The federal government has issued the nation’s first floating offshore wind research lease to the state of Maine, comprising about 23 square miles in federal waters 1:11 National headlines from ABC News Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government issued on Monday […] Click here to view original […]

Wind turbines, towering icons of modern engineering, have revolutionized the renewable energy sector with their awe-inspiring capabilities. Imagine these giants standing as tall as a 70-story building, their blades sweeping an area larger than the London Eye, generating enough electricity to power over 16,000 homes each year. As we […] Click here to view original

The 8.5-megawatt Houston Solar Farm, photographed on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. A new solar farm planned on the Kenai Peninsula will be five times larger, with a 45-megawatt capacity. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The solar farm, once it’s up and running, will also be a small step toward reducing […] Click here to view original

Researchers at Ritsumeikan University have developed a “leaf LSC” model that improves the scalability and efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators, promising advancements in solar energy technology. Credit: Nishimura et al., doi 10.1117/1.JPE.14.035501. Solar concentrators that mimic leaves present a promising approach for enhancing the scalability and efficiency of solar […] Click here to view original

Simon Barton’s sons Sam and Jeremy prepare to move cattle to a new paddock.Credit: Rhett Wyman When people find out Gayle Lee has solar panels on her land, they often bring up their worries about renewable energy destroying good farming country. But at her property in Glenrowan in northern […] Click here to view original

Power source: Empty oil palm fruit bunches are seen in this file photo. The biomass the country uses, primarily from palm oil residue, is very different from the biomass in Europe like corn or rapeseed, according to a government official. WHILE the idea of generating energy from biomass has […] Click here to view original