Sunday, 19 January 2025

Focus on Solar

FILE PHOTO: National flags of the U.S. and China are seen in front of an international hotel in Beijing January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Electric Vehicles (EVs)ManufacturingNewsPoliticsSolar

Chinese companies seek assurances from Malaysia on avoiding US tariffs, FT reports

China has been fighting against tariffs on its imports, set to be imposed by the U.S. within weeks.

Trash and debris little an empty lot on Detroit's eastside, Monday, June 24, 2024. The eastside neighborhood is one of a few that are expected to receive solar arrays as part of Detroit's efforts to remove blight and find uses for underpopulated areas in the city. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
EconomyNewsPoliticsSolar

Detroit plans to set up solar panel arrays on vacant lots throughout the city

Detroit is using something it has plenty of — vacant land — to produce something the city needs — clean and relatively inexpensive...

Power transmission lines are seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
AnalysisClimateEmissionsNatural GasOilSolarTrade

Canada’s missing navigation tool in the push to lower emissions

Canada is making slow progress with its sustainability standards.

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks during his visit to carmaker BMW's research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai, China June 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maria Martinez
CoalNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsSolarWind

German minister says China indispensable to achieve climate goals

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck has met with officials in China.

News ReleaseElectricitySolar

Lodestone Energy partners with Haldon Station for continued expansion in the South Island

Solar farm partnership announced ahead of Lodestone’s capital raise June 22, 2024 Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s leading solar generation company, has today announced...

Ferrari's new factory will produce the group's legendary combustion engine cars as well as hybrids and the firm's first EV (AFP)
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)ElectricityIndustryManufacturingNewsSolarTransport

Ferrari eyes electric future with solar-powered factory

Italian carmaker Ferrari on Friday inaugurated a new solar-powered factory at the group's historic Maranello site, where its electric car should be produced...

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are pictured at a solar energy park in Saelices, Spain, May 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Guillermo Martinez/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityHydropowerInfrastructureReportsSolarStorageWind

Europe’s solar power surge hits prices, exposing storage needs

Mismatch between demand and supply as solar power generation soars could shift investment to much needed storage solutions

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard walks between rows of photovoltaic solar panels inside a solar power plant at Raisan village near Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityReportsSolar

Solar can provide 20% of world electricity on northern summer solstice, thinktank says

LONDON – The world has enough solar power capacity to generate a fifth of its midday peak electricity needs on the longest day...

FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
EconomyElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsSolarTrade

Yellen says Biden’s China tariffs are strategic, Trump’s would raise costs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday defended President Joe Biden's increased tariffs on certain Chinese goods as highly strategic but said Republican...

Login into your Account

Please login to like, dislike or bookmark this article.