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Could Biomimicry Revolutionise Renewable Energy?
A host of new technologies have been inspired by the natural world, as designers increasingly look to biomimicry when to creating new ideas for wind turbines, solar cells and hydropower. So could nature hold the answer to unlocking renewable energy?…
Embrace Decentralised Renewable Energy for Power Supply
Countries in Africa and South Asia should embrace inexpensive decentralised renewable energy (DRE) technologies for clean, sustainable and affordable power for all, says a report. Most national governments are far from solving energy poverty, according to the report released last…
Tucson Electric Power Confirms ‘Historically Low Price’ for Latest Solar Project
A leading US utility has this week signed a new deal to secure solar power for up to 21,000 homes at a price that is less than half the level it previously paid. Tucson Electric Power (TEP) announced it had…
Solar Energy Brings A Ray Of Hope To Salt Farmers In Gujarat
A vast majority of India’s salt comes from Gujarat’s Little Rann of Kutch desert. Here, about 43,000 salt farmers, mostly women, work in brutal heat to produce salt from briny tidal water. It is hard work for little pay. Most…
Australia leaps up global renewable energy investment rankings
Australia has leaped up the rankings of the most attractive countries for renewable energy investment, thanks to the record sums of more than $7.5 billion committed to large-scale wind and solar, not to mention rooftop installations, over the past year.…
The Sun Irrigates a Carrot
Droughty, hot, summer day will no longer worry Marko Čarnić, vegetable grower from Begeč, near Novi Sad. From now on the sun also works for Čarnić, who is one of the biggest manufacturers of carrots not only in Serbia but…
Mumbai Society Switches to Solar Power Will Save ₹5 Lakh a Year
Grace Co-operative Housing Society, Vasant Oscar, Mulund (West), switched to solar energy last month and will save Rs 5 lakh per annum in electricity bills, which means a monthly saving of Rs41,000. It got solar panels installed that help light…