"Green Tech" tag

Smart city: thinking houses for intelligent cities

By 2030, four out of five people will live in megacities. Supplying them with power and water will be crucial. IT networking, intelligent power grids and sustainable energy should help create a ” smart city...

E-cars not yet a hit with German car owners

The German government is not giving up on its plan to have one million e-cars on the roads by 2020. The trouble is that potential buyers are anything but enthusiastic about them. Some 1,000 executives,...

IEA urges Germany to spread cost of energy shift fairly

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said the German government must do more to protect consumers from paying too much of the transition costs to renewables. It urged the larger use of gas plants. The...

Solar Power comes to the humble Auto Rickshaw Pullers in India

Efforts should be made by the Government to replicate the model and encourage them to be used not only for carrying passengers, but also goods & garbage across the cities. Solar Powered Rickshaws Solar energy...

Will Solar Industry ’s Overcapacity problems be solved by 2015?

With increasing panel prices and resurgent demand in Solar Panels, Solar Industry sees some positive moves. Solar Industry sees some Positive Light The recent news flow in the solar industry has started taking a positive...

All Solar thermal Plant commissioning is delayed yet Indian Government wants to award more

Instead of Penalising government is granting extension to Solar Thermal Plant Every single solar thermal plant awarded under India’s federal subsidy program (JNNSM Phase 1) is delayed according to MNRE. I was critical about solar...

EU-China Solar Trade War beneficiary

The European Commission has decided to impose ~40% duties on Chinese solar panel imports from 6th June. This will mark the first step in the escalation of trade tensions between two of the biggest trading...

Siemens ceases solar activities

German industrial conglomerate Siemens has announced plans to sell off its solar energy business in an effort to cut costs and strengthen profits. The firm doesn’t expect earnings in the sector to pick up in...

Merkel: Electromobility breakthrough still possible

The German government believes that it will still be able to get hundreds of thousands of electric cars onto domestic roads by 2020. But it acknowledges that the project has sputtered somewhat in the early...

Up inside Iceland’s green cloud

Its power grid is virtual emissions free and there’s plenty of cool air to keep a data center from over heating – and now Iceland wants to become the “green hard drive” of the world....