Energy Efficiency
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…
Green Energy UK Unveils Smart Tariff to Drive Prices Down for EV Owners
Green Energy UK customers with smart meters are now being offered a ‘Time of Day Tariff’ that sees prices vary between low and peak periods of electricity demand, in what the energy supplier claims is a first for the UK…
Amazon to Flip the Switch on Massive Wind Project in North Carolina
Before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, 104 wind turbines scattered across 22,000 acres of farmland near Elizabeth City, North Carolina, will begin churning out electricity. It will be the South’s first large-scale wind farm. At 208 megawatts, Avangrid’s…
Ukraine: Energy Efficiency in Municipalities
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GIZ is currently helping Ukrainian municipalities to train experts and implement energy-efficiency upgrades, for example. These efforts are proving successful: initial measures have already enabled municipalities to…
Sweden, World Bank Support Better Solid Waste Management in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The World Bank has received a contribution of US$2.0 million from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) to provide Technical Assistance (TA) for improved solid waste management practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Technical Assistance activities will seek to strengthen the…
Kansas University Students Build Net-Zero Home with LEED Platinum and Passive House Certification
Most school projects don’t move past campus grounds, but that’s not the case for the works of Kansas University’s (KU) Studio 804. Every year, students of the graduate level architecture studio design and build sustainable structures, which include the recently…
India Predicts It Will Exceed Paris Renewable Energy Target by Half
The Indian government has forecast that it will exceed the renewable energy targets set in Paris last year by nearly half and do so three years ahead of schedule. The prediction, announced this week in a draft 10-year energy blueprint…