Greenpeace Praises Dubai Over Solar Energy Park Milestone
Campaign group Greenpeace has praised Dubai on the completion of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Julien Jreissati, Arab World campaigner at Greenpeace Mediterranean, said the solar energy park helped bring about the realisation…
Scientists Sound the Alarm: CO2 Levels Race Past Point of No Return
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that carbon dioxide levels in 2016 broke records for the second year in a row with an increase of 3 parts per million (ppm). The measurements are coming from the Mauna Loa…
Germany Converts Coal Mine Into Giant Battery Storage for Surplus Solar and Wind Power
Germany is embarking on an innovative project to turn a hard coal mine into a giant battery that can store surplus solar and wind energy and release it when supplies are lean. The Prosper-Haniel coal mine in the German state…
These People Found Solutions to Global Housing Problems
The world’s leading housing awards have chosen two housing projects that have the answers to issues affecting people across the globe. These world beating solutions have won the World Habitat Awards 2016-17 run by the Building and Social Housing Foundation…
Scottish Government Grants Planning Approval to Latest Floating Wind Farm
The Scottish government’s plans to establish the country as a world-leading hub for floating wind turbine technology took another step forward last week when planning approval was granted for the third demonstration project in Scottish waters. On Friday, Minister for…
3 Cities Prove Climate Action Works
The climate crisis is a problem caused by humans that can be solved by humans. These three cities are proving it. While a lot of media coverage around the crisis is doom and gloom, cities around the world are…
Almost 90 Per Cent of US Rooftops Suitable for Solar Power, Google Finds
Almost 90 per cent of rooftops in the US catch enough sunlight to be suitable for generating solar power, analysis by Google has found. The tech giant’s ‘Project Sunroof’ initiative has analysed around 60 million buildings across all 50…