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Madison West High School Students Seeking to Install 100 Solar Panels Atop School
A student group at West High School has set an ambitious goal of raising $50,000 to install 100 solar panels on the roof of the school.
If the West Green Club can meet...
China Plans To Ban Fossil Fuel Vehicles
China’s vice minister of industry and information technology, Xin Guobin, has announced that the Chinese government is currently working on a timeline to end both the production and sales of fossil fuel...
Huge Tunisian Solar Park Hopes to Provide Saharan Power to Europe
An enormous solar park in the Sahara could soon be exporting electricity to Europe if Tunisia’s government approves an energy company’s request to build it.
The 4.5GW mega-project planned by TuNur would pipe...
Japan’s Biomass Power Capacity Seen rowing 50% by Early 2020s
Biomass power plants in Japan will be able to meet the electricity needs of at least 9 million households by the early 2020s, up 50% from the current level, a sign that...
Enel Starts Construction of Largest Wind Farm in Peru
Multinational energy business Enel has announced that construction has begun on Wayra I, its first wind farm in Peru. In a statement on Monday, Enel said that construction would be via its...
Commercial Operations Begin at Vietnam’s 260-MW Trung Son Hydropower Plant
The first hydropower project in Vietnam financed by the World Bank, the US$412 million 260-MW Trung Son hydropower project, began commercial operation on Sept. 6.
The facility is located in Trung Son commune,...
There are Over 341,000 Wind Turbines on the Planet: Here’s How Much of a Difference they’re Actually Making
From the intense heat of the Californian desert to the green hills of Scotland, wind turbines are popping up all over the world.
Humans have been using wind energy for thousands of years....
DS Smith Shrink-Wraps CO2 Emissions, Boosts Sourcing Standards
Packaging giant DS Smith has managed to cut its carbon emissions per tonne of product by 6.7 per cent between 2015/6 and 2016/7 thanks to more efficient lighting, new combined heat and...
Households Allowed to Sell Solar Power
The government will end the decade-long restriction on households and commercial buildings selling power generated by their solar rooftops to state utilities in the fourth quarter of the year.
Deregulation will open the...
FCO Climate Headcount Down 60 Per Cent Since 2011, FOI Reveals
The number of UK-based diplomats working on climate change issues for the UK government has fallen dramatically over the last six years, new Freedom of Information data released publicly earlier this week...
Scottish Government to Ban Fossil Fuel Cars by 2032 Under Green Policy Programme
The Scottish government has today unveiled its legislative plans for the next year, featuring a major low carbon economy focus on electric vehicles, renewable energy, recycling schemes and green investment.
Among 16 proposed...
Sweden Sets Out £485m Green Investment in 2018 Budget
Sweden's government has announced plans to invest SEK5bn (£485m) towards boosting the green economy and tackling climate change in 2018, in what it says is the country's "greatest commitment to climate and...
JTC Calls Tender to Install Movable Solar Panels on Jurong Island
Government agency JTC Corporation has called a tender for installation of solar panels on a 3.9-hectare vacant plot of land on Jurong Island - in a first-of-its kind project in Singapore.
Solar panels...
Plans for Sahara to Export Solar Power to Europe Revive
TuNur Ltd filed a request in the Tunisian Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy for the authorisation of a 4.5GW solar energy export project destined to fuel Europe.
The mega-solar project is...
Veolia Plans to Turn Old Rubbish Dumps into Solar Farms
Waste and resources specialist Veolia has set out plans to install solar across its portfolio of former UK landfills, in order to "better utilise" the sites to generate income from renewable electricity.
As...
Breakthrough in Algae Production Could Usher in Desert Farming, Claim Scientists
Biologists from Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates have engineered a new form of microalgae that can grow rapidly in desert conditions, a discovery they claim could be used to sustainably...
