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China’s Oil Production Tanks, Foreign Oil Dependency Nightmare Intensifies
It might seem disingenuous to call any country’s foreign oil dependency a nightmare, but that’s exactly what it is. A myriad of problems stem from foreign oil dependency, ranging from a massive...
Elopak Becomes a CarbonNeutral® Company and now Offers CarbonNeutral® Packaging to its Customers
Elopak is pleased to announce it is now a CarbonNeutral® company and is also able to exclusively offer CarbonNeutral® packaging to its customers. With this, Elopak is fulfilling its vision of carbon...
Cities Are at the Frontline of the Energy Transition
Cities dominate energy demand, and by extension are responsible for a significant share of carbon emissions. In 2013, the world’s urban areas accounted for about 64% of global primary energy use and...
Costa Rica Has Been Running on 100 Percent Renewables for Two Months
Costa Rica ran on 100 percent renewable energy for 76 straight days between June and August this year, according to a new report, demonstrating that life without fossil fuels is possible -...
UK Will Miss its 2020 Renewable Energy Targets, Warn MPs
Urgent action is needed if UK is to meet its targets, particularly for heating and transport
The UK will fail to meet its targets on renewable energy generation, with take-up of clean fuels...
JinkoSolar Announces Withdrawal from EU PV Price Undertaking
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) on September 8th, 2016 announced its withdrawal from the European Union photovoltaic (PV) price undertaking (UT) agreement.
Under the terms of the UT agreement that JinkoSolar was...
European Circular Economy Project Kicks off in Wales
A new Europe-wide project intended to help smaller businesses enter the circular economy and operate in a more sustainable and profitable way has kicked off in Wales.
A recent study by the Ellen...
Meyer Burger Supplies High-Performance PV Modules for a Fully Integrated and Colorful Solar Facade
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (Thun, Switzerland) supplied SWISS KRONO, a major player in the manufacturing and finishing of wood based products based in Menznau (Switzerland), with innovative and high-performance glass-glass solar photovoltaic...
Recycling Focus for Turkey’s Hospitality Sector
The Turkish government has launched a recycling campaign targeting the glass, plastics, paper and metal discards from hotels, restaurants and cafés. The HoReCa campaign will be centred mainly on major cities such...
IEA Executive Director on Official Visit to Republic of Korea
Dr. Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director, was in Korea on an official visit on 1-2 September 2016.
He met with Mr. Joo Hyunghwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, with their discussions concentrating...
Environmental DNA Uncovers Biodiversity in Rivers
Most natural ecosystems are heavily affected by changes to the human habitat, climate change or invasive species. In order to protect these ecosystems, one needs to know which organisms live in them....
The World’s First Floating Wind Turbine is in Norway
Norway is one of the most developed countries in the world when it comes to renewable energy sources, the use of oil resources and the profits that the state has of these...
Balkan Countries Unite in a War on Waste
Under the rubric of the Let’s Do It campaign, Albanian and Kosovar activists jointly cleared their border area and the polluted Lake Vermica last April, in a Wombles-style campaign that has involved...
Energy Department Announces Dates and New Contests for Solar Decathlon 2017 in Denver, Colorado
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 student design competition, which challenges collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive, will take place October...
Iran Says Will Cooperate with OPEC to Stabilize the Oil Market: IRNA
Iran's oil minister said today that Tehran will cooperate with Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to stabilize the world market, but expects others to respect its rights, the ministry's news...
Duke Energy Receives new 30-year Operating License for Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a new 30-year operating license for Duke Energy's Keowee-Toxaway Hydroelectric Project, which will allow the company to continue operating the Jocassee Pumped Storage Hydro...
