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.
China Is Going Solar In A Big Way
China is investing in solar in a big way, which is great news for the rest of us. China is a nation of 1.36 billion souls, so even though it has only just passed Germany (population 81.6 million) in terms of installed solar capacity, it’s easily on track to leave it in the dust. According to Read More...
Baking bread and roasting peanuts with solar energy in Africa
Solar energy is the backbone of the clean energy future, and it mostly comes through solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays, which produce electricity for homes and businesses. However, in the developing world solar PV is more often still an expensive solution. Solar energy can also directly produce heat Read More...
San Francisco nabs significant federal funding for hydrogen and fuel cell efforts
San Francisco’s embrace of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for local transportation just got a big boost from the federal government. The Energy Department’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will direct nearly $4.5 million in funding for San Read More...
Global renewable energy employment rose 5% in 2015
More clean energy also brings more jobs. A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the U.S. led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). In 2015 almost 800,000 Read More...
Off the (failing) grid in North Korea, where solar energy is a hot commodity
Think of it as a North Korean Best Buy — a shop stuffed with refrigerators, karaoke machines, laptop computers and flat-screen TVs. But with a square footage closer to a typical American 7-Eleven than a big-box store, the Pothonggang Information Technology Center has to be selective about Read More...
Scotland strengthens leadership in wind energy with $4 billion investment in offshore farm
Scotland confirms its status as a world leader in wind energy with a £2.6 billion ($3.8 billion) offshore wind farm investment. The Beatrice Offshore Windfarm will power 450,000 homes and is described the project as "one of the largest private investments ever made in Scottish infrastructure." Read More...
Sunshine can provide all U.S. electricity through solar-thermal energy
Interest in a 19th-century technology, solar thermal energy, is rising. Solar thermal technology uses mirrors to create heat and steam to power turbines to produce electricity. A Silicon Valley company says it can provide all of the electricity needs of the U.S., including a switch to electric Read More...
Could UAE solar push lead a trend for the Gulf?
As the Gulf states take steps to expand their use of clean energy, a bold plan by the United Arab Emirates to boost its use of renewable electricity from less than 1 percent to 24 percent in the next five years could be a game-changer for the region, experts say. Much of the world is moving away Read More...
World Bank approves $750 million for solar power projects in India
India’s rooftop solar power program received a major boost from the World Bank after that international financial institution approved a huge sum of debt funding. The World Bank recently announced that it approved $625 million to facilitate the implementation of rooftop solar power projects Read More...
SunPower to provide solar energy to power Santiago subway
SunPower Corp. agreed to provide electricity from a 100-megawatt solar farm to help power the subway system in Chile’s largest city. Power from the El Pelicano Solar Project will provide as much as 60 percent of Metro of Santiago’s total energy needs, San Jose, California-based SunPower Read More...