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Transparent Solar Panels: Reforming Future Energy Supply New solar panel technologies are set to transform the global solar energy landscape. Some of these promising technologies are already in the advanced stages of development, and could hit the market fairly soon. With these innovations, solar is no longer going to require extensive land parcels or unsightly roof spaces. (Aesthetically appealing and highly efficient solar shingles, for example, are already creating attractive solar roofs.) What are transparent solar panels? Photovoltaic glass is probably the most cutting-edge new solar panel technology that promises to be a game-changer in expanding the scope of solar. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) originally created the first fully transparent solar concentrator in 2014. These transparent solar panels can be easily deployed in a variety of settings, ranging from skyscrapers with large windows to a mobile device such as a phone, a laptop, or an e-reader. How do solar panel windows work? Types of transparent solar panels
the future is clear Australia's renewable energy wars: How to win the argument for green power The first post in this three-part series compared the energy plans of Australia's major political parties with the rest of the world. The second post considered the economics of Australia transitioning to a renewables-based energy system. When it comes to the politics of climate change and renewable energy, it is relevant to consider both strategy and tactics. Climate change is not going to be solved with a single giant global treaty and a perfect emissions trading scheme. Climate action is not, internationally or domestically, a 'one shot game'. As such, agents of climate action, including policymakers, must take seriously the idea that decarbonising global and national economic sectors will require a strategic approach. Good strategy requires taking into account the feedback effects of near-term individual policy interventions with a view to achieving a long-term goal that can't be attained through the near-term policies alone. Which brings us to tactics or 'framing'.
Dow solar rolls out solar shingles in california and texas untitled China's long-anticipated formal pledge to international climate change negotiations, it's 'intended nationally determined contribution' or INDC, has arrived. China's target is a 60% to 65% reduction in the emissions-intensity of the economy by 2030 pegged at 2005 levels, with carbon dioxide emissions peaking around 2030, perhaps earlier. China has also pledged to increase the share of non-fossil fuels to 20% of total energy use and a large increase in forest carbon stocks. The emissions-intensity target means reducing the ratio of carbon dioxide emissions to GDP by 60% to 65%, or conversely, increasing the amount of economic output per tonne of carbon by almost two-thirds. It's the only new commitment in addition to what China pledged at a joint announcement with the US at last year's APEC meeting. And it packs some punch. Decarbonisation and how to do it Such a pace of cleaning up economic growth has rarely been achieved elsewhere over a significant period of time. Change is underway
california solar impulse Genesis Energy to close last coal-fired power stations in NZ Genesis Energy will retire its last two coal-burning generators by 2018. Photo: Bloomberg New Zealand is saying goodbye to coal-fired power generation, with Genesis Energy advising it will permanently shut its last two coal-burning generators by December 2018 amid ample supplies of cheaper renewable energy generation and subdued demand. Genesis chairman Dame Jenny Shipley said that with improved management of hydroelectric capacity in dry years, the two coal generators at Huntly in the mid North Island would be no longer needed "unless market conditions change significantly". The landscape of Huntly, in the coal-producing Waikato district south of Auckland, is dominated by the huge gas and coal-fired power station sitting on the western bank of the Waikato River. Chief executive Albert Brantley said Genesis had been on a path to closing its four coal and gas-fired Rankine generators since 2009.
worlds largest floating solar powered test bed in singapore China Vs. the West: The Renewables Arms Race Why is China leading in the race for renewable energy? In terms of a detective novel, China has both motive and means to build a new green growth system. It has abundant motives due to the appalling pollution problems it has created in over three decades of unbridled economic growth. (These problems are reviewed in telling detail in the YouTube video “Under the Dome” by Chinese journalist Chai Jing). China also has the means in the form of a strong state. The government is prepared to intervene in the economy to drive the promotion of manufacturing industries that are producing green energy and resource devices. China’s move has direct consequences for Western countries. If that does not happen, they will continue to lose the international competition over the emergence of clean tech economy. While it is a common experience for an industrial latecomer, the question is what happens next? Counterproductive trade sanctions Get The Globalist’s headlines in your email inbox three times a week.
MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x