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…
Renewables
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…
Renewables: Europe on track to reach its 20% target by 2020
How is Europe performing in renewable energy? Having achieved a share of 16% renewables in its final energy consumption in 2014 and an estimated share…
Costa Rica’s Supreme Court stops hydroelectric project for failing to consult indigenous people
On November 1, 2016, the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court provided some good news to a Terraba (Teribe) Indigenous territory when it stopped…
Costa Rica went 250 days in 2016 without burning any fossil fuels
Proof that 2016 wasn’t all bad. A round of applause for Costa Rica: the small Central American country ran solely on renewable energy for 250…
Welcome to Greendia
In medio stat virtus. Sure, when we look at the BRICS, virtue stands in the middle. The “I” of India has gradually increased its profile,…
Europe’s climate policy goals hinge on renewables, solar power
The Paris Agreement on climate change is an international commitment that can only be kept by the European Union if effective, consistent policy drives the…
EU ‘asleep at the wheel’ as China and US race ahead in renewables
In the next five years, the European Union will fall behind the US and China in the deployment of renewables, according to the International Energy…
Solar Impulse keeps pushing
A World Alliance for Clean Technologies: it is the latest bold project launched by the Solar Impulse Foundation. The idea, presented in Marrakesh during the…
Virginia Tech researchers: Climate change may benefit Ethiopia, increase the country’s access to water
Despite the many disastrous impacts of climate change, there are some regions of the globe that might benefit from hotter temperatures. A team of researchers…
Broad coalition sign agreement to push back CO2 emissions by means of reuse
Goal: reusing eight million tonnes of CO2 within fifteen years Rotterdam, October 26, 2016 – At the National Climate Summit held in Rotterdam today, a…
Hydrogen Could Become the New Fuel for Cooking – Here’s How
“Too much dirt,” says Justine about the difficulties of cooking with charcoal for her household of five. She’s a mother and market trader in the…
How Billionaire Trump Is Missing Greener Pastures
How Billionaire Trump Is Missing Greener Pastures Considering how much he brags about his business acumen, shouldn’t Donald Trump do a better job of keeping…
The solar voyager
While Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft powered by solar energy is reaching the end of its journey around the World, another “eco” international industrial enterprise…
Five Takeaways from National Renewable Energy Policy Forum 2016
“Policy still matters” was the theme of this year National Renewable Energy Policy Forum. An event, held in Washington last March, which served to remind…