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Stories tagged “renewable energy”
22 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.
Technology
India's Rooftop Solar Jumps 136% to 6.6 GW
Indian households installed more rooftop solar in six months than the entire country managed in all of 2023, driven by a government subsidy program.
Technology
ICFO Solar Cell Design Could Push Efficiency to 43%
By turning a solar cell into a mirrored optical cavity, Barcelona physicists found a new way around a 90-year-old efficiency ceiling in photovoltaics.
Technology
Australia's Coal Plant Getting an 8,600 MWh Battery
Origin Energy is expanding the battery built beside Australia's biggest coal station into what would be the largest grid battery in the country.
Technology
LONGi Solar Cell Hits Record 28.29% Efficiency
The Chinese manufacturer broke its own silicon solar cell record for the third time this year, verified independently by a German research institute.
Technology
Germany's 285-Meter Wind Turbine Sets World Record
A 7.2-megawatt turbine near Sengenthal now stands 285 meters tall — the tallest onshore wind turbine ever built, with a record 199-meter hub height.
Human Achievements
50 Hives, 3 Million Bees Move Into Ohio Solar Farm
Veteran beekeepers now tend more than 50 hives beneath Big Plain Solar's panels in Madison County, turning mowed grass into pollinator habitat.
Technology
2.2 Billion People Get a Brine-Free Desalination Fix
University of Rochester scientists built laser-etched solar panels that turn seawater into drinking water without producing any liquid brine waste.
Technology
America's Largest Wind Farm Powers On With 916 Turbines
New Mexico's SunZia project is fully online, with 916 turbines sending 3.5 GW of clean power 550 miles to Arizona and California.
Technology
109 Solar Mini-Grids Will Power 230,000 Nigerian Homes
Two Nigerian entrepreneurs won contracts to build the mini-grids, nearly doubling IEEE Smart Village's reach to over 4 million people served.
Technology
Vatican Plans 424-Hectare Solar Farm Near Rome
The Vatican is turning a 424-hectare radio-antenna field north of Rome into an agrivoltaic farm big enough to make the city-state energy self-sufficient.
Technology
Scotland Recycles 99.9% of Its First Wind Farm
Hagshaw Hill's 26 retired turbines were 79.5% recycled and 20.4% reused, undercutting a common argument that wind power can't be recycled.
Technology
UK Solar Hits Record 14.4% of Electricity in July
Rooftop solar provided 14.4% of the UK's electricity in July — a new monthly record driven by a household installation surge at its highest rate since 2011.
Technology
The Era of Anytime Solar Has Begun, Report Finds
A 50% surge in global battery additions in 2026 is letting solar energy power the grid even after dark, says energy thinktank Ember in a landmark new report.
Technology
Germany's Wind and Solar Top Fossil Fuels for First Time
For the first time ever, wind and solar generated more of Germany's electricity than fossil fuels — a turning point for Europe's largest economy.
Technology
New Hydrogen Turbine Makes Power Without a Compressor
Scientists built a hydrogen turbine that pressurizes itself using rotating detonation waves—eliminating the compressor and unlocking a major leap in clean energy efficiency.
Technology
All-Perovskite Solar Cells Crack 30% Efficiency for the First Time
Chinese researchers have built the first all-perovskite tandem solar cell to surpass 30% certified efficiency, a milestone that pushes the cheap, flexible technology past long-time leader silicon.
Technology
Solar Panels That Generate Power From Raindrops? It Works.
Spanish researchers built a thin-film coating that lets solar panels harvest energy from raindrops too — a single drop generates over 100 volts.
Technology
Scientists Shatter the Solar Cell Efficiency Ceiling with a 130% Quantum Yield
A team from Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University achieved what was long thought impossible — extracting more energy carriers from sunlight than photons absorbed.
Technology
Sodium-Ion Batteries Hit the Road: The Cheaper, Safer Power Source Going Mainstream in 2026
Named one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026, sodium-ion batteries are moving from lab curiosity to mass production — with CATL and BYD leading the charge.
Science
Slippery Nanopores Could Turn River Mouths Into Power Plants
EPFL researchers tripled the output of blue-energy systems with lipid-coated nanopores — a step toward tapping the electricity where rivers meet the sea.
News
Africa's Solar Revolution Hits Record Pace With 54% Growth in New Installations
Africa installed 4.5 gigawatts of new solar capacity in 2025 — a 54% jump that signals the continent is becoming a major force in global renewable energy.