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Photon Energy Developing a 316 MW Solar Power Plant in Australia

Photon Energy is also developing further large-scale solar power plants with a combined capacity of 42 MWp in Australia Photon Energy is developing a 316 MW solar power plant near Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. This would make it the biggest PV project in the state and one of the largest planned in Australia, comparable […]

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Hevel Group starts manufacturing heterojunction solar modules, doubles its output

Hevel’s production line delivers both solar modules and high-efficiency cells that can be exported for localized assembly in countries where the solar power plants are being constructed.  Hevel Group has announced that it has started manufacturing heterojunction solar modules, doubling the capacity of its plant in Novocheboksarsk (Chuvash Republic) to 160 MW of solar modules […]

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Philips Lighting secures renewable energy certificates in the Gulf region

Philips Lighting is the first major international company to secure its renewable energy consumption in the Gulf region using the pioneering International REC Standard. Philips Lighting has announced that it has purchased traceable renewable electricity from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA’s) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. The company has purchased […]

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Scania announces to install largest solar roof in Netherlands

Scania’s production unit in Zwolle, Overijssel, will install the largest solar roof in the Netherlands. The solar roof will have 22,000 solar panels with a total energy capacity of six megawatts. Scania has taken its latest significant step in its transition to using exclusively renewable energy in its production activities. Scania’s production unit in Zwolle, […]

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Researchers develop air conditioned bed that runs on solar power

Aries International Maritime Research Institute with Aries International Interiors has developed solar powered air conditioned bed UAE-based Aries International Maritime Research Institute with Aries International Interiors has developed solar powered air conditioned bed. The innovative concept is expected to be a big boon for sun-soaked Middle East region and powerless remote villages of countries in […]

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Scientists develops solar- powered smart windows that can save up to 40% of a building’s energy cost

“We wanted the smart window to dynamically control the amount of natural light and heat that can come inside, saving on energy cost and making the space more comfortable,” said Loo.  Scientists have developed solar- powered smart windows with controllable glazing that can augment lighting, cooling and heating systems by varying their tint, saving up […]

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Swedish Court of Appeal Rules Against Fortum in Income Tax Case

Fortum will book a tax cost of 1,175 MSEK (EUR 123 million) in the second quarter 2017 results. The booking will not have any cash flow effect for Fortum, as the additional taxes and interest have already been paid in 2016. The Court of Appeal in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 June 2017 ruled against Fortum […]

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Solar Films Manufactured by Heliatek Installed on ENGIE Laborelec’s Building in Linkebeek, Belgium

In 2016 the ENGIE Group acquired a 6.6% stake in Heliatek, one of the world leaders in the production of organic photovoltaic (OPV) films. Solar films manufactured by German company Heliatek have been installed on ENGIE Laborelec’s building in Linkebeek, Belgium. The HeliaFilm organic films have been incorporated into the façade and windows and will […]

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This new material removes water pollutants using solar power

Researchers have developed materials capable of absorbing the visible part of the solar spectrum – other materials, such as titanium dioxide, are also able to break down dyes using solar energy, but their efficiency is limited as they only absorb higher energy, ultra-violet light. Researchers at the Swansea University in the United Kingdom have developed […]

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