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U.S. to Pull out of Paris Climate Change Agreement under Trump
As seemed likely from the day Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, the country will pull out of the global Paris Climate Agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
The move had...
World Wetlands Day – 2. February
2nd February each year is World Wetlands Day. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2. February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on...
Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 7 Percent Since 2014
MIT’s total campus emissions have dropped by 7 percent since 2014, according to MIT’s second annual greenhouse gas inventory. The inventory, whose results were released by the MIT Office of Sustainability in...
A Step Toward Renewable Diesel
MIT engineers have genetically reprogrammed a strain of yeast so that it converts sugars to fats much more efficiently, an advance that could make possible the renewable production of high-energy fuels such...
Transforming the Power Sector, at IRENA Ministerial Meeting
Renewable energy, for three years running, has accounted for more new power generation capacity installed worldwide than all other sources combined. In 2015, over USD 270 billion were invested in solar PV...
Tesla’s New Powerpack Battery Storage Project in Southern California Is the Largest on Earth
Mira Loma, California — Tesla cut the ribbon on a massive battery storage facility in the Southern California desert, 60 miles east of Los Angeles on Monday.
The Powerpack project, a joint venture...
Hangzhou Fengling Finishes 200 MW Solar-Aquaculture Project
The developer connected the massive installation to the grid earlier this month in eastern China, roughly 150 kilometres south of Shanghai.
The panels were mounted on piles above the surface of the Changhe...
Offshore Wind Energy in U.K. Far Ahead of Lower-Cost Target
The winds of change are blowing harder in the U.K. The price of energy generated by offshore wind farms has been falling steadily, and ahead of schedule too. Costs have fallen 32...
London Taxi Company Poised to Rev Up £300m Coventry Electric Cab Factory
The London Taxi Company (LTC) is set to open its £300m electric black cab factory in Coventry in March with a view to producing its first vehicles for the UK market later...
EIB Group Increases Support to Czech Republic by One Third to EUR 619 Million in 2016
The European Investment Bank Group provided EUR 619 million in new loans, guarantees equity in the Czech Republic in 2016, of which EUR 526 million from the EIB and EUR 93 million from...
Siemens Unleashes 8MW Giant
Siemens has installed and commissioned its new 8MW offshore wind turbine at the Østerild test site in Denmark.
The installation went “according to plan” the German manufacturing giant said and the hardware will...
Coal Demand Growth to Stall as Appetite Wanes, According to IEA
BEIJING — Growth in global coal demand will stall over the next five years as the appetite for the fuel wanes and other energy sources gain ground, according to the latest coal...
First Agreements Signed for Uranium Mining Legacy Fund
The EBRD’s latest nuclear safety fund is making progress. Framework agreements have been signed with the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan which will provide the legal basis for implementation of projects in these...
Commission Delivers on its Circular Economy Promises
One year after adopting its Circular Economy Package, the Commission has reported on delivery and progress to date, and tabled new ideas on waste management and investment.
One year after adopting its Circular...
Connecting People to Nature – in the City and on the Land, from the Poles to the Equator
For this year’s World Environment Day, millions of people around the globe will answer the call to ‘connect with nature,’ celebrating the day by going to a park or heading to the...
Planning for the Renewable Future
Ambitious national commitments, international agreements and rapid technological progress have prompted countries around the world to turn increasingly renewable energy to expand their power infrastructure. However, the variability of solar and wind...
