Solar comes of age: solarcity to double PV systems on american homes by 2016

A leading American solar company is set to begin the largest residential rooftop project ever undertaken, effectively doubling the number of solar systems currently on homes around the U.S.

Google discloses carbon footprint, renewable energy goals

Google has been playing an interesting role in renewable energy development, and not only because it has invested more than $780 million in renewable energy generation and tech development.

Eight bio-based technologies for 2050

What kind of technologies will evolve in the 2030s, and even the 2040s, to transform our fuel, food, and materials choices, and lead us towards some of the fuel targets outlined for 2050 by the International Energy Agency? In looking that far down the line, we have some long term trends to guide us.

New Zealand commits to spend $6.7 million to fund first solar plant for Tonga

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Cost of solar electricity to be halved by 2020

PV - Cost of solar electricity to be halved by 2020 - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Cracking cellulose: a step into the biofuels future

University of York scientists have found a method to convert cellulose efficiently into bioethanol. The researchers identified the molecular mechanism

Artificial light-harvesting method achieves 100% energy transfer efficiency

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to mimic the photosynthetic systems found in plants and some bacteria, scientists have taken a step toward developing an artificial light-harvesting system (LHS) that meets one of the crucial requirements for such systems: an approximately 100% energy transfer efficiency. Although high energy transfer efficiency is just one component of the development of a useful artificial LHS, the achievement could lead to clean solar-fuel technology that turns sunlight into chemical fuel.

Australia takes first steps into utility-scale solar

Australia is taking its first leap into utility-scale solar PV with a 10-megawatt (MW) AC project located in Western Australia – 10 times larger than any operating project in the country.

India receives €200 million loan from EIB to fund renewable energy projects

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Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says

PV - Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

Who will win the clean energy race?

Germany now has more renewable energy installed than the USA. But the race is far from over and there is stiff competition in developing countries.

Wind power set to triple by 2020

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Thomson becomes first airline to fly customers on biofuel

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Renewables meet 16 percent of global final energy consumption in 2010

Panorama - Renewables meet 16 percent of global final energy consumption in 2010 - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism