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Apple Now Runs on 100% Clean Energy
The most important thing about the company’s big renewable push is that it’s bringing everyone (from suppliers to local utilities) along for the ride. Read the entire article at Fast Company. You have to see Apple’s Reno, Nevada, data center from the inside to truly understand how huge it is. It’s made up of […]
UPS Updates Its Fleet of Trucks to Electric
UPS, which operates one of the largest fleets of vehicles in the world, has several electrification efforts. It is quite excited about the prospect of going all-electric as it deploys a new smart-grid technology to support its growing EV fleet in London. Read the entire article at elektrec. So much so that it called […]
Making Climate-Friendly Fuel from Water and Air
You might remember this one from science class. Plants absorb water and carbon dioxide, and use sunlight to convert them into energy. Now scientists want to mimic that process using a technique called “artificial photosynthesis”. Dick Co of the Solar Fuels Institute says the goal is to pull water and carbon dioxide from the air and […]
Renewable Energy has More Economic Benefits than You Know
Renewable energy is already cheaper than other energy options in most of the world, and it comes with more economic and societal benefits as well. Read the entire article at Clean Technica. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs The first point is that there are a huge number of people employed in renewable energy jobs globally. There […]
Tesla Installing World’s Largest Solar Rooftop on Nevada Gigafactory
Tesla is building a massive rooftop solar array on top of its Gigafactory 1 (GF1) outside Sparks, Nevada. Once finished, the 70-megawatt system will be the largest in the world by far. The current record-holder is the comparatively shrimpy 11.5-megawatt array in India that can power 8,000 homes. Read the entire article at EcoWatch. The […]
Five Renewable Energy Trends to Watch in 2018
Falling costs, Chinese dominance and competition in battery technology are some of the main developments to monitor in 2018. Read the entire article at Rethinking Business with ING. Renewable energy costs will continue to fall Solar prices have dropped by around 62% since 2009, while offshore wind costs have also halved in recent years, […]
Renewables Cheaper than Fossil Fuels by 2020
The cost of renewable energy is now falling so fast that it should be a consistently cheaper source of electricity generation than traditional fossil fuels within just a few years, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Read the entire article at Forbes. The organisation – which has more […]
China is Building Solar Roadways
Transparent concrete sits atop solar cells that charge electric vehicles driving on the road. Read the original article at electrek. The Jinan City solar highway is formed with three layers. The top layer is a transparent concrete that has similar structural properties with standard asphalt. The central layer is the solar panels – […]
BP Invests $200 million in Solar Developer
In 2011 Carbon Tracker first posited its “carbon bubble” theory, warning of vast stranded assets in fossil fuel industries if global temperatures are to remain “well below” 2 degrees Celsius. Since then, oil prices have plummeted, just as the global green economy has surged, with solar and wind power becoming some of the cheapest sources […]
Stockholm Pursues Climate Holy Grail: a Fossil Fuel-Free Future
Stockholm’s clean energy and sustainability measures have been deployed to create two of the city’s most remarkable eco-districts. Read the entire article at The Huffington Post. Stockholm Royal Seaport is known in the city as a “second-generation sustainable city district.” The 650-acre area was the focus of a comprehensive 20-year sustainability program for the area […]
