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Renault is Proud to Present the 50,000th ZOE

Three years after launch, Renault ZOE is Europe’s best-selling electric hatchback. A full 98% of ZOE customers are satisfied… An unrivaled figure. Every three minutes, somewhere in the world, somebody switches from an...

Adapting to a Drier World

Water, which covers more than two-thirds of the planet’s surface, is fundamental to life. It is also essential to energy production. Water is critical to pumping oil and natural gas out of the...

UN Environment Chief Discusses Lagoon Clean-up, Air Pollution, Wildlife Protection, and Marine Erosion with Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister

Erik Solheim just concluded a two-day visit to Abidjan, a first for a Head of UN Environment in Côte d'Ivoire. The visit provided an opportunity to present the priorities of his mandate...

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...

What would it take to get Australia to 100-percent renewable energy?

What would it take to convert an entire country to 100-percent renewable energy? How about a country that occupies an entire continent? Australian climate think tank Beyond Zero Emissions is publishing a...

Renewables are often only as useful as the grid they feed

Scotland recently experienced one of its windiest days of the year with gusts reaching over 180 km/h on top of the country’s highest mountains. While they were disruptive to trains, ferries and...

Lower oil prices affect global growth of mining industry, says UNIDO report

Global production growth from mining activities remained low in 2015 and was significantly affected by lower crude oil prices, and the combined production of mining and utilities rose a mere 1.0 per...

SolarCity And ComEd Discover Shared Vision For Utilities’ Future

ComEd doesn’t deliver any solar energy to its Chicago-area customers, and California-based SolarCity doesn’t do business in Illinois, but from distant reaches of the country, and from opposite ends of the power...

Wind farms do not discourage tourists, economists find

Wind farms do not discourage holidaymakers, according to new research which “puts to bed the myth” that the sight of turbines on the horizon damages tourism. A report by economic consultants said the...

Scientists convert carbon dioxide, create electricity

While the human race will always leave its carbon footprint on the Earth, it must continue to find ways to lessen the impact of its fossil fuel consumption. "Carbon capture" technologies -- chemically...

New Global Survey Shows E-government Emerging as a Powerful Tool for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

The United Kingdom, followed by  Australia and the Republic of Korea, lead the world in providing government services and information through the Internet, according to a new survey released on 1st August...

Electric Vehicle Charge Points to Outnumber Petrol Stations by 2020, Say Nissan

Public electric vehicle (EV) charge points will outnumber petrol stations in the UK by the end of the decade, marking a potential tipping point in the adoption of zero emission vehicles. That is...

Record 46% of UK’s Electricity Generated by Clean Energy Sources in 2015

Almost half the UK’s electricity came from clean energy sources such as wind and nuclear power last year, official figures have revealed. Renewables accounted for a quarter of the country’s power supplies in...

Together we improve the quality of life

Every day business practice best testifies on the determination of Hemofarm to proactively create sustainable business models by achieving better business results. At the same time they develop the local community in...

Facebook’s Internet Drone Takes to the Skies: First Flight of Craft with the Wingspan of a 737 Designed to Beam the Web Down to...

Internet access many be taken for granted by many, but some 4 billion people around the world are still missing out with an estimated 1.6 billion of those living in remote areas...

These Are the Cities where the Fewest People Drive to Work

  Nearly 90% of Hong Kong’s residents commute without using a car, while more than 80% of Parisians travel to work on foot, by bike or using public transport, according to research outlined...

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