One World – One Environment – One Network
The transition towards renewable energy could drive energy poverty around the world, according to a new Portland State University study. While the shift away from fossil fuels such as oil and coal can help...
Interested in strategic partnerships or need an investment? At the Energy Startup Day on October 31, 2019 you can meet technology companies, energy utilities, public authorities and investors to develop sales and distribution channels,...
Researchers in Switzerland have calculated how the heat that is produced in metro tunnels can be captured and used to heat and cool neighbouring residences. Researchers at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)...
Sixteen per cent of global GDP is now covered by net zero emissions targets set by nations, regions and cities, according to new analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). The analysis...
The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, according to new research. Less than 4 per cent of the maximum solar potential of...
Kenya’s National Environmental Tribunal agreed with environmental campaigners that the authorities had failed to conduct a proper environmental assessment before awarding the contract for the country’s first-ever coal plant. The coal-fired plant near Lamu...
CO2-neutral synthetic fuels could one day replace fossil jet fuels. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology recently had a breakthrough producing such a fuel using solar thermal energy. Aviation is one of the fastest...
The New York State Senate has passed a bill that will see the state use 100 per cent clean energy by 2040 and go climate neutral by 2050. The bill is the most ambitious...
Consumption-based emissions from nearly 100 of the world’s biggest cities represent 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research from C40 Cities. The new report, The Future of Urban Consumption...
Camps for refugees and internally displaced people are known for being dangerous, particularly for women. Thanks to a solar-energy initiative from the UN’s migration agency, this is beginning to change. Energy is hard to...
Seventeen Stirling Prize winners, including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects, have released a declaration calling on UK architects to create “architecture and urbanism that has a more positive impact on the world...
Huge floating solar islands on the ocean that produce enough energy to enable CO2-neutral global freight traffic – what sounds like science fiction has now been calculated for the first time by researchers in...
The worldwide chemical industry generates enormous carbon emissions and consumes about 10 per cent of energy used in business, households and other end users, according to the International Energy Agency. Many advocates of sustainability...
While renewable energy from the wind, sun and ocean currents is expanding quickly, storing that energy is still not yet sustainable. But that isn’t stopping people from trying. John Dyer reports. Cornell University scientists...
Cuba is already enjoying the benefits of its ambitious plan to expand its renewable energy sector. The Caribbean islands’ renewable energy plan through 2030 already saved almost 33,000 tons of fuel last year, reported...
Renewable energy is set to grow big time in Vietnam: renewable energy unrelated to hydropower will grow 22.4 per cent between 2019 and 2030, according to a new GlobalData report. Entitled “Vietnam Power Market...
Green energy is becoming increasing popular in the land of carbon. John Dyer reports. Controlling more than half of the planet’s oil reserves and more than a third of its natural gas, Middle Eastern...
Environmental impact organisation CDP has released its first-ever ranking on cities’ actions to cut emissions and set climate strategies. Of the 596 cities ranked, 43 scored an ‘A’. Barcelona, Cape Town, Hong Kong, London,...
The price of renewable energy throughout the international economy should give heart to those who hope renewable energies and technologies might be the key to saving the world’s environment. John Dyer reports. Renewable energy...
YouTube viewers who watch around 1 billion hours of videos per day generate around as much carbon dioxide as the city of Glasgow. University of Bristol scientists said that YouTube could reduce those emissions...
