Energy & Green Tech
The millions of people throughout the world living off the electrical grids have a starkly different idea of what a technological marvel looks like. For people desperate for electricity, a reliable and sustainable power source ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Norway has installed solar panels in its Svalbard archipelago, a region plunged in round-the-clock darkness all winter, in a pilot project that could help remote Arctic communities transition to green energy.
Sep 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Wildfires have become increasingly frequent due to climate change, with record occurrences in areas not historically prone to them. In California, wildfires and regional power shutoffs have cost billions and taken lives. ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Business
Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost every economic activity. It has raised input costs for producers and retailers, ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Using solar and battery power can reduce costs and emissions associated with providing power to refugee camps, researchers have found.
Mar 9, 2023
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Business
South Africans have been battered by power shortages for several years. These have worsened to the point that towards the end of 2022 the country's electricity utility, Eskom, had only half of its power generation capacity ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Kevin Kendall pulls up at the only green hydrogen refuelling station in Birmingham, Britain's second-biggest city, and swiftly fills his sedan with clean gas.
Aug 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The aging energy grid is being pushed to the breaking point. Power outages from extreme weather alone cost anywhere from $2 billion to $77 billion per year. And some isolated communities still rely on diesel generators for ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Kelp is plentiful in remote, coastal Alaska. Fuel is not. And it's expensive.
Aug 3, 2021
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Automotive
German carmaker Volkswagen launched a five-year project Wednesday on the small Greek Aegean island of Astypalea to test the adoption of electric vehicles in areas switching to sustainable energy generation.
Jun 2, 2021
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