IRENA: Outdated thinking curbing green energy momentum
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Sep 8, 2014 -
The director of the International Renewable Energy Agency said Monday from Abu Dhabi an outdated energy mentality was hurting the global climate.
"A convergence of social, economic and environmental forces is transforming the global energy system as we know it," IRENA Director-General Adnan Amin said in a statement. "But if we continue on the path we are currently on and fuel our growin ...
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Sun-powered desalination for villages in India
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 09, 2014 -
Around the world, there is more salty groundwater than fresh, drinkable groundwater. For example, 60 percent of India is underlain by salty water - and much of that area is not served by an electric grid that could run conventional reverse-osmosis desalination plants.
Now an analysis by MIT researchers shows that a different desalination technology called electrodialysis, powered by solar ...
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Stealth wind turbines to become operational in France in 2015
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 08, 2014 -
A French company has begun producing stealth wind turbines that mask low-altitude airborne objects and therefore do not interfere with radars. Some elements of the renewable power generators have been borrowed from modern fighter jets.
France's EDF Energies Nouvelles, a 'green energy' branch of the state-controlled EDF Group, has announced the production of the towers, which minimize inter ...
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China August trade surplus hits fresh record of $49.8 bn
Beijing (AFP) Sept 08, 2014 -
China's trade surplus surged to a record $49.8 billion in August, figures showed Monday, as imports saw a surprising fall and export growth slowed in a further sign of softness in the world's second-largest economy.
The mixed bag of data from the General Administration of Customs follows a string of figures showing continued weakness in the economy, fanning expectations the government will u ...
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Cutting fossil subsidies must to advance renewables: agency
Paris (AFP) Sept 07, 2014 -
Renewable energy, essential for meeting global CO2 emission targets, needs a stable regulatory framework, a cut in fossil fuel subsidies and more interconnected power grids to develop, a global energy agency said Sunday.
The development of renewable energy will lead to a "new industrial paradigm" for electricity production, as it should expand by 70 percent globally between 2011 and 2030, ac ...
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Japan's first female industry chief visits Fukushima plant
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 07, 2014 -
Japan's new industry minister Yuko Obuchi on Sunday visited the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, days after assuming her new post.
Obuchi, a 40-year-old mother of two, was tapped by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week as the country's first female minister of economy, trade and industry, overseeing the power sector.
"For Japan's future and Fukushima's reconstruction, the ...
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First-ever look inside a working lithium-ion battery
Columbus OH (SPX) Sep 09, 2014 -
For the first time, researchers have been able to open a kind of window into the inner workings of a lithium-ion battery. Using a neutron beam, chemists and engineers at The Ohio State University were able to track the flow of lithium atoms into and out of an electrode in real time as a battery charged and discharged.
The study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edit ...
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