Published on September 29th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
According to Energy Business Review, Mexico has selected 23 bidders for the development of $4 billion worth of photovoltaic solar, wind and other clean energy projects. This selection came as a result of the second round of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2016 | by Stephen Hanley
A refugee city would attract capital and provide stability for some of the 63 million refugees in the world, according to economist Mark Lutter. ... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
Independent global testing and certification body UL (Underwriters Laboratory) has acquired renewable energy engineering services and support firm, AWS Truepower for an unspecified sum. Underwriters Laboratory (UL) announced its AWS Truepower acquisition will strengthen its full lifecycle solutions. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2016 | by smiti
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has proposed the most ambitious renewable energy target among all states. The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has proposed to increase the share of renewable energy in its [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded 450MW of solar capacity in the state of Maharashtra, with the lowest collective set of bids involving viability gap funding (VGF) to date. The low bids add emphasis [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has issued aggressive targets for New York City electricity storage and solar capacity, totaling 100MWh of storage by 2020 and 1GW of solar capacity by 2030. Tracking the development [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 26th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
A tender for 1GW of capacity in Inner Mongolia shows China’s lowest ever bids for solar electricity, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters cited news outlet China Business News in its report that fifty solar [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 26th, 2016 | by smiti
Another Indian state has approved a rooftop solar power policy with a target to contribute towards the ambitious target of 40 GW installed rooftop solar power capacity in the country by March 2022. The government of [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 26th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers
Urban solar farms are now being explored in South Africa under a grant awarded by the US Trade and Development Agency. The grant has been has awarded to SolarReserve South Africa Limited to advance its “Urban Solar [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
Disturbing news came out of a meeting in Oxford, England, last week. Over 200 researchers, policy makers, businesspeople, and members of civil society met to reexamine Earth’s deadline for human sustainability. They found it likely to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2016 | by Stephen Hanley
Climate change has many components — rising sea levels, alterations in rainfall patterns, and an increase in severe storm activity, among others. Communities around the world are faced with the need to plan for climate change [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2016 | by smiti
Kazakhstan plans to aggressively invest in renewable energy in the next decade inspite of the current and prevailing low oil prices. Future Energy Forum in Astana, Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said that his country will gradually [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2016 | by Aisha Abdelhamid
Originally published on EdenKeeper.org Founded in 1979, the Christian Cultural Center (CCC) is the largest church in Brooklyn. With over 37,000 members in its congregation, the CCC is the largest evangelical church in the New York [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2016 | by smiti
Denmark and Indonesia have signed an agreement to promote and expand renewable energy infrastructure in the south-east Asian country. According to media reports, the two countries signed an agreement to set up a 60 MW wind [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2016 | by smiti
With an intent to gain leverage over US, India is looking to file complaint against the US over the latter’s use of domestic solar power equipment. India recently lost an appeal at the World Trade Organisation [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 22nd, 2016 | by Aisha Abdelhamid
Originally published on Green Building Elements In terms of sustainability and green building materials, brick is probably king. The process of making fired clay bricks has been around for over 5,000 years and just keeps getting [&hellip... Read More →
Published on September 21st, 2016 | by Stephen Hanley
Politico reports that Donald Trump is considering Forrest Lucas, an oil and gas executive to head the Interior Department. If so, America can kiss its national parks and public lands goodbye. ... Read More →
