The aviation industry, like all major industries, plays a role when it comes to contributing to greenhouse gases and pollution in the environment. Specific data for the United States is harder to come by, but the UK has been forthcoming with statistics about its own CO2 production from the aviation industry, as … [continued]
Germany, China, and North America led the way in the top 10 photovoltaic (PV) global market places in 2012 based on recent research done by NPD Solarbuzz analysis.
Electric vehicle prices are slated to drop considerably this year. As such, the price of the 2013 Nissan Leaf was just cut by £2,500 (which is $3,950) in the United Kingdom, bringing it down to £23,490 ($37,115).
The BRE National Energy Centre (NSC) for solar PV has been recently launched in United Kingdom to deliver the government’s goal of 20 GW of installed solar capacity by 2020. The BRE National Solar Energy Centre is expected to be commissioned in April this year, situated in St Austell, Cornwall, and … [continued]
Europe appears to be exhibiting a phenomenon dubbed as “car-peak” by Morgan Stanley researchers. This phenomenon is the decline of car usage, which can also cause a decline in car demand. There are multiple possible causes for such decline, including culture changes, high gasoline prices, economic hardship, increased environmental awareness, population … [continued]
Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action in the European Commission since February 2010, gave a great keynote speech at the World Future Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week) a few days ago. Below are two videos of her speech and a text summary of the key points … [continued]
South Gloucestershire is set to expand a program to switch off street lights between midnight and 5 am in order to cut costs on energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. The council has already implemented the program for approximately 6,000 of the total 29,500 street lights and has already saved … [continued]
For some reason, there hasn’t been a lot of news in the past few days…? But there’s been a bit. Here’s a quick cleantech and climate change news roundup (head on over to our homepage for more news): Solar Power AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol/SunPower Begin Work On Two … [continued]
Many appliances exist to measure your electricity usage, but sometimes converting that statistic into a usable figure is difficult — we can’t always determine how many cents per kilojoule we’re using. Continuing the love for Indiegogo projects, we have another project looking for funding from ‘the crowd’: the MeterPlug. The … [continued]
French banking giant Societe Generale has overachieved on its carbon emission reduction target set under its carbon neutrality plan. The bank has planned to reduce carbon emissions per occupant by 11% between 2008 and 2012 but was able to reduce them by 20%, excluding its Russian subsidiary Rosbank. The … [continued]
