Renewable Energy

Eco-friendly Capital | Austin is emerging as a leader in renewable energy, community solar, and LEED building efficiency technologies. Austin's local sustainability organizations work to improve the city's carbon footprint and to make strides toward a renewable energy based local economy. Austin has made continuous efforts in environmental justice through non-profit organizations, sustainability groups, and local government.

Climate change is adversely affecting all parts of the earth. There have been dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) globally since the industrial revolution of the 19th century. The planet warms faster as more GHGs are added to the earth's atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, expressing the global scientific consensus, warns that global net human-caused emissions of CO2 need to fall by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching 'net zero' around 2050...

What are future generations of batteries going to be? Next generation li-ion batteries |   Next-gen lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries can charge quickly, are rechargeable, have a higher...

Block Island Wind | US Offshore Wind First of many US offshore wind farms |  The United States' 1st operational offshore wind farm is the Block Island Wind...

The Shining Future of the Green Economy | Clean Energy JOBS | The future of employment in the energy sector is in energy efficiency, clean energy, and renewable energy. Employment in the clean energy sector features, first and foremost, jobs in energy efficiency...

What are the World's Largest Solar Projects? Featuring over 2.5 million individual solar PV modules, and on 2,500 acres, the Kamuthi Solar Power Project supplies...

Microgrids - Energy Solution Developing Microgrids |  As African nations push for rural electrification, many look to microgrids as a sustainable solution to the energy poverty...

Clean and GREEN H2 and Carbon Capture | Hydrogen (H2) and the Clean Energy Transition |    Hydrogen created with clean energy is one of the...

Latest trends in wind turbine technology | Wind Farms - Clean, Cost-efficient Energy | Onshore wind farms now provide the least expensive form of energy, renewable...

GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION | Nationally Determined Contributions |  As part of the ongoing global battle against climate change, almost 200 countries have set greenhouse gas...