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renewable energy
Eco-Capital – Oslo, Norway
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Oslo: Net Zero Future |
Oslo has fleets of clean mass public transit - trams, electric buses and ferries - powered by electricity from a municipal grid fed by renewable energy (RE). Oslo not only sources electricity for public mass transit from renewable energy when possible, but uses RE sources to provide electricity for every other sector of the city’s economy as well...
Vauban and the Plus-Energy Sun Ship
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Vauban is an exemplary sustainable town and a zero-emission district. Most energy for buildings is from rooftop solar in Vauban.
Energy for Vauban is also supplied by a local municipal bio-natural gas cogeneration plant. Vauban's electricity is supplied by renewable energy sources, and district heating for Vauban is supplied by their cogeneration plant...
Paris Climate Accord – COP21 – Good News for the Planet
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Paris Climate Accord, and New Net Zero Targets |
NDCs and Net Zero Pledges |
At COP21, commonly referred to as the Paris Climate Accord,...
Breakthroughs in Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy
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Latest trends in wind turbine technology |
Wind Farms - Clean, Cost-efficient Energy |
Onshore wind farms now provide the least expensive form of energy, renewable...
Shortfall in International GHG Reduction Pledges
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Shortfall in International NDCs |
Are the World's Nations Going to Meet Their Climate Targets?
There is a substantial shortfall between GHG emission reduction pledges...
Breakthroughs in Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Thermal Technology
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SHINING Future of Solar |
Solar - the most abundant renewable energy on the planet |
Recently there have been dramatic breakthroughs in solar energy that...
Economy vs. the Environment
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GREEN, Healthy Environment = GREEN, Healthy Economy
Economic growth does not have to come at the expense of the environment. Sustainable technologies (such as renewable...
Smart City Energy Infrastructure
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Clean Energy Transition - GREEN Infrastructure
Updating Infrastructure for Developing Renewable Energy in Cities |
People-centered smart cities are cropping up worldwide. They only account for...
Carbon tax – a levy on pollution whose time has come
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Defining effective carbon taxes |
A carbon tax is a levy in countries and regions placed on: fossil fuel power plants, oil refineries, and/or industries...
ISEGS – A Shining Example of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
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ISEGS - A Shining Example of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Ivanpah Solar Electrical Generating System (ISEGS) |
ISEGS is a 392 MW solar concentrated solar power (CSP) plant; with...