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Electric Vehicles, Air Pollution and Health

The switch to electric vehicles has other beneficial effects above and beyond reducing carbon dioxide emissions from personal transport.  Conventional internal combustion engine vehicles also produce pollution, notable nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, that have seriously detrimental effects on local…

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The Amazing Story of EVs in Norway

Why are there so many EVs in Norway?  Our resident Norwegian, Bea Cecilie Karlsen explains all. Norway is the global leader when it comes to electric vehicles. In 2018 the nation’s electric car market share was at 46 percent of…

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Solar Energy and the Seasons

As a solar engineer, it’s my job to understand the movement of the sun across the sky throughout the year.  However, a technical understanding of solar movement often feels at odds with my appreciation of the world around me.  That…

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Visit Joju Solar at Fully Charged LIVE 2019

Joju Solar will be exhibiting at Fully Charged LIVE again this year.  The 3-day event will be held at Silverstone Race Track from Friday 7th – Sunday 9th June.  The event is put on by Robert Llewellyn and the team…

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A Smart Local Energy System for Oxfordshire

Back in the 1890’s a power station in central Oxford powered a local grid that ran the city.  As demand for electrical power grew, many small local networks like this across the country were developed.  However, by 1925, such an…

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Farewell Feed-in Tariffs

April 1st 2019 saw the closure of the feed-in tariff scheme for the support of new solar installations. We look back at the successes and failures of the scheme, and cast our eyes towards a subsid-free solar future. The story…

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Renewable Energy News – November 2018

With a number of different ways in which renewable energy has been making the news over recent weeks, we have compiled our pick of the most important stories making headlines during November 2018. Battery storage set to soar in 2019…

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Renewable Energy News – October 2018

Recent weeks have seen dozens of stories about renewable energy hit the headlines. We have compiled our pick of the renewables news during October 2018. 12 years left to save the planet The IPCC’s 2018 report into climate change has…

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Renewable ENergy News, September 2018

Renewable Energy News -September 2018

September has been a busy month in the world of renewable energy, so we’ve rounded up some of the ways in which it has been making the news in recent weeks. More money invested into UK EV development At the…

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Awards Season is here again

Awards season is here again and Joju Solar’s work has picked up some more nominations in 2018. Solar Power Portal Awards We’re delighted to have been nominated at this year’s Solar Power Portal Awards in the ‘Contractor of the Year’…

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