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.
California hit yet another record high in solar energy generation
In California, the solar power industry is having a field day. For the second time in as many years, the largest electricity grid in the state broke its own solar generation record with 8,030 megawatts (MW) output at 1:06pm local time July 12, 2016. California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Read More...
New tool calculates emissions impacts, energy benefits from smart grid investments
"Smart grid" technologies significantly reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions resulting from power production and usage. Taken together, smart grid and intelligent buildings mechanisms could reduce national carbon emissions by 12 percent by 2030, according to one estimate. But, surprisingly, Read More...
Clean energy innovation turns river mouths into power stations
Scientists have developed an efficient system to generate electricity from salt water. Their research outlines how significant amounts of power can be generated from a natural phenomenon that occurs when fresh river water comes into contact with seawater through a membrane. The potential of the new Read More...
Solar energy firms get loans to light up rural Tanzania
When Tanzanian company ARTI Energy brought solar lights to Kiromo village in the eastern district of Bagamoyo eight years ago, local people were excited but found them expensive. "I really liked those lamps, but I could not imagine then that I would ever own one," recalled Kiromo resident Salum Read More...
Wind energy supplied 83% of South Australia’s electricity on Monday
Extreme weather conditions across Australia’s south-east have helped wind energy to deliver more than two-thirds of South Australia’s electricity over the weekend, and even higher levels on Monday, with wind turbines providing a huge 83 per cent of the state’s power needs in the Read More...
Chile passes major transmission law to benefit of solar
The Chilean Congress has passed a major law on electricity transmission, which will help the development of both renewable and non-renewable energy projects. Under the policy, which was entered into the Congress in October 2015, a new national interconnected power system will be established Read More...
Renewable energy programs helping distressed areas of California with quality jobs, study says
California’s push to develop more renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is creating well-paying jobs that are concentrated in economically distressed parts of the state, according to a new study released Read More...
How affordable solar energy is transforming lives in India
The world is in the midst of a solar power revolution. In under two decades, the solar PV industry has evolved from being niche to one poised to take on the utility incumbents as an affordable mainstream energy source. However, right now solar and wind still make up only 1 to 2 percent of the Read More...
Cutting the cable: Kangaroo Island eyes switch to 100% renewable energy
Kangaroo Island is one of the great icons of Australian tourism. As Andrew Boardman, the chief executive of the Kangaroo Island council, says: “You can’t buy a name like that.” But now the third-biggest island in Australia, which lies just 120kms from Adelaide, wants to make its Read More...
Californians just saved $192 million via rooftop solar & energy efficiency
The solar-friendly voices at CleanTechnica.com have been saying it; solar advocates everywhere have been saying it; Californians have been saying it — solar saves. Solar saves money, saves the environment, and saves lives in this way. Yes, Californians just saved $192 million via rooftop Read More...