by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 22, 2017 | Business
Riyadh– Saudi Arabia’s Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA) issued a regulatory framework for electricity consumers to operate their own small-scale solar power generating systems which will allow self-consumption and export excess to the grid....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2017 | Technology
London, San Francisco- Researchers in Germany have successfully developed new “smart” solar sunglasses that can generate power from the solar cells in their lenses. The solar cells supply a microprocessor and two displays with electric power, displaying the solar...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 8, 2017 | Technology
Google will purchase all the electricity generated by the largest solar park in the Netherlands over the next decade to power a recently opened data center housing thousands of servers, the US internet company and energy provider Eneco said on Friday. It is part of...
by Diane Cardwell | Aug 5, 2016 | Business
California-It was only two years ago that Elroy Holtmann spent about $20,000 on a home solar array to help cover the costs of charging his new electric car. With the savings on his monthly electric bills, he figured the investment would pay for itself in about a dozen...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 20, 2016 | Business
London- Portugal managed to keep its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days, last week, in framework of its first test to increase its investments to create energy. From Saturday until Wednesday the country used sustainable electricity on its...