In a bid to reduce the carbon footprint and charging costs of its EVs and plug-in hybrids, as well as to bring a fully integrated solar energy system to homes as part of its 360° ELECTRIC portfolio for BMW i Home and Public Charging Services, BMW South Africa is rolling out a solar carport system…
Read moreSolar Lamps Delivered To Over 7 Million People By Greenlight Planet
Greenlight Planet, one of the finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize competition, is a leading SME making solar-powered lamps and mobile phone chargers. It was launched by one University of Illinois student in 2005, Patrick Walsh. He studied engineering, physics, and economics there and earned two degrees. Over the last 10 years, Greenlight Planet…
Read moreReducing The Cost Of Solar In Georgia With Crowdsourcing
By bringing together three solar programs in one online platform, Solar CrowdSource is looking to reduce the cost of solar in Georgia, while also making this renewable and sustainable energy source more accessible to residents in every community in the state. The newly launched Solar CrowdSource platform aims to take some of the complexity out…
Read moreSolar & Wind Will Prove Cheapest Form Of Electricity In The Future
A new study has found that renewable energy systems will prove to be the most economically viable in the future, specifying that solar and wind will prove the cheapest forms of energy production for Asia’s largest energy markets by the end of the next ten years. The study, conducted by the Lappeenranta University of Technology, shows…
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