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Beijing Creates Anti-Smog Police to Tackle Air Polluters
Beijing will create an environmental police force aimed at tackling deadly smog, after the Chinese capital spent the first week of 2017 mostly shrouded in a thick haze of pollution. The new law enforcement outfit will patrol the streets, eyes…
U.S. Solar Lobbying Group Names ‘Bridge Builder’ as New Leader
The U.S. solar industry’s top lobbying group named energy policymaker Abigail Ross Hopper as its new chief executive, pledging pragmatism as the sector prepares to work with an incoming president who has expressed doubts about its importance. Hopper joins the…
Wind Farms Deliver all Scotland’s Power for Four Straight Days
The recent flurry of UK wind power records continued today, as analysts confirmed Scotland generated power equivalent to the country’s entire electricity demand on four consecutive days late last year. WWF Scotland, drawing on data from WeatherEnergy, reported all of…
£6.5m Boost for Orkney Campus
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC) are to create a £6.5m R&D centre in Stromness to support marine renewables activity. The two organisations have formed a partnership to create Orkney Research and Innovation Campus. Work on…
Germans Get Almost One-Third of Electricity from Renewables in 2016
In another shining example of renewable energy leadership, in 2016, Germany used more renewable electricity than ever before, receiving 32 percent of the gross amount of electricity consumed in the country from sun, wind and other renewable sources. The Centre…
Tesla just Kicked off Battery Production at its Massive Nevada Gigafactory
Tesla just took a big step towards realizing CEO Elon Musk’s vision of a sustainable energy future by kicking off the mass production of lithium-ion battery cells at its Gigafactory near Sparks, Nevada. Tesla has set an ambitious target of…
World’s Tallest Solar Tower Could Help Make Israel a ‘Sunshine Superpower’
Construction of the world’s tallest solar tower is underway. The 820-foot tower, which stands in the middle of a 121-megawatt concentrated solar complex in Israel’s sun-drenched Negev desert, is slated for commercial operation by the end of 2017. The Ashalim…