Businesses should be liable for the harm they do. Polly Higgins has launched a push to make ecocide an international crime.
Why do we wait until someone has passed away before we honour them? I…
Study reveals extent of chytrid fungus and how devastating it has been for frog, toad and salamander species worldwide
A deadly disease that wiped out global populations of amphibians led to the…
Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025.
Around three-quarters of US coal production is now more expensive than solar and wind…
Study finds that places where people have never had the diseases could see bad outbreaks if they aren’t prepared.
Half a billion more people could be at risk from mosquito-transmitted diseases…
A solar-powered canoe, just the second of its kind, is scheduled for launch around April 20 in the village of Sharamentsa on the Pastaza River in the Ecuadorean Amazon.
The canoe is part of a…
The global installed capacity of renewable energy grew by nearly 8 per cent last year as clean energy sources grew to account for a third of all generation worldwide, according to new statistics from…
Morocco has launched a call for tenders to select an energy developer for the Koudia Al Baida wind farm extension project to enable the wind farm to increase its installed capacity from 50 MW to 120…
University of Oklahoma engineers in collaboration with the University of Tulsa have discovered a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical, furfural, doubling or…
Nigeria is set to construct its largest rural mini grid aimed at electrifying more than 634 households, seven schools, three hospitals, eight religious organizations, and more than 90 businesses in…
DURBAN - Small and innovative renewable energy projects battle to raise funds through formal channels.
One possible solution is to reach out to communities with an interest in those projects to…
Kenya has partnered with China for the construction of Friendship City which is expected to start late this year at a cost of US $2bn. The two firms involved; Chinese’s Damei Investment Company and…
A Moroccan company Themis has signed a partnership agreement with Nigeria’s Kingline Development to install a US $600 m gas-fired power plant in the state of Ondo in Nigeria.
Rapid and low-cost development of renewables can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a lack of affordable energy storage is one factor preventing wind, solar and other clean energy sources from…
Reducing global air pollution can prevent millions of premature deaths according to an international team of scientists, led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. The most significant…
The Women in Wind Global Leadership Program is now accepting applications for mentees for its inaugural session, which will run from May 2019 to January 2020. We are seeking 8-10 women who currently…
Can renewables cost less than fossil fuel generation? And are they as reliable? It appears so, especially when they are coupled with a suite of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as virtual…