William BarekPrototypes Solar powered smart windows break 11% efficiency - enough to generate more than 80% of US electricity - Electrek verified_publisherElectrek - John Fitzgerald WeaverThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory, (NREL), has demonstrated a prototype of a solar powered smart window. The smart window lowers building temperatures by shifting from clear to opaque under strong...
William BarekTesla Tesla says it's halfway done building the world's biggest battery verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Danielle MuoioTesla is making serious headway on its massive battery project in South Australia. On Friday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the company was halfway done building the battery bank that will the...
William Barek Tesla's battery partner Panasonic increases production in Japan for other automakers - Electrek verified_publisherElectrek - Fred LambertPanasonic’s automotive battery business has significantly grown over the last few years through its partnership with Tesla, which has become the biggest li-ion battery consumer in the world. Now the Japanese...
William BarekIndia needs to set up large lithium-ion battery manufacturing plants to become a global player in the EV market: Niti Aayog-... Firstpost India is required to set up large lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) manufacturing plants to become a global player in electric vehicles (EVs) technology …
William BarekRenewable Energy How is Saudi Arabia setting solar pricing records? Is it sustainable - repeatable? - Electrek verified_publisherElectrek - John Fitzgerald WeaverEarly Tuesday morning, news of lower than 2¢/kWh bids from Saudi Arabia’s first round bids on 300MW of 9.5GW solar power projects started popping up. Seven of eight bids were below 3¢/kWh, and two of bids...
William Barek In Building an Electric Car, Dyson Goes Its Own Way WIRED - Erin Griffith Appliance maker Dyson plans to make an electric car by 2020, but will buy self-driving software from others. Max Conze, CEO of Dyson, doesn’t care …
William Barek Solar firm's closure confusing for customers newsday.com - Mark Harrington Potentially thousands of customers across Long Island with solar panels from a shuttered company called Level Solar are wondering how to pay their …
William Barek EGEB: World's largest solar park by drone; 60 'next generation' storage proposals in Australia; more - Electrek verified_publisherElectrek - John Fitzgerald WeaverElectrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source S.A. tender attracts 60 proposals for “next-gen” renewables...
William BarekRenewable Energy JinkoSolar and Fraunhofer ISE break solar efficiency records for everyday solar panels - Electrek verified_publisherElectrek - John Fitzgerald WeaverSolar panel manufacturer JinkoSolar has broken the record for solar cell efficiency for the most commonly used type of solar cells – 22.04% for a P-type multicrystalline product. Near concurrently, solar...
William Barek Trump Is About to Stifle U.S. Solar Power. Why? verified_publisherFortune - Justin Talbot-Zorn In a small Oval Office meeting this summer, President Donald Trump lashed out at his senior economic advisers for their tepidness on trade policy. …
William Barek The GM SURUS could be the hydrogen fuel-cell truck of the future verified_publisherDigital Trends - Stephen Edelstein Previous Next 1 of 12 General Motors isn’t among the trio of automakers — Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota — selling hydrogen fuel-cell passenger cars in the …
William Barek Chief Scientist Alan Finkel makes last ditch plea for clean energy target smh.com.au - James Massola, Cole Latimer Now, it appears all but certain the target is dead in the water. The expectation is that by the end of the year, an alternative policy proposal that …
William Barek The U.S. Will Begin Withdrawing From Obama’s Clean Power Plan Emissions Rule verified_publisherFortune - Reuters The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday he would sign a proposed rule on Tuesday to begin withdrawing from the Clean …
William Barek Microsoft just purchased all of GE's newest Irish wind farm capacity for the next 15 years verified_publisherTechCrunch - Ron MillerMicrosoft signed an agreement with GE today to purchase every last bit of the wind energy from GE’s brand-new 37-megawatt Tullahennel wind farm located in County Kerry, Ireland for the next 15 years. is...
William BarekWind Farm Open-Ocean Wind Farms Could Meet Current Global Energy Demand Inverse - Mike Brown Ocean-based wind farms in the North Atlantic could generate enough power in winter to meet all of humanity’s current energy needs, a study published …
William BarekSeaweed The energy of tomorrow may not be solar, but seaweed verified_publisherfuturism.com Seaweed Energy The U.S. Department of Energy is investing in a novel source of future renewable energy in the form of seaweed. That’s right — seaweed …
William Barek There's Enough Wind Energy Across Oceans to Power The Entire Human Civilisation verified_publisherScienceAlert - CHRIS MOONEY New research published on Monday finds there is so much wind energy potential over oceans that it could theoretically be used to generate …
William Barek New material can turn seawater into hydrogen for fuel cell cars | CarAdvice caradvice.com.au - Derek Fung Tuesday 10 October 2017 New material can turn seawater into hydrogen for fuel cell cars Derek Fung Researchers from University of Central Florida claim …
William Barek Typhoon-proof Wind Turbine hackaday.com - by: Bryan Cockfield While wind energy is rapidly increasing its market share across the world, wind turbines are not able to be constructed everywhere that they might be …
William BarekWind Farm Floating Wind Turbines on the High Seas Could Produce Massive Amounts of Power ieee.org - Peter Fairley Wind power's potential is far greater if turbines are placed in the open ocean, where winds rebound more quickly The world’s first offshore wind farm …
William Barek Sodium-ion battery beats lithium for cost effectiveness verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving Lithium-ion batteries are the current reigning energy-storage champion, powering everything from phones to cars. But as good as it is as an electrode …
William Barek Wind farms in the middle of the sea could provide us with “civilization-scale” power verified_publisherQuartz - Jill PetzingerWind farms out at sea may be the answer to humanity’s insatiable demand for energy. According to a new study from the Carnegie Institute for Science in Palo Alto, California, open-ocean wind farms could...
William Barek This water-saving home runs completely on solar power verified_publisherCurbed - Barbara EldredgeExtreme weather calls for extreme architecture. In drought-ravaged California, students at the University of California, Davis, were inspired to use trees killed by the state’s water shortage to build...
William Barek The World’s First Solar-Powered Train Heads to Byron Bay broadsheet.com.au Byron Bay will soon be home to the world’s first fully solar-powered train. After four years of planning and construction, the new rail service will …
William BarekWind Farm Study shows North Atlantic wind farms could power the whole world verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving Wind is one of the cleanest energy sources available, and the US is sitting next to a gold mine. A new study has found that wind speeds over the …
William Barek This new energy concept from Sweden can make any building net zero inhabitat - Written by Lacy Cooke A new Swedish energy concept can turn any building into a net zero energy structure. Pioneered by Malmö-based company Innenco, the concept utilizes a …
