By Fiona Murphy The easiest way to reduce your electricity bill is to reduce your consumption. But what if switching off could be a lethal decision? The post Energy efficiency vs under-consuming – the difference can be deadly appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Rafael Herzberg Energy: 5 important facts Liquefied natural gasPrices have dropped sharply in recent years Electric vehiclesIt has been exponentially increasing its market penetration Solar and windThese are two sources that have gained great importance in power matrices India and ChinaThey showed great development in the energy sector Energy efficiency in buildingsIt is a…
By Kelly Pickerel Scientists from Hasselt University (Belgium), imec, VITO, EnergyVille and international partners within the PERCISTAND consortium have become the first to achieve an energy efficiency of 25% with a thin-film solar cell. This advancement shows that thin-film solar can generate as much energy as a traditional silicon solar cell. “We’ve achieved an energy…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Polestar gives a glimpse of a future flagship electric car. Researchers suggest much higher solar cell efficiency without rare materials. And Hyundai is working on giving transmissions more smarts, not necessarily more gears. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, Polestar has released pictures…
By [email protected] (Stephen Edelstein) Even as it moves to launch more electric cars, Hyundai is looking for ways to wring more efficiency from internal-combustion powertrains. The automaker has developed what it calls an “Information and Communication Technology (ICT)” transmission-control system that uses both GPS real-time traffic data, and onboard sensors to choose the optimal… Read…
By Halle Kirsh Tuesday, March 24, 20202 pm ET / 11 am PT In this webinar, we will discuss how wind and solar operators have moved beyond the hype and are receiving the benefits of AI enabled asset management in the day to day operation and management of their projects. Use cases such as AI…
By [email protected] (Stephen Edelstein) Solar cells produce electricity without carbon emissions, but the low efficiency numbers leave a lot of room for improvement. New research suggests a possible way to boost that—possibly without a radical rethink or the introduction of rare, expensive materials. Researchers in St. Petersburg, Russia, have created a prototype solar cell using……
By [email protected] Michigan’s two big investor-owned utilities, Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, have both committed to meeting state-mandated clean energy targets and retiring coal plants by 2040. But according to state regulators, DTE’s plan doesn’t pass muster. Last week, the Michigan Public Service Commission ordered DTE to redo its integrated resource plan (IRP), due to…
By [email protected] Solar technology is getting cheaper and more efficient. That winning combination means that many of the oldest projects in the global solar fleet may be set for a facelift. Throw in sunsetting subsidies, worthless warranties and a smattering of poorly built projects, and repowering and revamping (the latter involves changes that don’t increase…
By mmillikin Lucid Motors announced a long-term partnership with leading EV battery supplier LG Chem for the Lucid Air electric sedan. Lucid Motors said that it selected LG Chem for a long-term partnership because its batteries provide the ideal level of efficiency, with those batteries further optimized by Lucid to meet or exceed all target…
By [email protected] Is the United States positioned to lead in the long term as the global energy mix continues to shift? Fossil fuels have shaped the geopolitical map over the last two centuries. Now, the rapid deployment of renewables has set in motion a global energy transition that could have profound geopolitical consequences. In this…
By Kelsey Misbrener The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) Neighborhood SolarShares Program, a proposal for community solar under the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code). In November 2019, the commission decided to table the decision after the solar industry said SMUD’s original proposal would undermine the new home…
By [email protected] In a new Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. What do strategic innovation professionals at utilities do? As large utilities evolve and modernize, a…
By Kelly Pickerel Canadian solar panel manufacturer Silfab plans to invest $4 million into its Bellingham, Washington, assembly plant to add more advanced manufacturing equipment for its high-efficiency panels. The Washington State Department of Commerce provided a $250,000 economic development grant to the Port of Bellingham to assist the expansion. An estimated 20 to 40…
By [email protected] For the first time, artificial-intelligence experts have created a place to collaborate on climate issues, Climate Change AI. Some are mining the massive data of remotely sensed emissions streams. Some are accelerating materials discovery for solar fuels by combining machine learning and physics to figure out a proposed material’s crystal structure. Some are…