Statkraft has been awarded a tender of public lands in Chile to host a wind power project and Total Eren is developing a 1GW wind power project in Kazakhstan: both would be paired with large-scale…
New building materials that reflect rather than absorb solar energy can reduce peak temperatures in our cities by up to four degrees.
New building materials that reduce urban temperatures, and…
The threats to our cities seem endless - from flash flooding to pollution, overcrowding to the risk of pandemics.
To help avert crises, many cities have invested in technology - the theory being…
Environment minister hopes to get Legco to pass bill to charge residents for removal of trash bags
No concrete figures yet, but city ‘has potential to surpass earlier targets for renewable energy…
The concept of building Hong Kong’s first offshore wind farm was formulated in May 2005, following the release of the first sustainable development strategy for the country. The strategy set an…
China has started building work on the first 100GW phase of a solar and wind buildout that is likely to see hundreds of gigawatts deployed in the country’s desert regions.
Speaking via video link at…
Ford Motor Company announced plans on Monday to invest $11.4 billion to accelerate their electric vehicle manufacturing, the single largest investment in the company's history.
In a joint venture…
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Vattenfall has committed to a landfill ban for end of life wind turbine blades.
Instead it will re-use, recycle or recover 100% of decommissioned wind turbine blades from owned wind farms.
The…
Environmental regulations aimed at cutting the carbon footprint of aviation will increase the cost of flying by around 8% by 2050, according to the European Commission.
The EU executive tabled a…
A majority of voters in the Conservative party’s key 41 constituencies believe the UK should be a world leader on climate
Voters in Tory heartlands want the government to do more to tackle the…
Researchers at the Fraunhofer ISE have calculated that silicon photovoltaic modules manufactured in the EU produce 40 per cent less CO2 emissions than modules manufactured in China. See here why that…
Deep sea mining firms claim their rare metals are necessary to power clean tech – but with even major electric car firms now backing a moratorium, critics say there is an alternative.
As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print.
The semiconductor industry has a problem. Demand is booming for silicon chips, which are…
Offshore energy boom in China will grow world’s windfarm capacity by more than 12GW in 2021.
Windfarm installations are expected to double to record global levels this year, after a short-lived…
Hurricane Ida shut down all of Entergy's electricity transmission into New Orleans and left hundreds of thousands across the region to suffer a week — or longer — in the heat and darkness.
But the…