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.
EasyJet to cut carbon emissions with hydrogen fuel-cell trial
EasyJet has announced it will trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells on their planes to save a potential 50,000 tons of fuel and corresponding CO2 emissions each year. The hydrogen fuel cells aren’t the alternative to jet fuel, but will rather capture energy from when the plane brakes. That energy Read More...
Rwanda: How use of renewable energy could boost household income
The government is progressing in increasing access to electricity countrywide, especially in rural areas where the majority of Rwandans do not have power for lighting or to run income-generating activities. To increase access to energy, the government started initiatives, like model green villages Read More...
Morocco to launch world’s largest solar energy plant
Moroccan King Mohamed IV will launch the biggest solar energy plant in the world tomorrow, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The plant called Noor 1 has been built in the Sahara desert, near the town of Ouarzazate. An official said: “Morocco gives much importance to the renewable energy Read More...
India coal energy developer converts one site to solar electricity
February 2nd, 2016 by Glenn Meyers Citing economics, RattanIndia Power Ltd., a leading developer of coal-fired power plants in India, plans a switch to solar for an 800-acre (324-hectare) site in Punjab. According to BloombergBusiness, the company had earmarked the site for another Read More...
Why the renewables revolution is now unstoppable
The International Energy Agency projects that renewables will account for half of global power generation by 2030 and will continue to progress faster in the decades following. Here are some of the many reasons why. Firstly, major improvements to the electricity transmission system now allow Read More...
The world’s most cutting-edge renewable tech is powering rural Africa
Where better to test the latest and most advanced solar power technology than in an area where the sun shines most: Africa. About 600 million Africans are without electricity and away from any grid infrastructure. That's why so many solar power companies consider rural Africa as a fantastic testing Read More...
Peer-to-peer power: Finance tech comes to solar energy
Peer-to-peer lending is changing the finance world. No longer do borrowers have to go through a bank to get a loan. Instead, they can be matched directly with investors and bypass the role that traditional banks have played as intermediaries. This makes financing projects much simpler, and solar Read More...
Renewables to surpass coal as world’s primary power source by 2030
In November, the International Energy Agency quietly dropped this bombshell projection: “Driven by continued policy support, renewables account for half of additional global generation, overtaking coal around 2030 to become the largest power source.” In this post, I’ll dive deeper Read More...
Northern Ireland wind energy 'cheaper than gas generation' by 2020
Business GENERATING power through onshore wind farms will be cheaper than through new gas projects by 2020, according to a leading lobby group. But the Northern Ireland Renewable Industry Group (NIRIG) said that would only be possible through if "appropriate policy and regulatory conditions" were Read More...
Kyocera begins construction on world's largest floating solar power plant
Japan doesn’t have much land suitable for hosting solar farms, but that’s not stopping the island nation from harnessing the power of the sun. Japanese multinational manufacturer Kyocera has announced it has begun construction on a floating solar power plant atop the Yamakura Dam reservoir. Read More...