheep graze among 5,000 panels at the Person County Solar Park, keeping the grass tidy on the rural…
Serbia’s MK Fintel Wind Starts Construction of Third Wind Farm
Serbia’s MK Fintel Wind, a joint venture of Serbian vertically integrated conglomerate MK Group and Italy’s Fintel Energia Group, said on Wednesday it has started the construction of its third wind farm and expects to complete its first phase by…