Can solar power help eradicate extreme poverty in the developing world?

By Richard Swanson, IEEE Fellow; Co-founder and President Retired of SunPower Corporation

A few years ago I lay in a hammock in a mud and wattle hut in a Makuxi village, shining my torch on the walls to look for spiders, listening to the BBC World Service on my radio (I learnt that Labour leader John Smith had died).

Morocco on Friday officially launched the construction of a 160-megawatt solar power plant near the desert city of Ouarzazate, the first in a series of vast solar projects planned in the country.

The largest concentrating solar power plant (100 MW) in operation is currently in Abu Dhabi, but it won't stay at the top of the list for too long.

In recent years, Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has made efforts to call for public awareness of saving electricity and obtained positive results. However, it requires community’s involvement.

On April 5, Deputy Director of Department of Trade and Industry Nguyen Van Huu chaired a meeting with related organizations about supporting local business in energy audits and energy efficiency implementation in 2013.

On April 17th, Thai Binh Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with Energy Efficiency Office (Ministry of Industry and Trade) held the “Energy Efficiency Deployment Conference” in order to propagate the Law of Energy Efficiency and Conservation and related legal documents.

To kick off th energy saving propagation, Soc Trang Power Company co-operated with Soc Trang Women’s Union propagates the energy consumption and saving efficiency to 22 groups under Provincial Women’s Union in 22 towns and villages.

Để phục vụ cho các hoạt động ngoài trời, hãng Frog Design đã chế tạo một loại tua-bin gió di động mà họ gọi là "Revolver".

The Energy General Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade was assigned to the Energy Conservation and Cleaner Production Project sponsored by the Global Environment Fund (GFF) through World Bank.

Taking power-savings a key and long-term task, early in 2013, Quang Binh PC has laid out plans and implemented many solutions under the instruction from Quang Binh People’s Committee and EVNCPC.

Australia not only is one of the largest producers of coal with significant export mainly to China, but is also a big user of fossil fuels, with more than 75% of its 2008/2009 electricity derived from it.

Wind energy may be one of the more sustainable sources of power available, but the spinning blades of conventional wind turbines require regular maintenance and have attracted criticism from bird lovers.

Old Solar Decathlon houses don’t die; they gather together to form a neighborhood – one prime for some groundbreaking experimentation in taking advantage of clean energy source.

Not having a section devoted to cures for insomnia, Gizmag tends to pass over press releases about investment agreements.

Các nhà nghiên cứu tại Đại học công nghệ Delft đã hợp tác với Mecanoo, công ty kiến trúc Hà Lan để chế tạo tua bin gió thân thiện với loài chim, có thể chuyển đổi năng lượng gió thành điện mà không cần bất cứ bộ phận chuyển động cơ học nào.

Ecotricity, the world’s first ever green energy company, will form a partnership with the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to develop renewable energy installations in more environmentally friendly sites, and which could even double as wildlife reserve.

BEIJING: China, Japan and South Korea are making more consistent investments in clean energy and starting to outshine Europe as a global center of low carbon leadership, according to a new report released today by The Climate Institute and General Electric (GE).

Most previous methods of producing methanol from carbon dioxide have involved lots of electricity, high pressures and high temperatures, and used toxic chemicals or rare earth elements like cadmium or tellurium.