29 submissions have been chosen as finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize, the eighth annual award ceremony that seeks to recognize and reward individuals, businesses, and high schools that are working toward innovative solutions for a sustainable energy future. Each year, the Zayed Future Energy Prize awards a … [continued]
by Roberto Verzola [Roberto Verzola is the author of Crossing Over: The Energy Transition to Renewable Electricity, a book published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which was launched on March 23, 2015. The online version of the book as well as the article this post comes from can be downloaded freely. See Part 1 … [continued]
Patents and standards are the unsung heroes of renewable energy innovation. International standards ensure that the wind turbines next door and the solar panels on our roofs are safe and performing as expected.
Festival colors adorn Manila, the most densely populated city on earth, for the Pagbisita ni Pope Francis. Twelve million people in the 16-city capital metro are taking off from now through January 19. A very special visitor has just arrived: Pope Francis, spiritual leader for one-sixth of the world’s population, … [continued]
RenewEconomy. The Australian government – and ministers Greg Hunt and Ian Macfarlane, in particular — like to tell everyone how much they support renewable energy. But they seem to be doing their level best to trash the industry in Australia. Key data released late last week underlines the disastrous state of the … [continued]
International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, Manila, June 16, 2014 (IRENA) The efforts of the fledgling—but remarkably effective—International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition are paying off again this week. To more than 400 IOREC delegates in Manila, the International Renewable Energy Agency, Asian Development Bank, and Alliance for … [continued]
I’ve got a problem. I want you to read every important cleantech story that I see, or at least the headline or summary. (Yep, I’m one of those guys — be careful if you go to see a movie with me that I love.) This root problem creates a couple … [continued]
A British adventurer is going to use fuel made from plastic waste to power his 10,000-mile flight from Sydney, Australia to London, England. Former aerobatics and Flying Doctors pilot Jeremy Rowsell plans to make stops at Darwin, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka, Oman, Jordan, and Malta, before touching down in London, six … [continued]
If you remember that light-up-a-potato trick from science class, you might be wondering why potatoes can’t be used as a cheap type of battery in developing countries. The answer is simple: in many parts of the world, potatoes don’t come cheaply. However, scientists in Sri Lanka are taking the … [continued]
India has announced to set up a fund to assist South Asian countries to adapt to the challenges of the changing climate. The 16th South Asian Association on Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held at Thimphu, Bhutan had the theme ‘Towards a Green and Happy South Asia’. Heads of governments of eight South … [continued]
