Citigroup had recently announced plans to lend, invest, and facilitate deals worth $100 billion by 2025, to support projects that will fight climate change and protect the environment. While this might seem to be a lofty target, the company had previously set a goal of $50 billion for similar initiatives in 2007, and was able … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first departure date from Myanmar for Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has been updated by Solar Impulse to be March 26. While we wait for the 5th flight of the round-the-world attempt that will carry the sun-powered airplane from Mandalay, Myanmar, to Chongqing, China, it might be fun to see what Martin Saive … [continued]
Washington has long been regarded as one of the bluest of blue states, a laboratory of progressive policy. A little more than two years ago, voters in the state approved a ballot measure to make it one of only two to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. But a bill recently … [continued]
Longer wind turbine blades and taller towers practically guarantee that wind energy development will surge in the southeastern US.
The video from Germany Trade and Invest, which details the country’s adoption of renewable energy, shows what a nation can achieve with the collective will.
Vestas Wind Systems announced on Friday that it has been awarded a contract for 122 MW of wind turbines for a wind power project located in Sweden’s Ljusdal and Bollnäs municipalities, which takes the company’s total order intake in 2015 over 1 GW. Alliance Capital Partners ordered 37 V117-3.3 MW wind … [continued]
A recent global research initiative conducted by DNV GL has concluded that more than 80% of global energy participants believe that the electricity system can be 70% renewable by 2050. In fact, the research finds that almost half of those involved in the research believe that a 70% renewable energy … [continued]
Despite objections to the contrary from those beholden to fossil fuels, the financial benefit and ethical motivation behind the divestment of fossil fuel investments is not likely to slow any time soon — if ever. A Global Initiative The fossil fuel divestment movement has exploded in popularity over the last … [continued]
One of the largest energy companies in the world, Enel, will from the looks of it be partnering (in some way or other) with Greenpeace, based on a recent meeting in Rome, Italy. That meeting was between representatives from Enel that included the CEO, Francesco Starace, and Greenpeace’s International Executive Director … [continued]
BMW Group is now, for the first time in its history, receiving more than half of its electricity worldwide from renewable energy infrastructure, based on comments made by company representatives at the recent 2015 Annual Account Press Conference. “More than half” in this case means 51%. 🙂 So, just above … [continued]
