Renewables

According to the DEWA MD & CEO, Dubai has become one of the pioneering cities in innovating new techniques and practices to improve energy efficiency while rationalising its use and finding alternative solutions for conventional energy. (Image source: DEWA)

Between 11 am and 2 pm on 11 March, utility-scale solar generation in the territory of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) accounted for almost 40 per cent of net grid power produced and on 26 May at lunchtime, solar power accounted for almost 25 per cent of electricity generated in the UK, exceeding the combined output of the country?s eight nuclear power stations. When wind, biomass and hydro were added, almost 40 per cent of UK electricity came from renewable energy on that sunny spring day

Atsushi Karasawa is the sales director at Eco Solutions division ? PMMAF. (Image source: Panasonic)

Panasonic has announced that it has once again achieved the highest efficiency of solar panels with a temperature coefficient of -0.258 per cent per ?C ? world?s highest level for a mass-produced solar panel

The region?s new capacity additions were led by South Africa and Morocco, which accounted for 80 per cent of the MEA?s total capacity additions last year. (Image source: Jeanne Menjoulet/Flickr)

MAKE Consulting recently revealed that the wind power capacity in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region amounted to 676MW in 2016, as compared to 682MW in 2015, but has also forecasted the region?s capacity to install nearly 40 GW of new wind power capacity from 2017 to 2026

RSB?s regulatory framework for small-scale PV systems targets all customers of Abu Dhabi Distribution Company and Al Ain Distribution Company. (Image source: Fran Gambín/sxc.hu)

Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), responsible for developing quality infrastructure and raising awareness on quality standards in Abu Dhabi, has unveiled a conformity assessment scheme to verify the quality, safety and sustainability performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems