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Boosting Global Renewables, One Island at a Time
Islands from the Caribbean to the South China Sea are perhaps best known for their beautiful beaches, azure waters and rich sea life, but they are rich in something else as well:...
Department of Energy Announces 16 New Projects to Transform Energy Storage and Conversion
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $37 million in funding for 16 innovative new projects as part of a new ARPA-E program: Integration and Optimization of...
Insights from Higher Wind and Solar Generation in Eastern Grid, USA
A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power...
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...
Helping Kenya introduce county-level energy planning based on renewable resources
Participants from 33 counties attended a training course on sustainable energy, organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in the capital...
How sun, salt and glass could help solve our energy needs
High in the stark Nevada desert, a couple of hundred miles north-west of Las Vegas, is the shimmering circular mirage of Crescent Dunes. Ten thousand silvery glass panels, each measuring 115 square...
First Solar offloads 11 MW
An affiliate of D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired the 11-megawatt Rancho Seco solar project in Sacramento County from First Solar. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Golden 1...
IEA data shows global energy production and consumption continue to rise
Reflecting the IEA’s increasingly global perspective, for the first time the Agency’s OECD and non-OECD Energy Balances and Statistics reports have been merged into two comprehensive global reports on energy data. World...
UK’s Carbon Footprint Rises 3%
The “carbon footprint” for the pollution caused by UK consumption has increased slightly, official figures show.
The amount of greenhouse gases linked to goods and services consumed by UK households, including emissions from...
Climate Change: Cities are Key to Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The heat that saw forest fires sweep through Uttarakhand and damage the already fragile ecosystem of the Himalayas… the heat spikes that caused deaths in Rajasthan and Bihar… the drought that put...
Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation Makes Historic Grant Announcement
LDF announces its largest-ever portfolio of environmental grants, increasing the organization’s total direct financial giving to over $59 million since 1998. Additionally, after a period of increased grantmaking and a goal of...
Small Increase in Energy Investment Could Cut Premature Deaths from Air Pollution in Half by 2040
Each year an estimated 6.5 million deaths are linked to air pollution with the number set to increase significantly in coming decades unless the energy sector takes greater action to curb emissions....
More than 8 Million People Were Employed Worldwide in the Renewable Sector
A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to...
Towards Clean and Smart Mobility
Transport plays a critical role in the way we live. Our food, clothes and household waste all need to be transported, contributing to our economy and quality of life. But the increasing...
A Thirst for Power: The Water-Energy Nexus
We all know that when you mix water and electricity, the results are shocking, but there’s an important connection between the two that goes beyond the potential for bathroom tragedy.
But here’s what’s...
