Global Carbon Emissions Set to Rise for First Time in Four Years
After years of flat growth, global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise again in 2017 to hit a record high, according to new data that seriously threatens international efforts to avert dangerous global warming. The Global Carbon Project’s 12th…
3D-Printed Fractal Solar Receivers From Sandia May Lead To Small-Scale CSP Facilities
Solar power is not a “one size fits all” proposition. What works for one part of the world may not work for another. India is a case in point. Rooftop solar power has been a challenge given India’s urban densities…
Enormous Solar Power Plant Proposal In UK Generates NIMBY Pushback
An enormous solar power plant has been proposed for Cleve Hill in Kent on the east coast of England. The 350 megawatt facility would cover 900 acres of farmland and salt marshes near Faversham, known to Charles Dickens fans as…
Germany Could Shutter 20 Oldest Brown Coal Plants Without Creating Energy Shortages
Following the most recent election, German chancellor Angela Merkel is faced with the task of forming a coalition government involving the CDU/CSU alliance, the pro-business FDP, and the environmentalist Green Party. The alliance has been dubbed the Jamaica Coalition, because…
A Major Florida Utility Company is Investing $6 Billion in Solar Instead of Nuclear
Duke Energy Florida has decided to cease plans to construct a nuclear power plant in western Florida. Instead, they will be investing $6 billion in growing the region’s solar energy capacity. A Florida utility, Duke Energy Florida, has decided to…
The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio is a brutally fantastic EV supercar concept
This car, the Terzo Millennio (“third millenium”), built in collaboration with MIT, is very much a Lamborghini approach to the EV performance car. To begin with, it is obviously nothing else but a Lamborghini. There’s some advanced tech here, too,…
What Will It Take to Kill Fossil Fuels Once and for All?
The increased investment in renewable energy in recent years has been extraordinary, and renewables are now cheaper and more efficient than ever before. Wind is powering a record-breaking number of homes, massive hydroelectric plants are cropping up around the world, and solar is saving…