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Mixed Fortunes for Nuclear Power
In July 2013, hundreds of people took to the streets in the southern Chinese city of Jiangmen to protest the proposed construction of a uranium processing plant in the region. The $6 billion plant would have supplied fuel for the…
A Thirst for Power: The Water-Energy Nexus
We all know that when you mix water and electricity, the results are shocking, but there’s an important connection between the two that goes beyond the potential for bathroom tragedy. But here’s what’s really shocking: water and energy are connected…
Here Is Why Google Is Buying a Crazy Amount of Clean Energy
Google just closed on a deal to buy a significant amount of clean energy from two new wind farms that will be built in Norway and Sweden to help power its data centers in Europe. With this latest deal, Google…
The Paris Agreement Asks Businesses to Be Bold
Ahead of the historic climate negotiations in December at COP21, BSR and our partners at We Mean Business recognized that the Paris Agreement could be more than a diplomatic settlement among nations—that it had the potential to catalyze climate action…
Solar Massive Expansion
Munich, Germany – The share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2 per cent today to as much as 13 per cent by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency…
Solar Impulse Arrives in Europe, Pointing the Way to the Future of Transportation
Seville, Spain, and Zurich, Switzerland, June 23, 2016 – Earlier yesterday, Solar Impulse, a groundbreaking solar aircraft, completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville in the course of its remarkable round-the-world journey, which began last year in…
Solar Impulse 2 Begins Transatlantic Stretch of Global Journey
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York’s JFK airport early on Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy. The flight, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard,…