by proficienteng | Dec 22, 2015 | A/E Industry News
TOKYO—Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and Kyoto University’s Department of Polymer Chemistry have developed a new polymer that can minimize energy loss when used in solar cells. This would enable the cheaper polymer cells to become as...
by proficienteng | Dec 22, 2015 | A/E Industry News
LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas plans to meet all of its energy needs through renewable sources. The city announced Dec. 8 that it has agreed to a three-year arrangement with local utility NV Energy. Las Vegas currently supplies about 40% of its load through city-owned solar and...
by proficienteng | Dec 22, 2015 | A/E Industry News
AMSTERDAM—A hotel that can cool itself without the use of electricity, electric fans or other standard power sources is planned for Amsterdam. Called the “first (nearly) zero-energy hotel” by its developer, the building’s design is the brainchild of Ben Bronsema, an...
by proficienteng | Dec 22, 2015 | A/E Industry News
The world’s largest solar power plant will be constructed in the desert of Ouarzazate to fuel more than half Morocco’s energy needs by the year 2020.
