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.
The Tea Party leader taking a stand for solar energy: 'I will do what's right'
Debbie Dooley is a firebrand Republican and an outspoken founding member of the Tea Party. But in a fast-intensifying battle over the future of solar power in Florida, she is not on the side you might expect. Along with a diverse grassroots citizens’ coalition including environmentalists and Read More...
When it comes to energy, more countries need to be like Uruguay
Uruguay is showing the world that transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy is not only possible, but rather easy and affordable. Through a diverse range of energy sources such as wind turbines, solar power, hydropower and biomass, the South American country now supplies 94.5% of its Read More...
African Union introduces $20 billion renewable energy plan
The African Union, an alliance of 54 countries, announced a plan to mobilize $20 billion to develop at least 10 gigawatts of renewable energy on the continent by the end of the decade. The African Renewable Energy Initiative was announced Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit in Paris. It Read More...
Pakistan attracts $3 billion foreign investment in renewable energy
The Pakistani Government’s push towards expansion of renewable energy infrastructure and direct negotiations with foreign governments has yielded results in terms of increased investment. Foreign investors have poured $3 billion over the last year into the renewable energy sector in Pakistan, Read More...
Meet Denmark's First 100% Renewable-Energy Island
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors Director of Samsoe Energy Academy and the head of the Samsoe renewable energy island project Denmark and the island of Samso is the "Go To" destination for the world to learn about the successful Read More...
Solar panels on every roof by 2030: Dubai's $13.6bn ‘clean energy’ drive
Dubai has launched a $13.6 billion strategy to produce 75 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday unveiled the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, as part of efforts to Read More...
New renewable energy play launches in Melbourne
The use of solar storage systems is expected to explode in Australia and change the way households use their solar energy as generous tariffs expire. Melbourne businesses, local councils and universities will pool resources to build new renewable energy plants under an innovative push to boost the Read More...
Underground energy storage could solve renewable energy transition
Skeptics of the transition to renewable energies in the U.S. argue that doing so will make for an unstable grid that will cost too much, but Stanford professor Mark Jacobsen and University of California-Berkeley scientist Mark Delucchi think otherwise. The two have proposed a system that combines Read More...
Stanford technology makes metal wires on solar cells nearly invisible to light
A solar cell is basically a semiconductor, which converts sunlight into electricity, sandwiched between metal contacts that carry the electrical current. But this widely used design has a flaw: The shiny metal on top of the cell actually reflects sunlight away from the semiconductor where Read More...
Sunshine state aims to become Australia’s solar state
The state of Queensland appears ready to embark on what could be one of the most radical transformations of its electricity network ever undertaken – even by standards of ambitious mandates in places such as California, Germany and Denmark. The newly elected state Labor government came into Read More...