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Four Lessons From Nature to Build a Circular Economy
The circular economy is one of the few disruptive concepts with universal appeal – with business leaders, investors, activists, economists and environmentalists. While gaining in popularity, the concepts of circularity have been around for centuries – from regenerative agriculture and…
African Countries Agree to Enhance Cooperation on Geothermal Development
More than 500 experts, governments, civils society, academia and the private sector representatives from Africa and other regions agreed on the agenda of regional cooperation and accelerating geothermal development in Africa, as the Eighth African Rift Geothermal Conference (ARGEO C8)…
Recycling Wind Turbine Blades
Wind turbines have increased in size and quantity to meet clean energy capacity demands Modern wind power converts the kinetic (movement) energy from wind into mechanical energy. This happens through the turning of large fiberglass blades, which then spin a…
Five Things You Need to Know About Cities on World Cities Day 2020
Despite the pressure and disruption inflicted on urban centres and their citizens by the COVID-19 pandemic, cities remain vitally important parts of the global human ecosystem. To help mark World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October, which this year takes…
Iowa’s Largest Solar Power Plant Nearly Finished
Solar power continues to plow forward thanks to record-low costs that have followed a long, long slide (or at times avalanche) in solar panel prices. This week we got news of Iowa getting its largest solar power park to date.…
The Global Transformation of the Electricity Sector Requires Greater Efforts to Ensure Security of Supply
New IEA report offers recommendations for how to respond to evolving challenges for electricity systems from growth of variable renewable electricity, cyber threats and extreme weather events. The electricity sector, which plays a large and growing role in energy systems…
New Jersey’s Plan To Cut Global Warming Emissions 80 percentage By 2050
As I wrote earlier today, New Jersey has a legal requirement to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 80 percentage by 2050, based on 2006 levels. Its biggest source of emissions is transportation, accounting for more than 40 percentage of the state’s…