The capacity of Iran’s renewable power plants has reached 760 megawatts (MW), Press TV reported on Saturday, citing Iranian Energy Ministry’s news portal (known as PAVEN).
News ID: 5578 Publish Date : 2019/07/29
Iran’s Ministry of Energy announced that the 115 renewable power plants active in the country are currently generating 760 megawatts of electricity a year, adding that 32 new plants are under construction as well.
News ID: 5536 Publish Date : 2019/07/28
Gas has an important role to play in the global energy transition, according to the head of EMEA natural resources research at Goldman Sachs.
News ID: 5522 Publish Date : 2019/07/28
Researchers at Curtin University are working on a thermal battery that is part of the Concentrated Solar Power system being developed by United Sun Systems, which requires a battery to store and release energy to enable non-stop solar power generation.
News ID: 5191 Publish Date : 2019/07/15
China’s efforts to reduce some of the world’s worst air pollution are having a bonus positive effect, as they are improving the country’s potential to generate solar power by allowing more sunlight to reach the surface of the planet in that part of the world.
News ID: 5166 Publish Date : 2019/07/14
Head of Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (known as SATBA) said on Thursday that currently 90 percent of the equipment used in the country’s renewable power plants are manufactured inside the country.
News ID: 5131 Publish Date : 2019/07/12
A 10-megawatt solar power plant was inaugurated in Kerman province southeastern Iran last week.
News ID: 5073 Publish Date : 2019/07/09
While China remains the world's largest producer of carbon emissions—where air pollution is still responsible for more than 1 million premature deaths a year—the Asian power is also the biggest investor in renewable energy.
News ID: 4986 Publish Date : 2019/07/02
When thermal and combined-cycle power plants cannot meet the high electricity demand during the peak hours of summer when the temperature and consumption both shoot up, renewables can help generate the required electricity, a board member of Iran Renewable Energy Association said.
News ID: 4985 Publish Date : 2019/07/02
While the United States’ coal industry has been for years losing ground to alternative energy sources, including shale and natural gas, renewables have surpassed the fossil fuel for the first time, official data shows.
News ID: 4915 Publish Date : 2019/06/27
For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain is obtaining more power from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels.
News ID: 4897 Publish Date : 2019/06/25
Weeks after Norway’s government proposed that the country’s $1-trillion fund divest from pure exploration and production oil companies, the cabinet said that it will allow the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund to invest in unlisted renewable energy infrastructure.
News ID: 4249 Publish Date : 2019/04/08
Renewable energy demand and capacity are growing explosively. When looking at numbers for wind energy production, China stands above all other countries.
News ID: 4204 Publish Date : 2019/04/06
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that the country is after boosting its renewable energies capacity, urging relevant bodies in the country to spare no efforts to this end.
News ID: 3726 Publish Date : 2019/02/24
Orbex has introduced the world’s largest metal rocket engine 3D printed in a single piece on the SLM®800. Founded in 2015, the UK-based spaceflight company develops small satellite launch vehicles and introduced Prime, their revolutionary and environmentally-friendly rocket at the grand opening of their new headquarters in Forres, Scotland. The novel Orbex launcher not only uses 100% renewable fuel to cut carbon emissions by 90% and a novel zero-shock staging and payload separation resulting in zero orbital debris, but was also design-optimized for selective laser melting, helping to create a structure 30% lighter and 20% more efficient than any other launch vehicle in its category.
News ID: 3704 Publish Date : 2019/02/22
Renewable energy sources will be the world’s main source of power within two decades and are establishing a foothold in the global energy system faster than any fuel in history, according to BP.
News ID: 3660 Publish Date : 2019/02/18
Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri is scheduled to open 4 new solar power plants in the Western Province of Hamedan on Tuesday, where €28 million worth of foreign investment has been devoted to the expansion of renewable energies.
News ID: 3544 Publish Date : 2019/02/04
Russia’s government approved on Thursday a ten-year modernization program for Russian power plants, expected to attract $28.8 billion in private investments in the sector, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.
News ID: 3425 Publish Date : 2019/01/26
Chairman of the Biotechnology Development Council Mostafa Qaneie said on Sunday that Iran is planning to take up to 3% market share of global biotechnology industry, adding that the country is enjoying an asset of 15,000 biotechnology graduates to reach this goal.
News ID: 3336 Publish Date : 2019/01/20
Wind, natural gas, and solar capacity will lead the new electricity capacity in the United States this year, while coal-fired generation will account for more than half of scheduled capacity retirements, the US Energy Information Administration said in its latest inventory of electric generators.
News ID: 3248 Publish Date : 2019/01/14