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One of the features Volkswagen presented at its recent Power Day event that people got most excited about was bi-directional charging. New Volkswagen models will be able to charge or discharge via Volkswagen wallboxes starting next year.

A $98 million solar farm in Morehouse Parish is looking for tax breaks for manufacturing renewable power, The Advocate reports.

A decade ago, no one believed that electricity from renewable energy resources alone could power the entire world. Experts in the energy sector and related industries now believe it is possible.

Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation (RES4Africa) and the South Africa Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen their cooperation in the promotion and implementation of sustainable energy solutions as key catalysts to empower and transform Africa.

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) have announced the participants for the third edition of their jointly organised Women in Wind Global Leadership Programme, which aims to enhance gender diversity across the wind sector.

Islands, which usually lack fossil fuel resources, have become places for experimentation with new energy sources. Tilos is now the first island in southern Europe to build a hybrid power station with battery storage.

Low costs of wind and solar power helped renewables pass coal in electricity generation; gas remains the leader.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will be working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in efforts to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies in agri-food, fisheries and forestry chains, as well as sustainable bioenergy.

Scientists in Sweden developed a new aerogel process to manufacture silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries, promising to offer batteries with greatly increased capacity compared to those on sale today. By growing nanometer-sized particles of silicon onto graphite, the group was able to demonstrate a device that overcomes many of the challenges common to silicon as anode material. While there are still challenges in terms of stability and capacity retention, the approach could ultimately yield low-cost, large-scale production processes.