Originally published on Sustainnovate. Even a beggar can go solar in Bangladesh, Dipal Barua says. During my recent trip to Abu Dhabi for the Zayed Future Energy Prize and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, I got to spend quite a bit of time chatting with Dipal Barua, a longtime solar energy leader who … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. If you haven’t heard the news: ~1.3 billion people don’t have electricity… or any electricity at all. The health, education, and economic difficulties that result are impossible to comprehend. Those are some notes from Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability at Masdar and Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. For 4 hours on the opening day of the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, I attended a high-level event aimed at turning the ambitious goals of COP21, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into practical and innovative … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon Global energy efficiency investment will reach the $5.8 trillion mark by the year 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Authority (IRENA). By that point, yearly energy efficiency investment will total around $385 billion, according to the report. This … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. To kick off this year’s World Future Energy Summit, International Water Summit (IWS), EcoWaste Exhibition, and other Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week events, inspiring opening remarks were made by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, the UAE’s Minister of State and Chairman of Masdar; Mexico’s President, Enrique Pena Nieto; … [continued]
Continuing my series on the Renewable Cities opening PechaKucha presentations (see mine, Bárbara Rubim’s, Mark Jacobson’s, Merran Smith’s, and these 5 others if you haven’t yet), below is a presentation from Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian, CleanTechnica readers and the Founding Directors of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI). They discuss the pioneering … [continued]
On the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, I got connected with a young entrepreneur from Seattle doing something wicked cool — growing metal. At first mention, I wasn’t clear how this was “green” or “cleantech.” However, after some explanation, I’d definitely say it … [continued]
Readers here on CleanTechnica know very well that renewable energy is now mainstream, and that solar and wind power are now even cheaper than other options in many if not most regions of the world. Still, big energy agencies are slow to evolve, and are heavily influenced by some of the richest … [continued]
I hope those of you who haven’t already watched the Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony videos will go ahead and do so, as they are really inspiring and interesting to watch. Once you’ve done that, you can learn a bit more about the winners via the following videos, which … [continued]
This year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize winner in the “Large Corporation” category, as you already know, was Panasonic. I was excited, since Panasonic is involved in a few disruptive cleantech markets — battery storage, solar power, smart technology — and is especially well known for its electric vehicle battery leadership … [continued]
