Energy & Green Tech
The first West African hydro-solar plant was deployed in Ghana in January, with technical support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly important in the global effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, driving massive growth in consumer demand. This demand has wide-reaching impacts, particularly on tourism.
May 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Electricity prices in the short-term ("spot") wholesale markets in Australia are surging again.
May 11, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program found that agricultural efforts in downstream countries in Central Asia, traditionally hampered by a lack of water for irrigation during the summer growing ...
May 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A new analysis led by North Carolina State University researchers has found that offshore wind power could help lower wholesale electricity prices on average for six states in New England, with relatively low risk of wind ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The failure of the new British Energy Security Strategy to address energy efficiency is a huge missed opportunity to deliver immediate assistance to families suffering under the cost-of-living crisis, energy experts from ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Road traffic is currently responsible for more than 30% of Switzerland's greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing these emissions is complex because the switch from fossil-based mobility to electricity-based mobility will only ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In the spring of 2020, most offices and schools shuttered, causing people to move work and school to their homes. This created an unprecedented source of uncertainty for the electrical grid. How would COVID-19 affect electricity ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration's goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage.
Jan 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. As that CO2 builds up, it traps excess heat near Earth's surface, causing global warming. ...
Jan 19, 2022
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