Middle-Class Families Are Set To Receive Solar Panels With No Upfront Costs In The U.S.
The US is the best country in the world if you want to go solar – but only if you’re rich enough. Due to the steep upfront costs of around $32,000 in cash,…
Study demonstrates a better way to store renewable energy
(www.phys.org) In an effort to find better ways to store renewable energy, physicists at the University of Arkansas, in collaboration with a scientist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and…
Solar Energy’s Rapid Growth to Save the Oceans
(www.voices.national.geographic.com) Ocean warming and acidification have devastating effects on our oceans: coral bleaching, species migration, mollusks’ and planktons’ stunted growth are only some of the impacts our fossil fuel economy…
All Dutch trains now run on 100% wind power
(www.businessinsider.com) Initially, trains in the Netherlands were set to run entirely on renewable energy by 2018. However, it seems officials have been able to beat that goal by an entire…
New project to boost renewable energy in Mongolia
(www.climateactionprogramme.org) The new project focuses on improving the reliability and sustainability of electricity services in Mongolia, in the face of the country’s rising energy demand. The Second Energy Sector Project…
ExxonMobil Announces Breakthrough In Renewable Energy
(www.oilprice.com) Synthetic Genomics and ExxonMobil’s partnership bore fruit on Monday, said a press release that announced the development of a modified algae strain that could push algae-based energy closer to…
Tilting at windmills? Old coal mines could play a role in renewable energy
(www.philly.com) The Shen Penn anthracite mine pit, abandoned in the 1960s during the decline of Schuylkill County’s coal industry, is a 230-foot-deep water hole surrounded by mine waste, scrub trees,…
Researchers Develop Solar Paint That Turns Water Vapor Into Hydrogen
(www.ecowatch.com) It may be getting cheaper and easier to install solar panels onto your rooftop but what if you could generate clean energy for your home with just some paint?…
Renewable Energy Enables EU Climate Target Achievement At Lower Cost
(www.cleantechnica.com) Renewable energy can be developed in Europe at significantly lower cost than assumed in the modelling assessments accompanying the “Clean Energy for All Europeans”-Package. Since wind and solar energy…
Waste to become renewable energy in Turkey’s Van
(www.dailysabah.com) The municipality in Turkey’s eastern Van province has decided to clean up a waste depot and turn its contents into renewable energy. The waste depot is located on the…