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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...
Full cycle: Turning plastic bottles and bags into fuel again
Most plastic is made from fossil fuels. Worldwide about 100 million tons is produced each year, and it ends up in landfills that pollute the environment or in oceans where it kills fish. Now scientists have come up with a new way to turn plastic waste into liquid fuel. It uses less energy than Read More...
Online learning offers refugees a first opportunity to enter their new world
Refugees face enormous challenges entering their new home countries. They need to learn a new language, and they have to make sure their skills fit legal and regulatory requirements. The US State Department is posing a solution through a partnership with online education platform Coursera that Read More...
Toyota to build artificial intelligence-based driving systems in five years
Toyota Motor Corp is targeting developing in the next five years driver assistance systems that integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to improve vehicle safety, the head of its advanced research division said. Gill Pratt, CEO of recently set up Toyota Research Institute (TRI), the Japanese Read More...