Renault will be opening its first its first “concept store” in Europe — the Renault Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Stockholm, Sweden — on February 16.
Companies in Scandinavia are developing emissions free electric construction equipment, excavators, and medium-duty delivery trucks. Most will be on the market within the year.
Find out what these five cities are doing to fight the climate crisis and improve the lives of their citizens.
The city of Zurich, Switzerland, has been named the world’s most sustainable city by the Netherlands-based building consultancy Arcadis. Considering that the city has an economy based largely around banking, I have to wonder if naming the city the most “sustainable” makes sense. When you look at the factors used to compile the list, though, then the choice makes more sense.
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has announced it will divest from investments in coal, oil, and gas, following a one-and-a-half year citizen-led campaign. The announcement was made by the City of Stockholm on Tuesday, declaring that Stockholm would withdraw investments in coal, oil, and gas companies, equating to approximately 30 … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Rudolf ten Hoedt A first gold rush driven by generous subsidies led to an uncontrolled boom in solar power projects in Japan, of which, however, only a very small percentage actually got built. Now, however, the government has taken charge and serious developers are entering … [continued]
Mashable blogger Max Knoblauch recently decided to have a bit of fun scrolling through reviews of 10 of the world’s largest subway systems. I’m not sure how many reviews he looked at for each of them, but he shared one pro review and one con review for subway systems in: … [continued]
This post first appeared on Fuel Freedom By Zana Nesheiwat Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020. The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark on a quest … [continued]
Three NASA satellites are now being used by a professor from the Tel Aviv University to gauge an accurate measure of the pollution levels over our planet’s megacities, the first to provide a comprehensive standardised global testing of pollution levels. Prof. Pinhas Alpert of Tel Aviv University’s Department of … [continued]
Hotels are notoriously wasteful energy consumers, guzzling resources in an effort to keep guests happy. Scandic Hotels have taken a different route in the lodging business: informing customers of how they can be a part of an environmentally friendly lodging system. In the video above, Jan Peter Bergkvist, developer of … [continued]
