Off-grid inverter advancements keep solar projects running in frigid and sizzling temps

An off-grid installation in Hawaii using OutBack inverters. As the aging U.S. power grid experiences more catastrophic blackouts due to fires, ice, snow or other natural disasters, more Americans may be considering the merits of disconnecting…

Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds

They are ponds the size of city blocks: Wastewater pits that hold the hazardous byproducts of coal. Lagoons brimming with diluted pig excrement. Vast pools atop stacks of radioactive tailings.The risks posed by pools of waste like these,…

PG&E Charged With Crimes in 2019 California Wildfire

Pacific Gas & Electric, the troubled utility that has started some of California’s most destructive wildfires, faces new criminal charges for its role in igniting a 2019 wildfire that burned 120 square miles in Sonoma County north of…

How Debt and Climate Change Pose ‘Systemic Risk’ to World Economy

The discussions around debt and climate are likely to intensify in the run up to the climate talks in November, where money is expected to be one of the main sticking points. Rich nations are nowhere close to delivering the promised $100…

Sharon Matola, Who Opened a Zoo in the Jungle of Belize, Dies at 66

Sharon Matola’s life changed in the summer of 1981, when she got a call from a British filmmaker named Richard Foster. She had recently quit her job as a lion tamer in a Mexican circus and was back home in Florida, where she was poking…

Greta Thunberg Says She’ll Skip U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, said she would not attend the next international climate talks unless everyone can be vaccinated equally and participate safely.“Inequality and climate injustice is already the heart of the…

Solar and wind accounted for 91% of new renewables added globally in 2020

New data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveal that solar and wind energy continued to dominate renewable capacity expansion, jointly accounting for 91% of all net renewable additions in 2020.According to IRENA’s…

Desert Technologies participates in the international conference on scaling up renewable energy projects in Nigeria

Desert Technologies (DT) recently participated in the Live Online conference “RENPOWER NIGERIA INVESTORS 2021” which lasted from March 31st to April 1st, 2021. The founder of the company, Mr. Nour Mousa, discussed projects in solar PV…

Green Deal, carbon levy and renewables

Climate change and environmental degradation are undeniable threats to our world. To overcome these challenges, the EU launched a new growth strategy that will transform the Union into a sustainable economy. The EU plans to be climate neutral…

FuturaSun’s solar PV modules power desalination plant in Cape Verde

Padua, Italy, April 8, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — FuturaSun’s photovoltaic modules were selected by Genius Watter to power the off-grid desalination plant on the island of Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Archipelago, which is supplying the…