Investment in Renewable Energy Skyrockets
Global new investment in renewable energy skyrocketed to $358 billion in the first six months of 2023, a 22% rise compared to the start of last year and an all-time … Read More
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World’s Largest Single-site Solar Power Plant
The United Arab Emirates has inaugurated the world’s largest single-site solar power plant ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). The 2-gigawatt Al Dhafra Solar Photovoltaic Independent Power … Read More
Quant Solar Energy
Quant Solar Technologies Private Limited, a clean-tech startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India has taken strides in pioneering Floating Solar Technology in India. Its technology … Read More
New York’s First Offshore Wind Turbine
The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State’s first offshore wind farm, is complete. The 130-megawatt (MW) South Fork Wind will be the US’s first completed … Read More
Portugal’s new record
For six days in a row, more energy was produced from renewable energy sources than was consumed across the entire Portugal. The new record was set between 4 a.m. local … Read More
The Floating Plant of Cirata
The Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, inaugurated the largest floating solar plant of Southeast Asia, located in West Java Province, Indonesia. This colossal project, sprawling across 250 hectares of the Cirata … Read More
The Kwimba Reforestation Project of Tanzania
In 1990, Tanzania embarked on the Kwimba Reforestation Project. Under this project, an international group of people and businesses worked together to reforest land near forty settlements. The Kwimba area had lost … Read More
The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative in the US
Despite its abundance of natural resources, the Appalachian region in the east of the United States has historically had a low standard of living. Many people in the area make a living … Read More
The Remarkable Growth of Hydropower
The global hydropower sector, employing over 2 million people and contributing 17% to the total power generation employment, stands second to solar PV in job creation, as reported by the … Read More
Clean Energy Defeats Fossil Fuels
With 35 million jobs worldwide, clean energy has exceeded the number of jobs available in the traditional fossil fuel sector (32 million) for the first time in 2021. Clean energy … Read More