Last week, a workshop in Fiji highlighted the immense potential of solar energy in the Pacific Islands. The Solarization of Head of State Residences project is deploying 1220-kilowatt solar systems across 10 Pacific Island countries. Watch the report here: youtu.be/F5x3jrZHdUw

🇫🇯 Fiji's State House inaugurated a solar system with Solar Head of State. Supported by India Government in partnership with the UN Development UNOSSC Solaria Corporation ( Solaria.com ) & Pacific Islands Development Forum, the project drives transformative change across 11 Pacific Island Countries.

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'Greece is making progress in its energy transition, with some serious glitches, rushing to phase out coal by 2028. Public Power Corp. and its Renewables subsidiary are at the forefront of the transformation.'

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'The off-grid solar company Zonful Energy has powered over 30,000 homes and currently has a subsidiary business in Mozambique as part of its regional expansion strategy.'

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HowWeMadeItInAfrica #SolarPV #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy

Researchers from the IFM at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia have tested a novel method for removing silicon from used solar panels.

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Deakin University #Australia LifeGate

'Water diverted from the watershed using plantation-era ditch systems would move between preexisting reservoirs to produce power on cloudy days and at night, reducing the island’s reliance on fossil fuels when the sun doesn’t shine.'

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#Energy #Renewables

The leaders convened to discuss the promise of Seabased wave energy technology as a solution for small island states’ energy insecurity, debilitating fuel costs, and renewable transition challenges.

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#Renewables #EnergyTransition

'With shared roots in Trinidad and Tobago, two young women are championing collaborative approaches to accelerate a shift to solar, batteries, and enabling environments for clean energy.'

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#RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #SolarPV #WindPower

'Aware of the current climate of …, the country’s President and former Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has stated that he would leave their fossil fuels under the seafloor if high-income nations increased foreign aid to support the country’.'

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#Renewables

'The small self-governing territory of the Isle of Man has announced plans to generate 75% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2026, on a path to full decarbonisation by 2030.'

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#RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #SIDS

Traditional request to the President of Fiji to grant his blessing on the project of solarizationof the state house of Fiji received. We look forward to the launch of the regional initiatives Feb.16 🇮🇳 🇫🇯 🇹🇴 🇹🇻 🇫🇲 🇵🇼🇻🇺🇹🇱🇸🇧🇰🇮🇲🇭

Siemens and Swinburne University of Technology have agreed to set up the most advanced future Energy Transition Hub of its kind in Australia at the University’s Hawthorn campus in Melbourne.

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Siemens Energy Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn University #Australia #Melbourne

'As part of reaching net-zero by 2060, Indonesia plans by 2025 to produce energy from renewables as much as 23 per cent.'

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#Indonesia #RenewableEnergy

'Wind and solar energy have been the main drivers of the shift towards renewables, accounting for 19% of the EU's electricity generation in 2021.'

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World Economic Forum #SolarEnergy #SolarPV #EU

'The climate and energy policies of the United States and African countries should build on three shared interests—and address three strategic tensions.'

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Carnegie Endowment

'Driven by the need to address the climate crisis, a reset of the entire energy sector is currently underway as the world lessens its dependence on traditional coal-based power and shifts towards renewable energy.'

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#SolarEnergy #Africa

'A significant expansion of federal planning, general permitting, and programmatic review would accelerate the permitting process for clean energy infrastructure in the long term.'

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The Brookings Institution #EnergyTransition #Renewables

A global survey of 10,000 energy professionals has found that those working in clean energy have the most in-demand skills, with almost eight in 10 being offered at least one new job in the past year.

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#RenewableEnergy #EnergyJobs

A new study from the University of Waterloo has highlighted how Canada’s first zero-carbon, net-positive energy building generates more energy than it consumes.

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Innovation News Network University of Waterloo #ZeroCarbon #NetZero #EnergyTransition

'The demand, according to their forecasts, would make it the fourth most used railway line in Spain. Likewise, the Tenerife line would also link the northern point of the island in Santa Cruz to the Tenerife Sur airport in the south.'

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