A group of plaintiffs from Estonia, France, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the US are filing a lawsuit against the European Union on Monday (4 March) to challenge the inclusion of forest…
New Ameresco energy storage VP Jacqueline DeRosa highlights how the dropping price of energy storage has positioned communities to take advantage of new microgrid models. Community microgrids with…
Last month’s rollout of the Green New Deal, a fourteen-page legislative resolution, sponsored by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, that called for “net-zero greenhouse…
New York is a city of canyons. But for Ashley Fallon, a child of Breezy Point who now lives in Rockaway Beach, her portion of Queens can seem closer to California than Manhattan.
The view from her…
The European Union’s 28 energy ministers had their first public debate on the European Commission’s 2050 climate plan on Monday (4 March) but five member states derided the lack of a 100% renewable…
Blockchain microgrids have become a pivotal theme in the rapidly developing energy sector according to Global Data. The global microgrid market is expected to grow by 15% yearly.
Solar self-supply solutions are getting more and more popular in Lebanon. IBC Solar together with a local partner recently realized an exemplary off-grid hybrid solution for a private housing estate.
In recent years, more and more people have decided to take control of the energy revolution by installing PV systems and battery storage systems, buying electric cars or by replacing their old oil-…
New analysis shows UK carbon emissions have fallen for the sixth consecutive year.
New data from Carbon Brief has found that carbon emissions in the UK have fallen for the sixth consecutive year,…
Global commissioning of onshore wind turbines declined 3 percent in 2018, partly due to a slowdown in India and Germany. Growth is expected to bounce back in 2019, with a 32 percent jump to 60 GW.…
Government benches mostly empty for debate inspired by schoolchildren’s climate strike
In the week that the UK experienced its hottest ever winter day, just a handful of government MPs attended a…
Marine permaculture technology that seeds the world’s oceans with kelp forests while pumping up colder, nutrient-rich waters from the ocean depths is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that…
A 660-square-kilometre iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City is about to break away from the Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica, risking further instability in a region that is expected to add…
Climate change caused the majority of the world’s under-reported humanitarian disasters last year, and nine of the top 10 occurred in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, according to an analysis…
The United Nations must establish a system to alert the world to regions where conflicts may be inflamed by climate change, several security council members urged on Friday.
In a meeting of the…
A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery technology has re-launched as it prepares to unveil a raft of new research designed to take the technology to the next level.
The…
The world faces significant challenges from climate change and the related shifts in the global energy landscape. Partially, these stem from the rise of renewables and changing patterns of energy…
Renewable power rose to record highs last year, supplying well over a quarter of the UK’s electricity, as coal continued to decline, official figures show.
Wind, solar, bioenergy and hydropower…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been ignoring the bitcoin phenomenon for years — because it seemed too complex, far-fetched, or maybe even too libertarian. But if you have any interest in a future…
Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues for fishers, workers'…