A new study published on Monday has revealed that businesses and families in London and Scotland are better placed to take advantage of the so-called “energy revolution” underway in the United Kingdom — benefiting from cheaper energy bills, electric vehicles, and smart appliances — but residents of the North of England and the East Midlands lag further behind, creating the risk of a two-tier economy.
It’s time for EV owners to spread the word about the benefits of zero emissions transportation.
Pushed over the line by two coal-to-biomass conversions and continuing growth in offshore wind, the British renewable energy industry finally surpassed the capacity levels of its fossil fuel predecessors, with total capacity reaching 42 gigawatts (GW) in the third quarter, beating out the fossil fuel industry which only has 40.6 GW.
Kao has helped its customers in Japan kick the disposable plastic bottle habit for consumer and household products, now it’s ready to take on the US.
LanzaTech says its alternative blend jet fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% or more. The company’s CEO, Jennifer Holmgren, answered some questions about it and collaborating with Virgin Atlantic for CleanTechnica.
The problem we have created for ourselves is a large one. But over the past few decades, global researchers, engineers, public servants and industry experts have been building solutions and making them economical.
We have the solutions to solve the problems facing us. It doesn’t take new tech, it takes deploying the tech we have and innovating around it, much more than inventing new gizmos. That’s the techno-optimist utopia that makes sense for the coming decades, not a laboratory experiment or insolation geoengineering pipedream. We don’t have to fix every problem, just the pressing ones without creating too many new ones.
The world of experts, fake experts, and armchair business magnates has a long history of telling Elon Musk and Tesla what they can’t do.
In yet another bad sign for fossil fuels, a new “solar flow battery” could help accelerate the modern, decentralized grid of the future.
Taiwan is physically located on a single island, but in the globalized economies of most modern nations, the focus on leveraging and strengthening its internal capabilities that locals are increasingly leveraging as a strength. The efficiencies and quality of local Taiwanese manufacturers in the solar and energy storage spaces were on full display at this years Energy Taiwan.
