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GTM Predicts 27% Drop In Solar Prices By 2022
A new report from GTM Research has highlighted what is becoming an increasingly common refrain these days — solar prices simply continue to fall, and they’re not slowing down, either, with GTM predicting that average global solar project prices will…
Here Comes the Sun: LEON Switches to 100 Per Cent Solar Power for the Summer
Healthy fast food chain LEON has switched to sourcing 100 per cent solar power over the summer months, as part of its supply deal with Opus Energy. The company made the switch last week to coincide with the summer solstice.…
London to Upgrade 5,000 Buses to Euro VI Air Quality Standard by 2020
London’s 5,000 most polluting buses are to be upgraded to the latest Euro VI emission standard by 2020 under a new retrofit programme announced yesterday by the city’s Mayor, Sadiq Khan. Under the £86.1m programme, around 5,000 buses will be…
Siemens Gamesa Installs 6 Megawatt Wind Turbines On Floating Foundations For Hywind Scotland
Newly anointed Siemens Gamesa has completed the installation of five 6-megawatt turbines on floating foundations in Stord, Norway, to be then towed to Scottish waters to be installed at what will then be the world’s largest floating offshore wind project,…
Renewable Energy Provides More Electricity Than Nuclear Power In US
Renewable energy sources are now providing more electricity than nuclear power for the first time ever in the United States, according to figures issued by the US Energy Information Administration and highlighted by Ken Bossong’s Sun Day Campaign. The US…
Panasonic HIT Solar Panel Sets New Record For High Temperature Efficiency
When we think of solar panel efficiency, we usually think in terms of how much of the sunlight hitting the panel gets converted into electricity. Output efficiency is normally computed by laboratory testing, where the ambient temperature of the test…
Climate Change Minister: Clean Growth Plan Coming this Autumn
The government’s long-awaited Clean Growth Plan will finally be made public after the summer recess, according to newly appointed Climate Change Minister Claire Perry. Perry, who replaced Nick Hurd at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) earlier…