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U.S. Companies Set a New Record on Renewables
Chalk up another record for renewables, this time in the United States. Local companies there added nearly 4 GW of utility-scale wind and solar capacity by August this year. In so doing, the companies have broken the former annual record,…
UK Scientists Turn Coffee Industry Waste into Electricity
Fuel cell could help Colombian farmers by using microbes to eat waste and develop energy. Scientists have turned coffee waste into electricity for the first time, in research that could help farmers and curb pollution in the developing world. The…
Solar Power ‘Will Help Europe Avoid Blackouts’
Sun Investment Group says photovoltaic panels can prove highly effective in covering gaps in supply. Solar power will prove an important technology in stopping power outages across Europe in coming years. That’s the verdict from Sun Investment Group, which uses the island…
Chernobyl Goes Solar
Chernobyl in Ukraine is infamous for having been the site of a nuclear disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. For the past 30-odd years, since the catastrophic meltdown at the local plant in 1986, the area has been…
Explained: Works of 3 Evolutionary Scientists That Got Them a Nobel
One Briton and two American scientists bag the prestigious award for their work that is meant to create cleaner fuels and treat diseases. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, has been announced.…
About 70 Hydropower Projects in Himalayas at Risk of Quake-Triggered Landslides
During 2015 Nepal earthquake, the hydropower sector experienced severe losses. The country temporarily lost about 20 per cent of its hydropower capacity and more than 30 hydropower projects were damaged. The projects, which were affected by earthquake‐triggered landslides, were the…
Europe ‘Could Cut Energy-Related CO2 Emissions by 90% Before 2050’
Europe could cut energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by 90% by 2050, if it implements ambitious renewables-based electrification plans. That’s according to a new report from WindEurope, which says Europe should transition its industrial processes, buildings and transport to using clean…