In one of the remaining four states that explicitly ban third-party solar sales, a small nonprofit is continuing its fight against the nation’s biggest utility over the right to sell solar power to churches and other nonprofits without the utility’s involvement. North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), a 28-year-old environmental nonprofit with an […]
Dubai will soon be home to the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. https://twitter.com/DianaRadoane/status/738397685925969920 The Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) has announced the second phase of a massive solar project located in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. According to a press release, the park is the largest single-site project to generate […]
Global investment in renewable energy reached record levels in 2015, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). More surprisingly, perhaps, the report shows that the $286bn poured into green energy was more than double the spending on coal– and gas-fired power. It also shows, for […]
Thanks to Chile’s major investments in renewables, the Latin American country is seeing an incredible solar boom. Chile Has So Much #Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away for Freehttps://t.co/aTihUBdWz9 pic.twitter.com/fMC1dN5inh — Otovo France (ex In Sun We Trust) (@OtovoFR) June 3, 2016 In a new Bloomberg report, Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away […]
One graphic says so much about how far solar has come and how bright its future looks. A friend and former colleague—my business partner from when I worked in solar—recently shared a graph showing the drop in the prices of solar panels and the growth in worldwide installations of solar. Photo credit: Treehugger My buddy […]
The subway system in Chile’s capital will soon be the world’s first to run largely on renewable energy sources. Santiago’s metro has 103 kilometers of tracks and 108 stations, making it the second-longest metro system in Latin America after Mexico City. Photo credit: Flickr The Metro de Santiago, the second-longest metro system in Latin America […]
The Seacharger, a solar-powered boat built by “a couple of hobbyists” in a garage, will set sail for a solo, 2,000-mile ocean journey from California to Hawaii on Memorial Day. This autonomous boat is trying to cross an ocean using only #solar powerhttps://t.co/EkSNKbHPz4 pic.twitter.com/XUqOYhteBR — Otovo France (ex In Sun We Trust) (@OtovoFR) May 26, […]
By R20 Regions of Climate / Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Following the April signing of the Paris agreement, R20 Regions of Climate Action (R20) and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) announced the formation of a new partnership to rapidly identify and fund projects that address the urgency of climate change. Financially supported by LDF under a new […]
The number of jobs in the solar business grew 12 times faster than overall job creation in the U.S. last year and outpaced those in the oil and gas sector. According to the latest data by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the overall clean energy sector (excluding hydropower) employed 8.1 million people worldwide in 2015, […]
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