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Energy Positive: How Denmark’s Samsø Island Switched to Zero Carbon
Anyone doubting the potential of renewable energy need look no further than the Danish island of Samsø. The 4,000-inhabitant island nestled in the Kattegat Sea has been energy-positive for the past decade, producing more energy from wind and biomass than…
Arena to Give EnergyAustralia Grant to Investigate Pumped Hydro Storage Project
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has approved a $450,000 grant to EnergyAustralia to investigate a pumped hydro energy storage project off South Australia as the state’s energy mix continues to cause a political storm. The grant will cover a…
EBRD, EU and Partners Support Energy Efficiency Investments in Western Balkans
European Commission provides €30 million grant to regional programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Commission (EC) are stepping up their joint efforts to promote energy efficiency across the Western Balkans. In the latest push,…
Energy Efficiency Receives Major Boost at the Western Balkan 6 Summit in Skopje
European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn signed an agreement in the amount of 50 million euros with international financial institutions (EBRD, EIB and KfW) at the Western Balkan 6 energy ministerial in Skopje yesterday. The grant will…
Frankfurt Institute Doctoral Student Wins ‘Sustainable Energy for all Challenge’ by Improving Modelling Tool Meant to Facilitate Universal Electricity Access
NEW YORK, (Office of Information and Communications Technology) — The United Nations announced recently that Jonas Hörsch, a doctoral student in physics at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, is the winner of the Unite Ideas #SE4All MathProg challenge. Mr.…
Solar Energy Growing Fast, but Night Time is Still a Problem
The idea that solar power may soon be everywhere isn’t nutty anymore. The price of solar panels has plunged more than 80% in the past five years and is expected to keep falling. Global output from photovoltaics, panels that convert…
Scotland Should Power Ahead with 50 Per Cent Clean Energy Target, Say Campaigners
Green groups have called on Scottish ministers to set an ambitious new target to source half of Scotland’s energy needs for electricity, heat and transport from renewable sources by 2030. In October WWF Scotland released analysis showing meeting half of…