Solar energy

13.03.2017 National news, Solar energy

Environmentally friendly, almost electricity-free solar cooling – also serves as a heat pump

VTT and German company ZAE Bayern have developed a solar-powered 10 kW chiller. This absorption chiller works in the same way as the gas refrigerators used in Finnish holiday cabins, for example. But in this case, a solar thermal collector is used instead of gas. The method requires electricity for the flow pumps only. If […]

07.03.2017 Solar energy, Wind power

Saudi Arabia needs to forget oil and go solar, says man behind Kingdom’s crude clout

Saudi Arabia is embarking on a $50 billion renewable-resources push to meeting growing energy demand while tempering domestic oil use. Starting this year, the OPEC’s biggest crude producer plans to develop almost 10 gigawatts of renewable energy such as solar and wind power by 2023.

14.11.2016 News, Smart grids, Solar energy

Smart Grid Pilot Project in Vaasa

The goal of the globally unique Sundom Smart Grid pilot Project was to make electricity delivery more reliable and to establish the preconditions for solar and wind power use in the region’s households. ABB has tested the Sundom automated fault management technology with four intelligent substations, which report directly the network fault situations to Vaasan Sähköverkko`s […]