Tag: clean energy

Twin Transformations in the EU: Clean Energy Must Power Digitalisation

Written by Jan Wisniewski, 20-08-2018

As our lives become more digital and our energy greener, by acknowledging their interrelated nature, the EU has a key role to play in ensuring this results in a more sustainable Europe. Read on

Development

Trine's Crowd Investing in Solar Projects Helps Tackle Global Energy Poverty

Written by Julian Furtkamp, 24-07-2017

Crowd investing platform Trine lets people invest small amounts of money in solar energy systems for off-grid communities. Successful projects mean a return on your investment, and people around the world gaining access to clean electricity. Read on

Green New Deal

The Brilliance of Biogas. Could Your New Facecream Be Made From Dung and Oats?

Written by Laura Wagener, 19-06-2017

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden have come up with a way of turning the CO2 produced by biogas plants into a versatile organic wax. That means good news for both alternative energy and the cosmetic industry. Read on

Energy

SOLshare: Peer-to-Peer Solar Energy for the Neighbourhood

Written by Lydia Skrabania, 02-05-2017

The social startup SOLshare gives people in rural areas of Bangladesh access to energy that's both cheap and clean - and also supplies them with an extra source of income. Read on

Energy

A World Powered Entirely by Renewables? This Award Can Help

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 12-04-2017

The submission deadline is fast approaching for applications for the Renewable Transformation Challenge Award. The award promotes our transition towards a world powered entirely by renewable energy, and one in which renewable energy is affordable for all. Read on for more about the entry criteria, deadline and prizes. Read on

Energy

(Potato) Power To The People!

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 11-08-2016

Many Nigerians either lack access to electricity or must depend on expensive, polluting and often unreliable diesel-powered generators as their only option. But a young Nigerian is working on a potentially very accessible way to solve the issue: potatoes! Read on

Energy

DIY Wind Turbines Bring Clean Energy to Vietnamese Villages

Written by Marisa Pettit, 20-07-2016

What do you need to build a wind turbine? Bits of an old printer, plastic buckets or bowls - and wind of course. Armed with enough innovation to impress even MacGyver, a professor in Vietnam has come up with an idea that has changed the lives of an entire village. Read on

Energy

The Backyard Biogas Generator That Makes The Most of Your Leftover Lunch

Written by Marisa Pettit, 22-06-2016

What if you could go one step further than simply tossing your food scraps onto the compost heap and actually convert your lunch leftovers into energy you can use to cook your dinner, all from the comfort of your own home? Read on

Energy

Shaking Like A Leaf: Could Tree Vibrations Be A New Source of Clean Energy?

Written by Marisa Pettit, 17-02-2016

Can energy be produced from the rustling of leaves and branches? Yes, say researchers from Ohio, who have already generated piezoelectric energy. Read on

Energy

The Sun and Footsteps Generate Free Power for our Electronics and Gadgets

Written by Louisa Wong, 25-09-2014

At the main campus of Webster University in St. Louis, the United States, students, faculty and staff are enjoying a free power charge for their mobile phones and tablets without paying a penny! A new clean energy charging station installed with public mobile device chargers offers more than that. Read on

Energy

State of Jammu and Kashmir in India Gives the Green Light to 7,500 MW Solar Projects

Written by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 11-03-2014

India is still going strong on its 22GW solar power generation target by the end of 2022. Last week, the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India signed a remarkable Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to set up 7,500 MW of solar power projects in the state. Read on

Energy

Renewable Energy - Environmentally Friendly and Low Cost Energy from Inexhaustible Sources

Energy resources exist in different forms - some exist as stocks and are exhaustible, others exist as flows and are inexhaustible. The effects of climate change, and the impact that greenhouse gas emissions have on the atmosphere, are ushering in a reassessment of where our energy supply comes from and, more importantly, how sustainable it is. Read on

Energy Secretary Chu is latest Obama Cabinet departure

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 04-02-2013

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize winner who shepherded an effort to help spur a clean energy U.S. economy, will step down after a tenure rocked by the failures of some costly government investments. To source

Energy

Carbon Capture Storage Technology and India

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), or carbon sequestration, is a means of separating out carbon dioxide when burning fossil fuels, collecting it and subsequently “dumping” it underground or in the sea. CCS is an integrated concept which consists of three components comprising of CO2 capture, transport and storage (which also includes measurement, monitoring and verification). Read on

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Content tagged with clean energy

Twin Transformations in the EU: Clean Energy Must Power Digitalisation

Trine's Crowd Investing in Solar Projects Helps Tackle Global Energy Poverty

The Brilliance of Biogas. Could Your New Facecream Be Made From Dung and Oats?

SOLshare: Peer-to-Peer Solar Energy for the Neighbourhood

A World Powered Entirely by Renewables? This Award Can Help

(Potato) Power To The People!

DIY Wind Turbines Bring Clean Energy to Vietnamese Villages

The Backyard Biogas Generator That Makes The Most of Your Leftover Lunch

Shaking Like A Leaf: Could Tree Vibrations Be A New Source of Clean Energy?

The Sun and Footsteps Generate Free Power for our Electronics and Gadgets

State of Jammu and Kashmir in India Gives the Green Light to 7,500 MW Solar Projects

Renewable Energy - Environmentally Friendly and Low Cost Energy from Inexhaustible Sources

Energy Secretary Chu is latest Obama Cabinet departure

Carbon Capture Storage Technology and India