A TEAM of researchers led by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) academic Prof Dr Chong Kok Keong have secured a grant for their work on an integrated solar hydrogen system. Prof Chong, from the varsity’s Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKC FES), and his co-researchers were awarded the RM202,340 grant by environmental … Read more
Solar panels and wind turbines in the Netherlands. Daniel Bosma | Moment | Getty Images Explorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard has called for a renewed focus on cutting energy waste, saying it’s “hopeless” to shift to renewables without improving efficiency. Around three-quarters of the world’s energy is wasted, Piccard told an “IOT: Powering the Digital … Read more
School District of Philadelphia buses parked in a lot while public schools remain temporarily closed for in-person learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.Photo: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg (Getty Images) While car design has changed radically over the decades, school buses look almost the same as they did nearly 100 years ago. Sure, they … Read more
Australia will launch subsidies and incentives modelled on similar efforts in the United States and Europe to help the giant commodity exporter bolster domestic manufacturing and promote industries it sees as vital to national security. Darrian Traynor | Stringer | Getty Images Australia will launch subsidies and incentives modelled on similar efforts in the United States … Read more
A worker applies tape to a solar panel at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. Megan Jelinger | Reuters A flood of foreign solar components threatens efforts to build a domestic manufacturing base in the U.S. to support the clean energy transition, according to First Solar CEO Mark Widmar. In an interview with … Read more
Solar power farm in the evening. Pavel Babic | Istock | Getty Images Solar power is on a path to double every two to three years amid an “unprecedented period of demand growth” for new electricity generation, the CEO of Nextracker told CNBC. “Solar is unstoppable,” Nextracker founder and CEO Dan Shugar said in an … Read more
Budget 2024: In the past few years, the Government of India has been pacing up its interventions to meet the ambitious clean energy targets, i.e. to steer the country towards 50% cumulative installed power generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030; and achieving net zero by 2070. India currently has an installed generation capacity … Read more
