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US DOE Funds Synhelion to Scale Up Solar Thermal Hydrogen

Thursday, 22 June 2023 REM A joint project of Synhelion and its partner, University of Florida, has been awarded $2.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The project aims to accelerate ...

Open-Source Renewable Energy Potential Model Offers Endless Possibilities

Tuesday, 21 July 2020 REM What can the Renewable Energy Potential (reV) model calculate when it comes to renewable energy potential? Just about everything. This novel modeling framework includes highly dynamic, user-defined ...

Department of Energy Announces New Funding for Solar and Geothermal Technologies

Thursday, 06 February 2020 REM

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $125.5 million in new funding to advance solar technology research.

IEA sees world hitting the renewable accelerator over next five years

Thursday, 05 July 2012 REM The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its first-ever renewable energy market report this week, forecasting that global renewable power generation will increase by over 40% as deployment opportunities ...

Biodiesel: it may not be sexy, but it’s popular

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 Toby Price Our most read report in June 2011 looked at the environmental impact of Brazil's biodiesel programme. It was one of three articles focusing on bioenergy featuring in last June’s top 10. Other stand-out ...

IRENA cost analysis shows renewable gaining advantage

Tuesday, 12 June 2012 REM “Renewable power generation technologies are becoming increasingly competitive;” says the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in a recent report, adding they are now “the most economic ...

A mixed bag March this time last year

Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price While the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident overshadowed all other news during March, our most read stories this time last year didn’t actually focus on events unfolding there. This, ...

South Africa

Renewables sector ready for take off

Friday, 16 December 2011 Toby Price In the renewables world, South Africa would be considered a trending topic on Twitter, after recent attention surrounding COP 17, and increasing news about the country’s efforts to ramp up its own renewables ...

Europe

EU can only integrate 40% renewable electricity by 2050

Thursday, 15 December 2011 Mike McGovern At least that’s the conclusion that appears to have been reached in the report "Assessment of the Required Share for a Stable EU Electricity Supply until 2050" (a finding that has already been ...

2Q clean energy boom as solar thermal attracts billions

Tuesday, 19 July 2011 REM Financial new investment in clean energy in the US jumped in the second quarter of 2011 to reach $41.7 billion. This was 27% above the figure for the first quarter and 22% higher than the equivalent for ...