Renewable Energy

Leonardo DiCaprio and Greg Barker Join Forces to Bring Solar to Off-Grid Communities

Leonardo DiCaprio and Greg Barker Join Forces to Bring Solar to Off-Grid Communities

Leonardo DiCaprio and former UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker are teaming up to deliver renewable energy to some of the world’s 2 billion citizens that live without access to reliable electricity. Powerhive, an energy solutions provider for emerging markets, announced yesterday that DiCaprio and Barker have joined its advisory board. Proud to join @Powerhive’s advisory board to support […]

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    Google Announces ‘Largest Purchase of Renewable Energy Ever’

    Google Announces ‘Largest Purchase of Renewable Energy Ever’

    Google is another step closer in their goal of powering 100 percent of their operations with clean energy. Today, the search giant announced “the largest, and most diverse, purchase of renewable energy ever made by a non-utility company.” The massive purchase adds an additional 842 megawatts of renewable energy capacity to power their data centers, […]

    Brad Pitt’s Nonprofit Delivers LEED Platinum Homes to Fort Peck Reservation

    Brad Pitt’s Nonprofit Delivers LEED Platinum Homes to Fort Peck Reservation

    Make It Right, the nonprofit organization founded by actor Brad Pitt, has delivered the first five of 20 LEED Platinum, cradle to cradle-inspired homes to the Fort Peck reservation in Montana, home to the Sioux and the Assiniboine nations. Five families have moved into their brand new, environmentally friendly abodes after the tribes and foundation kickstarted this much-needed housing project more […]

    100% Renewable-Powered World ‘Technically Feasible and Economically Viable’ by 2030

    100% Renewable-Powered World ‘Technically Feasible and Economically Viable’ by 2030

    Many doubt the scientific, technical and economic feasibility of achieving 100 percent renewable energy in a single country or even globally. But this vision has never been more realistic than now, according to the latest International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report and a paper written by Stanford University. The first report by IRENA, RE Thinking Energy, points […]

    100% Clean Energy is 100% Possible

    100% Clean Energy is 100% Possible

    Imagine Martin Luther King hadn’t had a dream, Gandhi didn’t stand up to the powerful elite and Elon Musk had taken “no” for an answer when they tried to kill the electric car. What kind of world would we have? Exactly a week ahead of the opening of the COP21 climate summit in Paris, the […]

    782 Richest People Could Power Half the World With 100% Renewable Energy

    782 Richest People Could Power Half the World With 100% Renewable Energy

    The personal fortunes of the 782 wealthiest people on the planet, many CEOs of major corporations, could power Africa, Latin America and most of Asia with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, said Friends of the Earth International in a new report released today. Photo credit: Friends of the Earth International Launched seven days before the […]

    4 U.S. Cities That Have Gone 100% Renewable

    4 U.S. Cities That Have Gone 100% Renewable

    Renewable energy is having another stellar year. Solar is now the fastest growing source of renewable energy after a decade of record growth, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Wind and solar continue to flourish, and nascent technologies such as offshore wind and algae-based biofuel are also gaining momentum. The International Energy Agency recently announced two exciting goals for clean […]

    Tesla’s Massive Gigafactory Will Be Net Zero Energy, Powered by 100% Renewables

    Tesla’s Massive Gigafactory Will Be Net Zero Energy, Powered by 100% Renewables

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t just building the biggest battery factory in the world. When construction of his $5 billion Tesla Gigafactory is complete, the facility will be astoundingly clean and energy efficient. Tesla’s Gigafactory, currently under construction in Nevada, aims to produce more lithium ion batteries annually than were produced worldwide in 2013. Photo […]