Browsing: Renewable Energy

Every Energy Efficiency Day brings a familiar refrain—calls for homes to save power, businesses to reduce waste, and industries to curb consumption. Yet behind the rooftops gleaming with solar panels lies a quieter, more complex story: before sunlight is ever harvested, the efficiency of how those panels are made is emerging as one of clean energy’s most decisive frontiers.

In Kuwait, where electricity consumption per capita ranks among the highest globally, the integration of renewable energy into housing projects is emerging as both a necessity and a policy priority. The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) is positioning itself at the center of this shift, aligning new projects with New Kuwait 2035, the national vision for economic diversification and sustainability.

Europe’s automotive and energy transition is colliding at the battery cell. Volkswagen Group, through subsidiaries PowerCo and Elli, is now positioning itself at the center of this shift with three announcements: a test vehicle running on QuantumScape’s solid-state battery, the series-ready Unified Cell slated for mass-market EVs, and a 40 MWh stationary energy storage system to be connected in Salzgitter in 2025.