Symtech learns electricity not the only killer on solar rooftops
Symtech Innovations has been fined $90,000 after a worker died following a fall through a skylight while working on rooftop solar installation. READ...
ABB launches “breakthrough” 525kV HVDC cable system
ABB says it has achieved a “breakthrough” in cable technology after successfully developing and testing a 525kV extruded high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system that, it says, will make renewable energy installations more efficient and cost-effective. READ...
Solar energy that doesn’t block the view from MSU
A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar concentrator that, when placed over a window, creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window. READ...
Frontier developing building trades-based essential skills model
In partnership with the Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) and its trades unions and affiliates, Frontier College will develop and test a building trades-based Literacy & Essential Skills (LES) programming model for 525 aspiring and current apprentices in eight sites across Canada. READ...
Producing power via salty differences
According to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT, there is the potential to harness a “significant amount” of renewable energy where the river meets the sea. READ...
