solar power
China’s hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains
World
June 26, 2017
China’s hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains
Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below…
Stratospheric solar plane makes first test flight
Science
May 5, 2017
Stratospheric solar plane makes first test flight
The first solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere made an initial low-altitude test flight over Switzerland Friday.The SolarStratos, a…
Trump boosts coal as China takes the lead on climate change
World
April 6, 2017
Trump boosts coal as China takes the lead on climate change
For years, cutting carbon emissions to stave off the worst impacts of climate change was routinely near the top of…
Saudi Arabia to invest $100 mn in Egypt solar energy project
Business
April 6, 2017
Saudi Arabia to invest $100 mn in Egypt solar energy project
Fawaz Alhokair Saudi Group has allocated $100 million for investment in the solar sector in Egypt in 2017, Borsa news…
Sisi instructs New Administrative Capital buildings to be run using solar energy: official
Egypt
March 8, 2017
Sisi instructs New Administrative Capital buildings to be run using solar energy: official
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed that administrative buildings in the New Administrative Capital should be run using solar power, which…
Egypt’s solar power upset clouds outlook for foreign investors
Business
August 6, 2016
Egypt’s solar power upset clouds outlook for foreign investors
When Egypt announced plans to develop renewable power in 2014, investors piled in, drawn by year-round sunshine and chronic electricity…
Iron Man Musk wages war on too many fronts
Business
July 21, 2016
Iron Man Musk wages war on too many fronts
Last October, Consumer Reports published the most glowing appraisal of an automobile in its 80-year history. The hard-to-please non-profit magazine,…
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane lands in Egypt
Egypt
July 13, 2016
Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane lands in Egypt
The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for the penultimate stop in the solar-powered plane's world tour, two…
Pioneering solar pilots ‘make sci-fi a reality’
Science
June 13, 2016
Pioneering solar pilots ‘make sci-fi a reality’
The Swiss pilot readying to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered plane on the next leg of a record-breaking, round-the-world mission…
Solar power essential for irrigation, land reclamation projects: minister
Egypt
March 9, 2016
Solar power essential for irrigation, land reclamation projects: minister
Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy has stressed the need for investment in solar energy to secure sustainable energy sources, while simultaneously…