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Posts Tagged Renewable energy
This Australian state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables | New Scientist
May 23
EcoPower Mate: A Mobile Solar System Built for Remote Worksites – pv magazine International
Octopus Energy offers free electricity to 8 million customers to reduce wind farm waste ‘We’re buzzing’: Octopus Energy is giving away more free electricity to its 8 million customers — and it could stop the UK wasting £1.5 billion to shut down wind farms
How artificial trees are revolutionizing CO2 capture & fighting climate change | Watch
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-13/europe-solar-power-wasted-as-electricity-grids-fail-to-handle-surge?embedded-checkout=true
U.S. solar energy firm plans $750 million power grid expansion across four African countries | Business Insider Africa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwz6009dj5o
From nuisance to raw material: Solving the sargassum crisis
Curtailment, negative prices push Greek small- and medium-sized PV asset owners toward bankruptcy
May 14
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/07/curtailment-negative-prices-push-greek-small-and-medium-sized-pv-owners-toward-bankruptcy/ use the negative prices to make hydrogen, methanol, petrol and buy some batteries behind the meter to take part in the energy market in the evening when the prices normalise, this is an opportunity, crazy that it’s being missed.
Lincolnshire food waste biogas energy plant approved – BBC News
Ghana is sitting on a Gh¢42 billion opportunity; we need the courage to spend it differently
£600 Seems it could charge and discharge 12v batteries to grid. https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-bank-tutorial.html its suggested to link 4 batteries together in series to get the 48v required for the battery to work. perhaps start with a 12v unit first before progressing on to the 48v
Trump may not be a fan of clean energy but Iran war is accelerating global shift from oil and gas | Heather Stewart | The Guardian
Time to move forward, or be left behind: Colombia climate talks end with fossil fuel phaseout push https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/30/time-to-move-forward-or-be-left-behind-colombia-climate-talks-end-with-fossil-fuel-phaseou More than 50 countries have agreed to collaborate on trade measures aimed at phasing out fossil fuels during the “Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels” conference held in Santa Marta, Colombia. This initiative is part of a broader […]
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/01/i-feel-sorry-for-people-who-have-to-deal-with-volatile-gas-prices-our-heat-pump-protects-u
Spain, France, Portugal: Renewables race heats up as governments scramble to keep energy bills down
Converting house waste into bio-based products
Ground source heat pump are very cheap – can be offered to new builds and potentially on roads where enough people subscribe to it and install it
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/14/how-to-generate-hydrogen-at-home-with-recycled-solar-panels/
Solar Power + Energy Storage Transform Church Into Resilience Hub