It takes Habiba Ali at least a three-hour drive to get to her customers – what energy experts would call ‘the last mile’. When she sets off from her base in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, it’s usually…
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74% of existing coal plants cost more to operate last year than replacing them with new local wind and solar power, according to a report released on Monday from Vibrant Clean Energy…
Not long before coal use is over, say analysts, while warning of possible resurgence in China.
The number of coal-fired power plants being developed around the world has collapsed in the last three…
Map: The Countries With the Most Oil Reserves
There’s little doubt that renewable energy sources will play a strategic role in powering the global economy of the future.
But for now, crude oil is…
According to new research, the U.S. has entered a “coal cost crossover,” meaning the majority of existing coal plants are increasingly more expensive than new sources of cleaner energy.
Solar-plus-storage still has a long way to go in catching fossil-fuel-based generation in the U.S. microgrid market, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report.
The microgrid market is larger than…
If the world is going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Last year, we took another lurching step toward planetary catastrophe.
Demand…
Unsubsidized solar power, energy-smart homes and communities, greening of corporations, and zero-emission hydrogen – Europe may well reemerge as a global powerhouse in the era of the solar-centric…
With "100 percent renewable energy" becoming a unifying principle of the climate movement, forward-looking companies, states, power players and institutions have been reckoning with a harsh reality…
When it comes to developing low-carbon technology solutions, one of the answers lies right beneath our feet. Ground-source heat pumps harness the heat from the shallow Earth – providing a source of…
Renewable energy is gaining increased support, but it can still be something of a divisive issue, especially when you get into the details of energy policy. Deciding how utilities should compensate …
Across the United States, workers are covering fields with solar panels, and big rigs are hauling massive turbine blades to wind-scoured ridgelines. This is what it looks like when renewable energy…
Congress has found a simple, fair, and effective bipartisan climate solution.
On Jan. 24, these U.S. representatives — Ted Deutch, D-Florida; Francis Rooney, R-Florida; Judy Chu, D-California;…
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REScoops are cooperatives of renewable energy producers and/or consumers that are being formed in the developing European Smart Grid. Today, there are more than 2397 REScoops with more…
Climate must not be confused with local conditions, but remodelled broadcasts could help people understand the dangers we face.
Still, and in defiance of decades worth of scientific evidence, vast…
Αλλοιώνει η δημιουργία ενός αιολικού πάρκου τον χαρακτήρα της Μακρονήσου; Το Κεντρικό Συμβούλιο Νεωτέρων Μνημείων απάντησε θετικά, απορρίπτοντας πρόταση που υπέβαλε στο ΥΠΠΟ ο Δήμος Κέας, στον οποίο…
A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.
March 13 (Renewables Now) - There are so many diverse investment opportunities, from commodities to shares, it can be difficult to know where to start, but now could be a good time to consider …