Originally published on EnergyPost. By Karel Beckman Fully one-third of electricity produced in Europe last year came from renewable energy, reports ENTSO-E (the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity). Four years ago this was just 24%. The increased share of renewables has come at the expense of fossil … [continued]
Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa intends to increase sales up to nearly 4 GW in 2017, after a healthy prospect of 3.1 GW in 2015. The company released its Outlook 2015-2017 this week, “with the goal of locking in the profitable growth that commenced under the preceding plan, offer sustainable … [continued]
Nest Labs has revamped its entire product line to coincide with the release of Nest Cam, the second generation Nest Protect, and new features on its core product, the Nest Learning Thermostat. The company which caught everyone by storm with the release of its Nest Learning Thermostat in early 2012 has expanded its … [continued]
Thanks to a University of Freiburg (Germany) student, energetic maps of cities’ interdependent public transit movements, reflecting thousands of daily journeys, help us to better understand transit in these locations. The day-to-day involvement of urban trams, trains, buses, and trolleys are intricately displayed for each network. Manhattan, New York Dr. Hannah Bast from the University … [continued]
Enel Green Power is reportedly planning to invest around $140 million in Indian renewable energy independent power producer Bharat Light & Power. According to business daily Economic Times, Enel Green Power is in negotiations with Bharat Light & Power to make equity investment worth Rs 900 crore (~ $140 million) … [continued]
Many of us today might understand the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2), the atmosphere, and climate change. However, we have been provided with little historic background on how the issue of global warming draws increasing attention from the likes of world leaders as highly regarded as Pope Francis. Aside from … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. by Sophie Vorrath As Australia prepares to pass its diminished Renewable Energy Target into law, one of its closest regional neighbours, Indonesia, has indicated it will be increasing its budget for renewables development five-fold, to a little over $A1 billion (IDR 11 trillion), in 2016. Indonesia’s … [continued]
Those living in certain parts of the state of California who qualify as low-income residents and have an old gas hog that pollutes heavily will now have the option of receiving up to $12,000 in subsidies to replace their old vehicle and purchase a cleaner, fuel-efficient vehicle, according to recent reports. … [continued]
Japan’s solar energy sector is fast approaching profitability, ahead of impending feed-in-tariff (FiT) cuts, according to the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation. To be more specific here, the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) is expecting cost-revenue parity to be reached, and profitability to be achieved, sometime earlier than the second half … [continued]
Over 50 police departments in the United States are now using all-electric Zero Motorcycles. Electric motorcycles are very quiet, so they are actually helping police officers get close to suspects without their knowledge. (Gas-powered motorcycles are much louder.) “Because the motorcycles are electric, officers may arrive on scene without disruption … [continued]
