India has been told that it cannot go ahead as planned with its ambitious plan for a huge expansion of its renewable energy sector, because it seeks to provide work for Indian people. The case against India was brought by the U.S. The ruling, by the World Trade Organization, says India’s National Solar Mission—which would […]
Israel’s 787-foot concentrated solar power tower—which will be the world’s tallest such tower once construction is complete—will bring up to 121 megawatts of renewable power to the country. Israeli project hopes to raise profile of concentrated #solar power https://t.co/8VlAHssWiB pic.twitter.com/0COnda5NAn — E&T Magazine (@EandTmagazine) February 16, 2016 Megalim Solar Power—a joint venture between Oakland, California’s […]
Solar energy is expanding rapidly across the U.S.—increasing more than 100-fold over the past decade. But, there are still many untapped opportunities to harness the nation’s nearly limitless solar potential. The U.S. has the technical potential to produce more than 100 times as much electricity from solar photovoltaic and concentrating solar power installations as the […]
Investors in fossil fuels are being warned that they may risk losing their money, because the markets for coal and liquefied natural gas are disappearing. In both cases it is competition from renewables, principally wind and solar power, that is being blamed for the threat. The cost of electricity from renewables continues to fall in […]
Current Motor, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based electric vehicle (EV) and solar charging station manufacturing company, is taking transportation completely off the grid. The company’s Mini-Fleet-in-a-Box, comes with four of the company’s electric cargo motorcycles nestled inside a mobile solar charging stations, meaning energy-independent, emission-free rides. The “Mini-fleets-in-a-Box” is comprised of four electric cargo motorcycles and a patent-pending […]
Mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed electricity-generating footwear that lets you charge mobile electronic devices simply by walking. As it turns out, “human walking carries a lot of energy,” as UW-Madison mechanical engineering associate professor Tom Krupenkin said in a university news release. Researchers say this shoe could directly power mobile devices through a […]
The German solar company Heliatek has set a new record for organic solar cells, a type of photovoltaic that uses organic electronics to produce electricity, by increasing its efficiency to 13.2 percent. This may not sound very impressive, but organic solar cells boasted a mere 3 percent efficiency just a decade ago. “Organic solar cells are far less efficient […]
Companies are tapping into cities’ underground networks of steam pipes as a source of clean energy. “Green steam,” as it’s called, “recaptures and reuses thermal energy previously lost to the environment, utilizing advanced cogeneration technology,” according to Paris-based Veolia, which operates a dozen of these networks in North American cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Montreal. […]
You may have noticed that the influence of corporate money in politics has become a hot issue on the campaign trail. All the candidates are talking about it, from Bernie Sanders to Ted Cruz. And Greenpeace has been chattering more than usual about it since we, along with more than 20 partners, launched a pledge […]
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