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Germany’s Solar-Powered Smart Green Tower Mimics the Technology of Electric Cars
If a car can run on a lithium-ion battery, why can’t the same technology be applied to a city block? This is the conceptual basis of the Smart Green Tower planned for Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. Frey Architekten teamed…
Renewables Produce More than Half of Denmark’s Electricity
While Donald Trump makes fossil fuels great again, Denmark has declared its independence from oil, coal and gas. The small Scandinavian nation intends to reach 100 percent renewable electricity by 2035 and to be completely free of fossil fuels by…
Biodiversity Convention and WWF Champion Biodiversity Awareness
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (SCBD) and WWF International have signed an MoU to collaborate in implementing CBD’s Global Communications Strategy together with CBD Parties, partners and the broader conservation community to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 1 (ABT1)…
Roxann Laird is the Power-Gen 2016 Woman of the Year
On Tuesday during the Power Generation Week keynote session, Southern Company’s Roxann Laird was named the 2016 Power-Gen Woman of the Year. The other two finalists for the award were Sheri Blauweikel of Black and Vetch and Caroline Winn of…
With New Pledges and New Projects, Developing Countries Take Clean Energy Lead Globally
Developing countries have made unprecedented pledges to consume more clean energy tomorrow even as they are leading the way today with record new wind and solar project completions, the latest edition of Climatescope concludes realised yesterday. Climatescope, the clean energy…
CS Wind Confirms Investment in New UK Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Factory
The UK is to get a new offshore wind technology manufacturing plant, after CS Wind yesterday confirmed it is to build a new tower factory in Campbeltown, Scotland. The company said that as a result of a “multi-million pound investment”…
Recycling Rates in England Drop for First Time
Recycling rates in England have fallen for the first time ever, prompting calls for a tax on packaging and meaning EU targets are now almost certain to be missed. The amount of rubbish sent to recycling plants by householders had…