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Scotland will begin building the world’s largest floating wind farm. The construction of the wind farm will start this year after its developers were granted a seabed lease on Monday. The wind turbines will operate around 12 to 18 miles off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. The Norwegian energy company, Statoil who is building this project […]

Usually, solar energy is generated by the light coming from the sun. However, a team of Chinese scientist has tried an unconventional way to harvest solar energy from raindrops. The team of scientist from the Ocean University of China in Qingdao used a Graphene-coated solar panel to carry out the test. Graphene which consists of a single […]

The Scottish government target of achieving 50 per cent of gross consumption of electricity from renewables by 2015 has come to reality. According to a new data published last week, renewable provided 49.7 percent of Scotland’s electricity demand in 2014 which means that the 50 percent target was achieved almost a year earlier. Renewable energy […]

“The National photovoltaic Household Electrification Project” is one of Peru’s most talked projects which aims to provide free electricity to 2 million of its poorest residents who still use oil lamps. At a cost of $200 million, the project aims to power up 500,000 households with 12,500 solar panels and provide 95% of Peru with electricity […]

Panasonic has set a new solar photovoltaic (PV) module conversion efficiency record of 23.8% at a research level. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has verified this latest research.Sun Power’s previous world record of 22.8% conversion efficiency of PV module was broken by Panasonic with a full percentage point. Panasonic also holds another record […]

100% emissions-free electric Double Decker bus will soon run on the streets of London. The electric bus developed by Chinese car manufacturing company ‘BYD’ is 10.2m long with 81 passenger seats. The bus has also standing spaces. It is specially designed to run on urban streets and can travel 190 miles with a single charge. […]

 Solar Industry is experiencing a boom right now. Governments and Companies are desperate to make the best use of renewables. Even Mosques are not leaving behind the race to harness clean energy. The Jordan Government is planning to power all the Mosques around the country with solar panels. A joint collaboration between Jordan’s Ministry of […]

NATO wants to reduce the risk of its soldiers in war-torn zones by increasing its investment on renewable energy.  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) released an annual report on the role of clean energy in risky environment. “Climate change affects not only the natural environment but the security environment as well. NATO is working to improve the […]

A new study from Stanford University has emerged out which says that the world can reach 100% renewable by 2050. The study led by Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy program made a new detailed analysis on energy road-maps of 139 countries. Basically, the road-map calculated the energy requirements of countries by 2050 for agriculture, transportation, electricity,  heating, cooking […]

Denmark has set yet another record. 42.1% of its overall electricity came from wind energy in 2015, an improvement from 2014 record of 39.1%. The government wants to produce 50% of its energy from wind by 2020 and 84% by 2035. It was more windier during 2015 than an average year, leading to this record production […]