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Tesla rival Faraday approved to test self-driving cars on California roads
Faraday Future plans to begin testing prototype self-driving electric vehicles on California roads later this year after winning approval from the state, an industry source said on Tuesday. The China-backed, Los Angeles-based startup plans to begin building and selling electric vehicles next year Read More...
Rwanda, Mexico seek to make coffee more sustainable
Nearly 9,000 miles apart, Rwanda and Mexico are the first countries to join the Sustainable Coffee Challenge — which aims to increase the demand for sustainable coffee. Representatives from both countries joined with Conservation International (CI) at European Development Days to announce their Read More...
Want power? Fire up the tomatoes and potatoes
Summer is high season for composting food waste—and, at large scale operations, for generating power by burning the biogas it generates. But scientists around the globe are figuring out new ways to turn decomposing food into power beyond the trash heap, and they’re finding that some Read More...
Centuries-old African soil technique could combat climate change: scientists
A farming technique practiced for centuries in West Africa, which transforms nutrient-poor rainforest soil into fertile farmland, could combat climate change and revolutionize farming across the continent, researchers said on Tuesday. Adding kitchen waste and charcoal to tropical soil can turn it Read More...
Nissan switches on solar farm to power UK car production, will built 31K cars on renewables
Nissan expanded its renewable electricity generation in the company’s Sunderland Plant, UK. The latest additions adds a 4.75 MW solar array, with some 19,000 solar panels – which is on top of the 6.6 MW in place from 10 wind turbines, displacing some 7% of electricity usage. Nissan Read More...
This is how China can live up to its huge wind energy potential
As the world’s biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions, China’s national climate goals are critical to the success of the Paris climate agreement and the world’s climate future. Among the nation’s commitments — alongside its vow to begin to show reductions in Read More...
Victoria targets 40% renewables by 2025, will add 5.4 GW wind & solar
Victoria’s Andrews government says it will set a renewable energy target of 40 per cent by 2025, making it the latest state in Australia to introduce a target for large-scale renewables development more ambitious than that of the federal Turnbull government and underlining the political Read More...
Tata Power confirms $1.45 billion deal for India’s largest renewable energy buyout
Corporate filings made by Tata Power earlier this month have confirmed media reports that the company will undertake India’s largest ever renewable energy buyout. Tata Power, part of the Tata industrial conglomerate, has announced that it entered an agreement to acquire renewable energy Read More...
Social enterprise a practical solution in tight times
When Wrexham Council decided to close down the Plas Madoc Leisure Centre in 2014, members of the local community clubbed together to save what they saw was a “vital local landmark.” After applying for funding and writing to various groups for advice on how to set up a community trust, Read More...
Will work for equity: Platform offers talent to startups
Most startups need the best talent to launch successfully. And most startups don’t have enough funds to pay for that talent—and that jeopardizes their success potential. EquityOwl offers to solve that problem. The online platform links startups with professionals who believe in the project and Read More...