Solar & Renewables
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Solar energy and energy efficiency major contributors to falling power consumption
Escalating use of solar energy and energy efficiency are making a material contribution to reducing power consumption and reducing wholesale power prices across the National Electricity ... -
Carbon Tax making solar look even cheaper
With the carbon tax now operating and energy price rises kicking in, the economics around solar power are making it look even cheaper. -
Rittal focused on energy efficiency
Energy efficiency in machinery and equipment is one of the main issues facing industries on a daily basis. Rittal has demonstrated that there is still potential ... -
LED street lighting trial in 12 of world’s largest cities shows up to 85% energy savings
LED street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85%, an independent, global trial of the technology has found. The program also indicates that citizens ... -
ABB electric drives save 310 million megawatt hours in 2011
ABB has released its annual estimate of the savings achieved by its installed base of drives. About 310 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electric power was saved ... -
Heliatek’s transparent solar films enable tinted windows to generate electricity
Heliatek has announced that its transparent solar films could be used to be integrated between the glass sheets of double glazed windows. These windows would look ... -
Breakthrough improves solar panel technology by 30%
RMIT University has led an international consortium of universities and the CSIRO in a research breakthrough that improves a solar panel technology’s efficiency by at least ... -
Philips solar-power LEDs enhances road safety in Manila’s Boni Tunnel
The Boni Tunnel in Mandaluyong is now brighter and more energy-efficient as result of a solar powered LED lighting system from Philips. -
Phoenix Contact DC Charging Connectors
Phoenix Contact offers high-performance connectors to charge large DC battery units. The DC interchangeable battery concept for power applications has been specifically developed for electric commercial ... -
New electrical vehicle Standard
The committee charged with developing electric vehicles standards has agreed on key definitions – the essential first step for an over-arching set of electric vehicle standards.