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British Renewables Score Record-Breaking Quarter
New evidence of the growing role of renewables in Britain’s electricity sector emerged yesterday with the release of data highlighting record breaking performances from the wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower sectors in the first quarter of this year. Using data…
Easyjet Cuts Carbon Emissions 30 Per Cent Since 2000
Easyjet has cut the carbon emissions of its flights by almost a third since 2000 thanks to a combination of better technology and improvements in operating efficiency. Over the last 17 years its emissions per passenger, per kilometre travelled have…
Oman Signs Agreement For 1 Gigawatt Solar Project
Falling oil prices, international obligations to cut emissions, and a global shift toward renewable energy technologies seems to have pushed even the oil producing countries to invest heavily in clean energy sources. A Chinese company recently signed an agreement with…
Wales’ Largest Onshore Wind Farm Reaches Full Power
Thirty-eight months after construction started, one of the UK’s largest onshore wind farms has come fully online, promising to cut carbon emissions by more than 300,000 tonnes a year. Vattenfall announced yesterday that its 76 turbine Pen y Cymoedd Wind…
San Francisco Goodwill Taps BYD To Supply 11 Zero-Emission Electric Trucks To Bay Area
The San Francisco Goodwill, with support from the California Air Resources Board and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, has awarded BYD a contract for 11 electric trucks into its operations around the Bay Area. This will be the…
Range for E-cars up to 1000 km with New Batteries
You cannot get far today with electric cars. One reason is that the batteries require a lot of space. Fraunhofer scientists are stacking large cells on top of one another. This provides vehicles with more power. Initial tests in the…
It’s Official: Block Island Now Powered by Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Block Island, the smallest town in the country’s smallest state, is now powered by Rhode Island’s Deepwater Wind, the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Block Island Power Company officially silenced its diesel generating plant in the early hours on Monday,…