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Solartech Pioneer Solivus Lands £2.4 m Investment to Supercharge UK’s Net-zero Journey

Solivus, the pioneer of new ‘skin-like’ solar panels, has secured £2.4 m investment, led by Founders Factory and G-Force and supported by Crowdcube investors, to fund expansion plans putting solar power at the heart of the UK’s energy generation.

From Solivus Ltd. 28 Feb 2022

World’s First Flexible Solar Manufacturing Facility to Use Micro-groove Technology Opens in the UK

Today, Power Roll opens its solar film manufacturing facility in County Durham. It is the first facility in the world to produce low-cost, lightweight, flexible solar film using Power Roll’s patented micro-groove technology.

From Power Roll Limited 25 Feb 2022

ACWA Power Breaks Ground on Uzbekistan’s First Publicly Tendered Wind Project

ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen plants worldwide, today broke ground on the 100 MW Nukus wind project, in a formal ceremony attended by H.E. Shavket Mirziyoyev, President, Republic of Uzbekistan; H.E. Yousef Saleh Algahrah Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Mohammad Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power, and senior officials from the Uzbek government.

From ACWA Power 25 Feb 2022

Majority of Georgians Strongly Support Solar and Wind Power Over Coal-Fired Plants

A majority of Georgia residents strongly support new solar and wind power capacity over new coal-fired plants and believe the state should set a carbon emissions reduction goal, according to a new survey conducted for researchers at Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia.

24 Feb 2022

Detailed Calculation of Costs Involved in Making Switzerland Climate Neutral by 2050

Switzerland is to become climate neutral by 2050, according to a resolution passed by the Federal Council in August 2019, which was adopted as a long-term climate strategy by the Federal Council in January 2021.

18 Feb 2022

Novel Low-Cost Strategy for High-Performance Solar Evaporation

MIT researchers have developed a novel low-cost passive solar-evaporation system that demonstrates much promise for wastewater treatment, seawater desalination, medical instrument sterilization and vapor generation.

17 Feb 2022

Accelerated Ammonia Synthesis Holds Potential for Use in Renewable Energy Storage and Transfer

Research by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University reveals a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.

16 Feb 2022

Solar-powered System Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination

An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity.

16 Feb 2022

Sulzer Schmid Introduces New Ultra-Portable Drone Solution for Highly Flexible Wind Turbine Blade Inspections

Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind blade inspections, has launched its new 3DX™ SmartPilot drone solution, specifically developed to enable inspection campaigns in geographies where site access or complex logistical barriers require a quick, highly portable blade inspection solution.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 14 Feb 2022