When I was a kid, my grandmother’s house in New Hampshire was always ready for the electricity to go down. The kitchen range was wood-fired, though there was a newer kerosene alternative (horrible). There were two sconces in every bathroom, each with an oil (kerosene) lamp. About half the house … [continued]
As the aviation sector gathers at the International Paris Air Show, a new T&E study highlights Europe’s potential to be an e-kerosene trailblazer – the most scalable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – but severe bottlenecks mean it could lose its first mover advantage. Europe a leader on e-kerosene announcements, laggard … [continued]
Sustainable fuel manufacturers in Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about 5 Mt of CO2, a new forecast by Transport & Environment finds.
T&E president Arie Bleijenberg looks into whether a passenger today can to fly to New York without emitting CO2. Is e-kerosene the answer? By Arie Bleijenberg Last year, a friend came to me with an interesting request. They wanted to fly to New York, without emitting CO2. This person wanted … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave.com. Using a unique business model to sell solar lights in rural African off-grid communities, SolarAid aims to eradicate the dangerous and toxic kerosene lamp from Africa by 2020. Working in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda, the lives of over 10 million people in Africa are … [continued]
Responding to a strong perceived demand from governments for current information about a green economy Africa, the United Nations Environment Program reported Thursday from Nairobi on the power of green investments in the nations of Africa. Says one international expert in green economics, “The list of successful examples of green investments … [continued]
Off-grid renewable energy promises speedy electrification for a huge world sector of communities that now lack power or suffer from intermittent supply. Of the 1.3 billion world citizens with sketchy or no electric power in their lives, fully 95% live in Africa or Asia. In Accra, Ghana, in November 2012, … [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]
For the first time ever, researchers from the EU-funded SOLAR-JET project have succeeded in creating “solar” jet fuel (kerosene) from practically nothing but water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide (CO2). The new means of producing jet fuel could “revolutionize the future of aviation” — according to the researchers, anyway. The new … [continued]
Can solar-powered light bulbs help end energy poverty for the 1.3 billion people who live without electricity? Maybe, if Nokero has anything to say about it.
