Sweden's prime minister announced his country will work towards becoming 'one of the first fossil fuel-free welfare states of the world' Renewables account for over half of Sweden's energy, while the UK has one of...
Portugal kept its lights on with renewable energy alone for four consecutive days last week in a clean energy milestone revealed by data analysis of national energy network figures.
THE sun is the world’s battery pack. Photosynthesis captured the energy that is burned in fossil fuels. The sun drives the wind and ocean currents. And in an hour and a quarter the amount of...
Global investment in coal and gas-fired power generation plants fell to less than half that in renewable energy generation last year, in a record year for clean energy. It was the first time that renewable...
A charitable fund of the Rockefeller family – who are sitting on a multibillion-dollar oil fortune – has said it will withdraw all its investments from fossil fuel companies. The Rockefeller Family Fund, a charity...
The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global carbon dioxide emissions have decoupled from economic growth. The IEA reports that for the second year in a row, the world economy has grown while energy-related CO2...
While many major retailers—including Apple, IKEA and recently Whole Foods—are investing in solar to supply their own businesses with power, Patagonia wants you to have this clean, green renewable energy yourself.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created the thinnest, lightest solar cells, demonstrating that powering electronic devices with solar cells this small is possible. The solar cells are so lightweight that they could be...
The fast growing popularity of the electric car industry has been caused by a number of factors including influential industry backers government subsidies and the evident financial benefits However the technology is yet to take...
A housing cooperative in the Sydney suburb of Newtown will make Australian history with the installation of a full solar storage system that will power the housing complex.
Going too cheap This is quite an obvious piece of advice, but is a surprisingly common mistake that solar customers make. Not falling for over priced systems and services will be outlined later in this...
3-D Printed Products Figure 1 Credit Creative Tools So what does 3-D printing have to do with green living? Well, the revolutionary potential of 3-D printing technology within almost all areas of...
Maserati has announced that a full range of plug-in hybrid cars will be available by 2020 in an attempt to meet emission reduction goals. General Manager, Guilio Pastore, has told British car magazine, Autocar, that...
As solar power systems combine with energy storage in a move to maintain it's rapid uptake, distributed storage for solar will be an $8 billion market in the next decade. According to Lux Research, in...
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have launched a multi-billion-dollar clean energy fund in the hopes of increasing renewable energy adoption around the world. The initiative is being funded by a team of the world's richest...
In the light of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, the future of electric cars looks bright as governments are pressured to move towards zero-emission societies. Around 800 million cars will be active on the worlds...
