Register for a webinar on Wednesday, February 10, with RMI authors and community leaders from the projects highlighted in the three case studies to learn more about how to effectively foster wind and solar project developments locally. Register here. Despite a turbulent start to the 2020s, an important and positive message for rural America is... Continue Reading →
(advisable to read entire article at site as images embedded in article provide better understanding...) A bipartisan group of former U.S. officials have joined forces to propose a set of policy recommendations to help the Biden Administration deliver on its campaign pledge to put $20 billion toward the protection of the Amazon rainforest. The group,... Continue Reading →
Bipartisan group recommends how Joe Biden can help save the Amazon
The future looks bright for solar and other renewable energy technology. FirstSolar, Enphase and SunPower are among the renewable energy stocks that are benefiting from a much friendlier administration in the White House, whose agenda includes tackling climate change and bolstering green energy. Their stocks soared last year, far outpacing the wider market’s gains. On... Continue Reading →
Investors see green returns as renewable energy rises
January 28, 2021 — Smoke rises between houses from fuels being burned for cooking, threatening both the environment and human health through carbon dioxide emissions and indoor air pollution. Meanwhile, diapers that have not been properly disposed of are polluting waterways and sewage systems and become a potential source of disease. What do these two seemingly... Continue Reading →
Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?
The growing influence of TikTok is undeniable, especially for those aged 13 to 25. It isn’t surprising, then, that potentially the most pressing issue of this generation has a voice on the platform: the climate crisis. For the uninitiated, TikTok is an app where users create clips anywhere from just a few seconds to one... Continue Reading →
Meet the TikTok stars using viral videos to save the planet
From a dorm room at Stanford University, two business school students designed a system of solar panels for the roof of a boarding school in Nairobi. It worked. The school saved money and replaced the diesel generator it had relied on when the power went off. But students Christopher Hopper and Samuel Adeyemo realized they... Continue Reading →
A surge in green financing boosts climate businesses
With businesses under pressure to minimise energy costs, improve resilience and accelerate decarbonisation, what role can onsite technologies and systems play? Here, edie rounds up best-practice advice from the business leaders on this vitally important topic. When the UK Government first announced its legally binding net-zero target, it was regarded as world-leading. Aside from encouraging... Continue Reading →
5 top tips for choosing onsite technologies on the road to net-zero
EVgo, which claims to operate the biggest public fast-charging network for electric vehicles in the U.S., is joining the rush to capitalize on demand for clean-tech investments with plans to list shares via a SPAC merger that would create a company worth an estimated $2.6 billion. The 11-year-old company, a subsidiary of LS Power, intends... Continue Reading →
Electric Car Charging Service EVgo Going Public As Biden Readies Clean Vehicle Push
On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year. Amid all the focus on emissions reduction, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it will not be enough to avoid dangerous... Continue Reading →
Engineers have built machines to scrub CO2 from the air – and it could halt climate change
Solar Power is set to be the dominant transformative form of power on the mighty subcontinent of India as it moves away from its dependence on coal and towards a more sustainable future. But land is at a heavy premium there, so the engineers put their thinking caps on and came up with a solution... Continue Reading →
India’s Solar Canals. Lateral thinking at its finest!
Hello, Volties, and welcome to Transmission Week here at Volts! It’s been delayed almost as many times as Infrastructure Week, but it’s finally here. All week, we’re going to be digging into the US energy transmission system. For those of you new to the subject, “transmission system” refers to the big, high-voltage power lines that... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 