renewable energy
Solar Power Investment Will Overtake Oil For The First Time Ever This Year
Posted in Hardware on 27th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
The International Energy Agency released some good news in its recent World Energy Investment report.
New KAUST tandem solar cell breaks efficiency world record
Posted in Hardware, Science on 18th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
The dynamic duo of silicon and perovskite continue their rampage through the solar cell industry. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have developed a new silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell with a record-breaking efficiency.
Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables
Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"Even though the energy crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has propped up global coal demand in 2022 by making natural gas far more expensive, the relatively small increase in coal emissions has been considerably outweighed by the expansion of renewables."
China’s 2 Megawatt Molten-salt Thorium Nuclear Reactor Has Start up Approval
Posted in Hardware, Science on 26th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
Construction of the 2 Megawatt TMSR-LF1 reactor began in September 2018 and was reportedly completed in August 2021. The prototype was scheduled to be completed in 2024, but work was accelerated.
Solar storage poised for multi-gigawatt growth in 2022, 2023
Posted in Business, Hardware on 1st May, 2022
by Alex Muller
More than 40 utility-scale solar-storage projects entered operations in the first three quarters of 2021, including batteries tied to existing and new solar farms that combined for nearly 1 GW of storage capacity.