Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Britain’s former top climate envoy has delivered a scathing review of the climate outlook of the fossil fuel industry, in general, and of oil giant Shell, in particular, whose global warming strategy he described as narcissistic, paranoid, and psychopathic in an open letter … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) will take off today for its third flight, traveling from Ahmedabad (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, AMD/VAAH) in the Republic of India, to Varanasi (Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, VNS/VIBN) also in the Republic of India. André Borschberg will fly the zero-fuel airplane for about 1071 km … [continued]
New polling numbers from Britain’s YouGov has found that 71% of Scottish adults are in favor of the continued development of wind power as part of the country’s energy mix, a number that has increased from 64% two years prior. Founded in the UK, YouGov has often been used by … [continued]
The independent panel of energy and finance experts behind Finance for Resilience have presented eight new proposals that they believe could have the potential to increase global investment in clean energy. Run alongside the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit, Finance for Resilience (FiRe) is a non-profit aiming to identify “promising … [continued]
Colorful, transparent thin film perovskite solar cells from Brown University could be coming soon to a building near you (well, maybe in a few years or so).
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has launched a solar rooftop and net metering program as part of a new initiative called “Shams Dubai” which will allow generation of solar energy in buildings and their connection to the grid. Several local newspapers are claiming the initiative to be the first of its kind … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse reports that co-founders and pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg hosted a Google Hangout with schools across India, arranged by Aditya Birla Group. The pilots were in the mobile hangar with the Solar Impulse 2 airplane during its stay in Ahmedabad, India, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel … [continued]
In order to grow its solar power capacity, leading energy company Tenaska has bought a controlling interest in solar company Soltage.
Solar leasing company SolarCity has partnered with impact investing firm Incapital to offer a retirement investment based on solar bonds.
The British technology company Dyson is investing $15 million into the Michigan-based solid state battery developer Sakti3, according to recent reports. Considering the technology that Dyson is best known for — vacuums — I’m going to take a guess here and say that that’s where the company’s interest in new … [continued]
