Energy
Transitioning to a world powered by renewable energy is key to tackling climate change. Here you can find the latest good news related to our clean energy transition, covering wind, solar, green hydrogen, hydropower, and more.
Renewable energy to hit 9 percent of U.S. total in 2017
U.S. renewable-energy generating capacity is not only growing, but it is beginning to erode coal's share of the electricity-generating mix, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The agency predicts renewable energy—particularly solar power—to continue growing. Read More...
Trump cannot halt the market forces driving the clean energy revolution
The fact that Donald Trump will soon take over as president of the U.S. doesn’t mean the country will start burning more coal. Yes, the new president has made promises to revive coal industry. However, ultimately market forces will drive to the cheapest energy sources. And as of now, solar and Read More...
Cloud-tracking cameras to tackle dips in solar power output
A new way to tackle the much-maligned unpredictability of solar energy is being deployed at a solar farm opening today in Western Australia – cloud-tracking cameras. The 1MW solar farm at Karratha airport, made possible by a $2.3m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena), has Read More...
Trump's energy vision holds plenty of promise for renewables
More The election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president is not the news the global wind and solar sectors hoped to wake up to – but it’s also not cause for despair. If there’s one thing that’s long been clear when it comes to Trump and renewables, it’s that he Read More...
Wind energy could soon power most of the U.K
Fossil fuels consumption is tumbling faster than we may have expected. Just 44 years after Dong Energy was set up to exploit Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, the company has confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas division to become a “global leader in renewables”. The company is already the Read More...
Finland on its way to become world's first country to ban coal use in energy production
The Government is to present its new energy and climate strategy to the Parliament in March, 2017. Finland would thereby become the first country in the world to resort to a statutory prohibition to stop the use of coal in energy production. Coal is a particularly emissions-intensive source of Read More...
Vast Moroccan solar power plant is hard act for Africa to follow
On the edge of the Sahara desert, Morocco is building one of the world's biggest solar power plants in a project largely funded by the European Union. It is a hard success for other African nations to match as they seek to implement a new global deal to combat climate Read More...
Farmers are perfecting the business of their new solar crops
Land has a new value as a place to generate renewable energy. Farmers are discovering that a field with solar panels can be an attractive “crop” from their business perspective. And as businessmen, they know that market prices fluctuate. Utilities don’t pay the same price for their Read More...
Saudi Arabia wants to become global renewable energy powerhouse
Despite being the world's second biggest producer of 'dirty' oil, Riyadh wants to turn into a leader in clean energy. Despite being the world's second biggest producer of oil, the burning of which is one of the top drivers of greenhouse gas-fuelled climate change, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia wants Read More...
Renewable energy grows in an unlikely place: the sunny Mideast
“In the past, whenever I used to meet with ministers of energy in some of the oil- or oil-and-gas-rich countries, they would talk about renewable energy, and that meeting would end in a nanosecond,” said Nabil Habayeb, General Electric’s president and chief executive for the Read More...