Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Conversely, extensive use of air conditioning would warm the outside environment by as much as 1 degree C in […]
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Latest The site will be monitored to assess methods of scaling up offshore floating PV. Image: SolarDuck. European floating solar (FPV) company SolarDuck has installed an offshore FPV pilot site in the Dutch North Sea. Alongside German energy company RWE, the 0.5MWp Merganser FPV site was successfully installed around 1.2km off the coast of Scheveningen
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A total solar eclipse will come to Siberia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal on Aug. 12, 2026. (Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images) Are you ready for the next total solar eclipse? As soon as the April 2024, eclipse across North America was over, eclipse chasers turned their attention to planning for the
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Environment So-called “cool roofs” would bring down the average air temperature in cities like London during a heatwave more than green roofs, trees or solar panels do By Madeleine Cuff Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon WhatsApp Linkedin Reddit Email If London’s roofs were white, it would help keep the city cool in a
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The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has imposed a 10% import tariff on solar panels to protect local manufacturers, attract investment, and deepen the value chain. The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association has questioned the lack of formal industry engagement, calling the timing “not ideal.” July 4, 2024 Patrick Jowett South Africa’s
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Comment: As the solar geoengineering debate heats up, it is time for voices across the continent to work together and make themselves heard Saliem Fakir is the executive director of the African Climate Foundation. Shuchi Talati (PhD) is the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering. Global temperatures have crossed 1.1
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Henning Schulz: In recent years we have seen good growth rates in Europe, and we also see them this year. Although there are some voices which say the market may not be as big as had been forecast; forecast was about 90GW, some people say now around 80GW. We are analysing to see what the
Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features “We need to be thinking more globally in terms of our approach to the global supply chain,” said Sonia Dunlop. Image: PV Tech. A collective effort will be required by the global solar sector to realise the potential of the solar PV industry, according to Sonia Dunlop, CEO
Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features Other CSSI in NSW include the 2.2GW PHES power station Snowy 2.0 and Oven Mountain, a 600MW/7200MWh, billion-dollar energy storage project. Image: NSW government. The New South Wales (NSW) government has declared six renewable energy projects, including one solar and three pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites, as
Latest News , Editors’ Blog , Features The solar farms will help spearhead renewable energy developments in the region once Rio Tinto’s mining facility (above) closes at the end of the decade. Image: Rio Tinto. British-Australian multinational mining company Rio Tinto is set to develop two 5.25MW solar farms in the Gove Peninsula of the
