Germany utility companies E.ON and RWE are now investing heavily in renewable energy, as we’ve previously reported. E.ON operates in about 30 countries and has tens of millions of customers. The company operates six nuclear power plants in Germany, and has about a 30% share of the London Array wind … [continued]
US Navy goes steampunk! Naval Academy is collaborating with Drexel University on a new energy storage concept that welds treated yarn with steel wire.
Nearly a month after announcing the grid-connected solar capacity scale up plan from 22 GW to 100 GW by 2022, the Indian government has announced that one of the leading professional services network companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been hired to formulate a plan to scale-up solar energy capacity in India. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) role … [continued]
Originally published on Skeptical Science. A new paper published in Climatic Change estimates that when we account for the pollution costs associated with our energy sources, gasoline costs an extra $3.80 per gallon, diesel an additional $4.80 per gallon, coal a further 24 cents per kilowatt-hour, and natural gas another 11 cents per … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath A city in Texas – home to the “Gusher Age” of American oil – is aiming to become 100 per cent renewable within two years, after finalising a deal with SunEdison to supply it with solar power for 25 years. Georgetown – population 54,000 – will … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The Latin American country of Costa Rica has achieved the milestone of generating 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable resources, with a combination of hydropower and geothermal for 75 days in a row, the the state-owned Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) said. … [continued]
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has effectively confirmed its solar photovoltaic (PV) installation target for 2015 as being 17.8 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity, following the release of new figures from NEA, according to major media reports in China. The new figures also provide confirmation that the distributed generation goals introduced … [continued]
Reaching California Governor Jerry Brown’s goal of 50% renewables by 2030 is possible with existing technologies – if we make smart choices.
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) took off for its fourth flight, from Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, VNS/VIBN) in the Republic of India to Mandalay (Mandalay International Airport, MDL/VYMD) in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, at 23:52 UTC. Solar Impulse says Bertrand Piccard flew the zero-fuel airplane … [continued]
Transportation is a leading cause of global pollution, of all sorts. Typical, dirty transport wrecks our climate, pollutes our bodies (causing premature death and major health struggles), and more bad stuff. The cleaner options below can go a long way to solve these issues. Here’s more news about electric vehicles, bicycling, … [continued]
