Earlier in the year, senior officials from the Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) announced a plan to use solar energy for 10 percent of its electricity supply over the next six years. Now the country is looking to build a 1,800 megawatt (MW) solar energy plant in 2014.
Qatar is the world’s...
The new Solar-To-EV project at the San Diego Zoo is the first of its kind, but could be a blueprint for future projects.
Smart City San Diego, the City of San Diego and Clean Tech San Diego partnered to make the one-of-a-kind 90-kilowatt solar canopy in the parking lot shared by the zoo and Balboa...
One of Barack Obama’s first climate-related actions since winning his second term of office has been to sign a bill preventing US airlines from complying with EU regulations regarding emissions. Or more specifically the taxes required by the European scheme from all airlines flying into European...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has released an eye-opening study on the city’s carbon dioxide emissions using an interesting visual aid: balloons.
Bloomberg’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability created a model of a nice day in the Big Apple. The temperature is estimated...
I don’t know when the next time I’ll have the opportunity to take a ferry across the Baltic, but if it’s 2017, chances are it might be on a FutureShip, a ferry that will utilize a zero-emission propulsion concept developed for shipping company Scandlines.
“Slow steaming”...
The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has engaged First Solar, Inc to develop a 13MW solar PV power plant near Dubai. First Solar will not only handle all engineering, procurement and construction details but will also use its own thin-film modules for the project.
The solar power plant...
Interesting article from Popular Mechanics over the weekend about a major renewable energy source many Americans utilize everyday, especially during the cold months.
John Ackerly is the President of the Alliance for Green Heat, an advocacy group based in Maryland that encourages the use of clean-burning...
Just 16 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and already some are wondering if the city can pull off its attempt to hold the “greenest” event to date.
London has titled this year’s Olympic concept the “Towards One Planet Olympics” after calculating...
Many European countries have set ambitious renewable energy goals, but experts believe that one country will miss its 2020 target.
The UK currently only relies on renewable sources to meet 3 percent of its demand, well below the European average of 12 percent. But it aims to raise that percentage to...
One of many small island nations that relies heavily on imported fossil fuels, Caribbean country Barbados has decided to integrate more renewable energy into their energy portfolio.
The Barbadian government recently approved a $188.5 million, multi-faceted renewable energy project known as the Mangrove...
