by Abriel | Sep 3, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy, Global
New research has found the smog and dust that sickens millions across India every year is also sapping solar power generation by more than 25 percent and these huge energy losses will only compound as India realises its grand solar ambitions. The grimy coating that...
by Abriel | Aug 27, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
Australia’s renewable energy sector is within striking distance of matching national household power consumption, cranking out enough electricity to run 70% of homes last financial year, according to new figures. The first Australian Renewable Energy Index, produced...
by Abriel | Aug 3, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
At an unprecedented summit in Berlin, protests forced a last minute change in venue for emergency diesel talks between the German government and the country’s auto industry. The summit shifted to the more secured Interior Ministry after Greenpeace and other protestors...
by Abriel | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
The capacity for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to generate electricity here has nearly quadrupled in the past three years as solar panels have mushroomed all over Singapore. In 2010, the Economic Strategies Committee set a target of having renewable energy sources...
by Abriel | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
When the electricity market is fully open to competition in the second half of next year, all households will be able to shop for it the way people do for a mobile phone plan. But some households may be able to do so earlier, as the Energy Market Authority (EMA) is...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2017 | 2017, Affordable & Clean Energy
The United Nations (UN) estimates that two out of three people will live in a city by 2030, with megacities of 10 million inhabitants or more located primarily in Asia. Driven by rapid growth and urbanization, Asian megacities are lifting millions out of poverty....