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Fifth Third Bank Commits & Succeeds In Going 100% Renewable With Single Solar PPA

Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank has become the first Fortune 500 company, the first bank, and the first RE100 member to achieve its goal of securing 100% of its power consumption with renewables...

IKEA Enjoys Sustainable Product Sales Growth and Clean Energy Uptick

IKEA has revealed further growth in global sales across its sustainable products range last year, as the Swedish furniture giant today reported progress on renewable energy generation as part of its latest...

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

Would you wear sneakers made from kelp? What if they looked as stylish as any other shoe, and could help reduce the massive impact of the textile industry? A new textile component called...

World’s First Plastic-Free Supermarket Aisle Unveiled in Amsterdam

The world's first plastic-free supermarket aisle has opened its doors in Amsterdam today, in what could prove a major advance in the fight against plastic waste pollution. Shoppers visiting Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza's...

US Renewables Account For 18% Of Energy Mix, Hot On The Heels Of Nuclear

Renewable energy deployment grew at a near-record pace in 2017, increasing by 14% to account for 18% of total US electricity generation, double its contribution a decade ago, and bringing it hot...

AT&T Announces Mammoth 520 Megawatt Corporate PPA From Oklahoma & Texas Wind Farms

AT&T, one of America’s leading telecoms, announced this past weekend one of the largest corporate renewable energy purchases in the United States, which will see it purchase 520 megawatts of wind energy...

Phase 1 Of “World’s Largest” EV Fast-Charging Network Completed In Queensland

The Queensland government has laid claim to the “world’s longest electric vehicle superhighway in a single state” after the first phase of fast charger station installations was completed last month. State transport minister...

Australia’s Solar Power Boom Could Almost Double Capacity in a Year, Analysts Say

A record-breaking month of rooftop installations and a flood of large-scale solar farms could almost double Australia’s solar power capacity in a single year, industry analysts say. A massive solar energy boom is...

Heineken Sets New Renewables Goal, as Carlsberg Downs its CO2 Levels

The global brewing industry is racing to up its climate ambition, with rivals Heineken and Carlsberg both separately announcing progress towards emissions and renewable energy goals. Heineken yesterday unveiled its 'Drop the C'...

Renewables Push Low Carbon Sources to Almost 55 Per Cent of UK Power Mix

The UK's renewables sector continued to perform strongly during the third quarter of last year, according to new official data that shows how increased capacity and availability helped push its share of...

Harvard Study: Green Buildings Deliver Nearly $6bn in Health and Climate Benefits

Green certified buildings are delivering billions of dollars in health, climate and energy-saving benefits, according to a major new study from Harvard University. Engineering giant United Technologies Corporation (UTC) commissioned a team of...

World’s First Biofuel Flight Between the US and Australia Powered by Mustard Seeds

The world’s first biofuel flight between the United States and Australia landed in Melbourne after a 15-hour trip. The Guardian reported the blended fuel was 10 percent derived from brassica carinat, which...

Donald Trump Says US Could Re-enter Paris Climate Deal

Donald Trump has said the United States could re-enter the Paris climate change agreement – and that he would have taken a “tougher stand” in Brexit negotiations than Theresa May. The US president...

Australia Will Meet 2020 Renewable Energy Target Following Record Investments

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator announced Tuesday that Australia will meet its 2020 Renewable Energy Target following 2017’s record level of clean energy investment. Earlier this month, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) published its...

IEA Highlights Chile’s Potential As Renewable Energy Behemoth

The International Energy Agency has this week published a new report highlighting the emergence of Chile as one of the world’s growing renewable energy destinations, thanks to second-to-none resources and increasingly forward-looking...

RE100: Corporates Scale Up Renewables Use in Spite of Policy Barriers

The march towards 100 per cent renewable electricity among global corporates continues apace, with the RE100 campaign today reporting significant increases in the proportion of clean energy sourced by its members in...

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