In yet another attempt to harness solar power for sea travel, Swiss engineer Raphael Domjan has designed the world's largest solar powered boat.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has contracted a joint venture accord with NTPC, an Indian power generating company, and Kyushu Electric Power Company, a private sector company from Japan, to build and manage 500 MW clean energy projects in India during the ensuing three years.
The government of Kenya has announced its plans to use geothermal as a major power source. The country intends to meet 50% of its energy requirement from geothermal sources by 2018. Currently Kenya relies on hydro power, which has become unpredictable due to erratic and scanty annual rainfall.
Missouri University of Science and Technology has planned to develop a geothermal energy project in replacement of an old power plant at the campus. The geothermal plant is expected to cut down25 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year for the university.
From sun to water, from photovoltaic energy to hydroelectricity: international vertically-integrated photovoltaic provider, Silfab SpA, is expanding its scope of interest in renewable energy with the acquisition of 10% of the share capital of Idrofin Srl, a Padua-based developer of hydropower plants in Eastern Europe with a core business in Romania.
South Africa is giving clean technology a boost by signing up with Yingli Solar to build a $435 million manufacturing plant with a local partner.
For the first time in the UK, researchers from the University of Bath are working with RWE npower in a groundbreaking project exploring the potential energy savings of using a localised DC (Direct Current) electricity supply network.
Taken as a whole, energy sources with low or no carbon emissions could easily cover the global energy supply in 2050. This is the main conclusion of Risø Energy Report 9.
A recent survey of US green industry leaders was conducted by law firm Cooley LLP. The subject of the survey was to gather and analyse the varied perspectives and opinions on the Chinese presence in the international market.
French oil and gas company Total is one of the world’s major oil and gas groups with activities in more than 130 countries. The company employs 96,000 people in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, refining and marketing or gas and power and trading. The Group is also a first rank player in chemicals.
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