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Living Microalgae Lamp Absorbs CO2 from the Air
French biochemist Pierre Calleja has designed a fascinating eco-friendly lamp that could light up streets and parking garages while cutting CO2 emissions. It runs completely free of electricity, powered solely by a tube filled with glowing green algae. The lamp…
Falling Costs and Tech Innovations Will Drive Offshore Wind Power Boom
Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from just 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100 GW in 2030, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind, launched today at the World…
Tesla’s Boss Elon Musk Unveils Solar Roof Tiles
The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, has unveiled new energy products aimed at illustrating the benefits of combining his firm, which makes electric cars and batteries, with solar installer SolarCity. The billionaire entrepreneur showed off solar roof tiles that eliminate…
Indian Farmers Fight Against Climate Change Using Trees As A Weapon
In 19 years, Ramu Gaviti’s six acres of land have gone from barren, dry and sparsely vegetated to fertile, moist and thick with biomass. Peacocks, wild pigs and rabbits have reappeared and in rejuvenated rivers, boys trap fish in baskets.…
Poverty-Fighting Organizations Ready to Speak Out on Coal
A year ago, a group of poverty-fighting organizations from the global North and South, including our own, began a discussion about coal. We were keenly aware of how important energy is to improving poor people’s lives, but also concerned about…
NEB Report Illustrates Canadian Renewable Power Landscape
In mid-October, the National Energy Board released a report, titled “Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape: Energy Market Analysis 2016,” noting Canada generates almost two-thirds of its electricity from renewable resources. Hydro is the dominant source of renewable electricity in the country,…
Encouraging Results from ABB’s Hybrid Renewable Microgrids
Low-carbon microgrids have assumed a place in the strategic agendas of some of the world’s largest power and industrial engineering corporations. That includes Swedish-Swiss ABB, whose roots in the now fast moving microgrid market segment date back some 25 to…