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EEW Becomes Sweden's Largest Solar PV Developer

EEW, a leading developer of utility-scale solar energy projects, announces it now has 290 MW of solar power projects at the advanced development stage in Sweden, making it the country's largest solar power developer.

From Eco Energy World 9 Nov 2021

Wind and Solar Power can Meet Most of the Electricity Demand in Industrialized Nations

With the eyes of the world on the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, strategies for decarbonizing energy infrastructure are a trending topic. Yet critics of renewables question the dependability of systems that rely on intermittent resources. A recent study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine tackles the reliability question head-on.

8 Nov 2021

Sustainable Photovoltaic Solar Device Uses 95.06% of the Energy Available to Produce Domestic Hot Water

A research team at the University of Córdoba has designed a sustainable photovoltaic solar device that can heat water up to 80 degrees - just like a regular electric heater

8 Nov 2021

New Initiative Aims to Share Solar Generated Electricity Across Developing Countries

India and the U.K. in partnership with the World Bank and the International Solar Alliance -; have launched a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

5 Nov 2021

World's First Transnational Solar Panel Network GGI-OSOWOG Launched in Glasgow

The International Solar Alliance (ISA), India Presidency of the ISA, and the UK COP Presidency today unveiled plans for the first transnational network of solar power grids, known as the Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG), at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

3 Nov 2021

Sulzer Schmid Completes Multi-GW Blade Inspection Campaign for Vestas in Europe

Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind turbine rotor blade inspections, announced today that it has completed a massive blade inspection campaign for Vestas, covering close to 4,000 wind turbines across 14 countries of northern and central Europe.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 25 Oct 2021

Solar Energy Could Meet 43.2% of China’s Electricity Demands in 2060

At the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, much attention will be focused on China.

19 Oct 2021

Wind and Solar Power Insufficient in Attaining Global Climate Targets

The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. But after analysing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University in Sweden and Central European University in Vienna, Austria, conclude that virtually no country is moving sufficiently fast to avoid global warming of 1.5°C or even 2°C.

15 Oct 2021

Study States Grazing Under Arrays Would Support Economy and Climate

Residents of the New York state fear the loss of agricultural land as they see industrial-sized solar installations popping up everywhere. Lexie Hain ’99 offers an elementary solution: sheep.

15 Oct 2021

Elkem Launches Global Climate Roadmap: Reducing Emissions Towards Net Zero While Growing Supplies to the Green Transition

Elkem, a global leader in silicon-based advanced materials, today announces a new climate roadmap detailing how the company plans to develop its business in line with the aim of the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to well below two degrees.

From Elkem 13 Oct 2021