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.
UK to build the world's largest offshore wind farm
The UK is set to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm 12 miles off the coast of Great Britain. The current largest offshore wind farm belongs to the UK as well, but this new one will generate even more power. In fact, this windfarm is expected to provide nearly a half million people with Read More...
Renewables key in race against climate change clock
Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth's surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution. That means renewables, especially solar and wind, both of which face fewer constraints to growth than more established clean Read More...
The UK hopes to power its homes from the energy of Iceland's volcanoes
When it comes to renewable energy, Iceland is doing it right. The remote island country reportedly meets around 95% of its own electricity needs using the power of its volcanoes and now the UK hopes to enjoy the benefits of geothermal energy as well. The two countries have joined together to create Read More...
What are the health benefits of renewable energy choices?
This video breaks down the science behind our paper on the health benefits of a low carbon energy policy, and explores how renewable energy is good for our health. Generating electricity from low-carbon energy sources and cutting energy demand reduces the need for fossil fuel power generation, Read More...
World Bank-backed Project To Study Wind Energy Potential In African Countries
A global program backed by the World Bank aimed at studying and determining renewable energy potential across the world will now focus on three African countries. Under the Energy Sector Management Assessment Program (ESMAP), DNV GL is working to determine wind energy potential in Zambia, Tanzania, Read More...
Oil industry reports massive job losses, and renewables see record job hiring
While the oil and gas industry is experiencing the biggest round of job losses in almost 20 years, renewables account for a record job hiring. Employment in solar, wind and hydro energy jumped 18 percent last year to 7.7 million jobs globally, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Read More...
Venture capitalists are starting to invest in nuclear fusion
If we could get close enough to the sun to see what happens inside its core, we'd see atoms of hydrogen joining together—we call it "fusing"—to make atoms of helium, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. How we would love to be able to copy this process of fusion, to create an Read More...
Morocco poised to become a solar superpower with launch of desert mega-project
The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is used to big productions. On the edge of the Sahara desert and the centre of the north African country’s ‘Ouallywood’ film industry it has played host to big-budget location shots in Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Living Daylights and even Read More...
Belgium to power 170 trains with wind energy
Belgium has launched an ambitious project to power 170 trains by wind energy -- and the first seven of the planned 25 turbines entered service on Saturday, local media reported on Sunday.Sudpresse newspaper group said turbines will be built along the main rail line from Leuven to Liege, generating Read More...
World's largest utilities provider goes green, supported by Greenpeace
Can your foes become your friends? Greenpeace and Italian energy giant Enel just showed us that it's possible. Just a year after Greenpeace brought the utility company to court for pollution, the two have now joined together to make the Enel the “first truly green energy giant”. Enel, the Read More...