MEPs to vote on ‘strict minimum’ 35% renewables target
The European Parliament’s influential Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will vote on Tuesday (28 November) on a compromise deal that could set the bloc’s…
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Alaska’s Small Villages Turn Toward Renewables — And Don’t Look Back
Early in summer 2015, a barge hauling two deconstructed wind turbines lumbered out of Seattle bound for the Alaskan Arctic. It traveled along the western…
Hydroelectric dams threaten Brazil’s mysterious Pantanal – one of the world’s great wetlands
Lauren Crabb, Coventry University; Anna Laing, University of Sussex; Bronwen Whitney, Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Carlos Saito, University of Brasilia The Pantanal in central South…
Oxford Is Creating a World First Zero Emission Zone by 2035
It’s ‘dangerously high’ there right now. Oxford in the UK wants to become the world’s first carbon emission-free city by 2035, with a plan to…
What about the people missing out on renewables? Here’s what planners can do about energy justice
Jason Byrne, Griffith University and Tony Matthews, Griffith University The rapid shift to new energy sources is outpacing land use planning in cities. As interest…
Google Lays Out Plan to Store Green Energy For When It’s Needed Most
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) – Google’s semi-secret research and development wing has been toying with how to store energy generated by renewable sources like solar…
UNIST Hits New World Efficiency Record with Perovskite Solar Cells
Professor Sang-Il Seok of Energy and Chemical Engineering hits new world efficiency record (22.1%) with PSCs. Their findings appeared in the prestigious journal, Science consecutively….
Researchers Develop Solar Paint That Turns Water Vapor Into Hydrogen
It may be getting cheaper and easier to install solar panels onto your rooftop but what if you could generate clean energy for your home with just some paint?. This reality is inching…
The Chinese Solar revolution
If we were convinced to have made the most of the sun’s energy, it was because we had not yet thought of turning a dismantled…
China Has Officially Started Construction on the World’s First “Forest City”
FUTURISTIC GREEN CITY The world’s first “Forest City,” created to fight pollution, is now under construction in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, China. Designed by Stefano Boeri…
Huge Milestone: Renewables Now Provide More Electricity Than Nuclear Power
The latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information’s “Electric Power Monthly” (with data through April 30) reveals that—for the first time since the beginning of…
Teenagers See Renewables as Fuel of Their Generation
Donald Trump this week is launching an “energy week,” pushing the argument that the U.S. will become a net exporter of oil and gas. The president…
What rural Alaska can teach the world about renewable energy
I flew into Unalakleet, Alaska, on a late fall day. With about 700 people, Unalakleet is large by rural Alaska standards and serves as a…
California Grid Smashes Record, Gets 67% of Energy From Renewables
CALIFORNIA LEADING THE WAY On May 13, 2017, California smashed through another renewable energy milestone as its largest grid, controlled by the California Independent System…
6 Charts That Show Trump Isn’t Stopping the Renewable Energy Revolution Any Time Soon
The solar industry was responsible for creating one out of every 50 new jobs in the U.S. last year and the country’s fastest-growing occupation is…
Will blazing a low-carbon path pay off for California?
President Trump has made it clear he intends to dismantle the Obama administration’s policies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But California Governor Jerry Brown…