The recent environmental and resulting economic disaster in Japan drastically demonstrates the need for an ‘energy shift’ towards sustainable and decentralised forms of energy, which is where solar PV can play a major part.
30 April, 2011
Renewable energy can have wide-ranging social and economic benefits for developing countries, as well as contributing to the climate change agenda. But a balance needs to be struck between public subsidies, the charity sector and private investment.
18 April, 2011
Following recent proposals from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to dramatically reduce the tariff paid to those with solar PV (photovoltaic) energy schemes generating more than 50 kW, power experts at IMS Research are questioning the viability and future of solar energy in the UK.
08 April, 2011
A mining company in Australia hopes that waste tailings from a 19th century gold mine could be transformed into a new, surprisingly pure form of silicon for use in the solar PV industry, but could this new process really be feasible?
05 April, 2011