The North Carolina-based company Duke Energy is using five drones to find and restore downed power lines in Puerto Rico. COMMERCIAL DRONES ARE pretty lazy. Think about it: They spend most of their time taking photos and videos, inspecting equipment and streaming the footage back to HQ, or performing automated Read more…
The new World Energy Outlook is the story of a series of upheavals in global energy, particularly the dramatic changes in the Unites States and China and the rising role of renewables and electricity in global energy consumption. But this is by no means an exhaustive list of the changes Read more…
Octopus Energy offers a tariff that will charge customers according to demand A small energy company has launched a new tariff that will potentially pay customers to use its electricity when demand is low. Octopus Energy’s new Agile tariff tracks wholesale electricity prices, allowing customers to take advantage if there Read more…
According to the latest data from 2017, China added more than 53GW in new installations, an increase of 53.4% from a year earlier The photovoltaic industry has witnessed explosive growth in 2017, as China remains on top globally in terms of newly installed capacity for the fifth consecutive year, Economic Read more…
Berkeley Lab researchers make thermochromic windows with perovskite solar cell. Smart windows that are transparent when it’s dark or cool but automatically darken when the sun is too bright are increasingly popular energy-saving devices. But imagine that when the window is darkened, it simultaneously produces electricity. Such a material – Read more…
HOUSTON, Feb. 14 — Solar photovoltaic (PV) module imports into the United States have increased significantly in recent years and represent a sizable portion of installed solar capacity, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday. According to the EIA report, U.S. imports of solar modules measured in direct current (DC) Read more…
Since 2014, utilities have been increasing their investment in digital infrastructure. This is the key finding of the IEA report “energy and digitalization” which was published in November 2017. This report provides a detailed overview on how digitalization changes energy consumption in transportation, the industry and the residential sector. To Read more…
Geneva, 13 February 2018 – Autonomous and shared mobility, digitalization and decentralization of energy systems require new approaches to electric mobility, according to the World Economic Forum’s report Electric Vehicles for Smarter Cities: The Future of Energy and Mobility. The report, produced in collaboration with Bain & Company, examines the Read more…
“Tinjauan Kinerja Sektor Ketenagalistrikan dalam Mewujudkan Tarif Listrik yang Terjangkau dan Berkeadilan” Ruang MRPQ – Kampus FTUI Depok 5 Desember 2017. Nara Sumber Dirjen Ketenagalistrikan KESDM [Keynote] diwakili Sesditjen Ketenagalistrikan: Ir. Agoes Tribusono, MSC Dirut PT. PLN (Persero) diwakili Kepala Satuan Korporat: I Made Suprateka, MM Dewan Pembina Kagatrik UI Read more…