Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Nuclear Plants, Energy
Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel ...
Tags: glass, decoration
ASTM International (ASTM) the international industry standards group has published the E2939-13 Standard Practice for Determining Reporting Conditions and Expected Capacity for Photovoltaic (PV) Non-Concentrator Systems. This is a new ...
Tags: solar plant, energy
Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training programme and new conversion engineering ...
All new electricity generation in Australia will come from renewable energy through 2020, according to a new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) [PDF]. The bulk of the new power will be wind, with large-scale scale ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Analyst firm tips Thailand to join China, Japan, Australia, and India as the major markets in the region. Market transition: the rise of the APAC region Demand for photovoltaic modules and systems in 2014 will be dominated by the ...
Tags: PV Demand, photovoltaic modules
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers, and CEA (the French Atomic and Renewable Energy Commission) have renewed their long-standing partnership for the ...
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The Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation, formerly IEE, released a new publication, Innovations Across the Grid, that showcases more than 70 utility-technology company partnerships that are fundamentally changing how ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Segen, the UK's leading value added distributor of renewable technologies, has today announced a new partnership with Phono Solar, adding a new range of quality and cost-effective PV panels to its comprehensive portfolio. Segen will begin ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA says that its cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules will power four solar energy plants in France, with a combined capacity of 48MW. Developed and owned by independent renewable energy ...
Tags: Solar, PV Projects, Electrical, Electronics, Solar Module
Local electrical and renewable energy companies came together on December 5th to donate over thirty toys and $125 in cash to local, underprivileged children via a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots drive held at Elitch Lanes in Denver. ...
Tags: Denver-Area Electrical Companies, IECRM, Toys for Tots
British Solar Renewables confirms innovative joint venture with Santander to invest in the construction of 56.5MW of UK Solar PV projects at three sites across the UK. The sites are located in areas with high light levels in West ...
Tags: Solar, Solar Construction Investment, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
Michael Lippert, of Saft Energy Storage Systems, explains how the SmartRegion Pellworm project will enable an island off the North Sea coast of Germany to increase self-consumption of its own renewable energy Pellworm Island presents a ...
Tags: Blueprint, SmartRegion Pellworm project, Michael Lippert