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News / Food & Agriculture

Solar energy and salt water power vegetable farms in the desert

...powered, 20 hectare (50 acre) facility that promises to grow a variety of vegetables without wasting a drop of fresh water. "We take what we have enough of - sunlight, carbon dioxide, seawater and des...

3 Apr 2017

Solar energy and salt water power vegetable farms in the desert

Press Releases / Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Global movement promises to fight inequality

...power of the people to be stronger than the people with power. Together we must turn the tide against rising inequality,” said Jenny Ricks, Convenor of the Fight Inequality Alliance. In 2016, a...

27 Feb 2017

Global movement promises to fight inequality

News / Water

Number of rural Indians without clean water equivalent to UK population - charity

...power in 2014 - launching a "Clean India" campaign which aims to provide toilets for all and end open defecation in the country by 2019. But the task is mammoth. Around 76 million Indians need improve...

22 Mar 2017

Number of rural Indians without clean water equivalent to UK population - charity

People of Pittsburgh cooling off in a public water fountain

Opinion / Cities

How world cities moving forward on climate change leave the US President behind

...powering local communities to combat climate change. Mayors from around the world reacted, pledging their support for the Paris agreement, often adorning their cities’ monuments with green lights. Pow...

16 Jun 2017

How world cities moving forward on climate change leave the US President behind

News / Energy

House of Lords energy report slammed as ‘confused’ and ‘misleading’

...power grid’s reliability comes from the variability of renewable energy – despite accepting that the cost of managing this variability would add ‘certainly less’ than 1p per kWh to power prices.” You ...

2 Mar 2017

House of Lords energy report slammed as ‘confused’ and ‘misleading’

News / Carbon & Climate

As scientists ponder 'hacking the climate,' poor countries are wary

...powerful storms and a rise in sea levels. As a result, research into geoengineering is ramping up and scientists say large-scale projects to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere will be needed by...

23 Oct 2017

As scientists ponder 'hacking the climate,' poor countries are wary

News / Energy

BRICS face USD 51 billion annual shortfall for clean energy

...power plants (currently 6.5 per cent of installed capacity), followed by PV and large biomass power plants,” he said. Blended finance Although a number of BRICS countries are facing challenging econom...

28 Nov 2016

BRICS face USD 51 billion annual shortfall for clean energy

News / Green Buildings

BCA and Microsoft unveil smart portal for chillers

...power facilities managers to target specific areas of improvement and optimise their energy efficiency". The system monitors chiller plant performance, and uploads data about the plant's power use, w...

7 Sep 2016

BCA and Microsoft unveil smart portal for chillers

Videos / Cities

One high speed rail, eight new cities: A new plan for Australia's growing population

...powered by renewable energy and advanced healthcare and education facilities, among other things. The target population of each city is about 400,000 residents and the company says it already has the ...

25 Oct 2016

One high speed rail, eight new cities: A new plan for Australia's growing population

News / Policy & Finance

Spring Budget 2017: key climate and energy announcements

...power sector”. The carbon price floor was one of the most significant factors in last year’s 52% cut in UK coal use. Hammond did not mention the planned phaseout of unabated coal by 2025. Any changes...

9 Mar 2017

Spring Budget 2017: key climate and energy announcements

Press Releases / World Ocean Council

Principle Power joins World Ocean Council

...Power Principle Power, http://www.principlepowerinc.com/, founded in 2007, is a technology and services provider to the offshore wind industry. Principle Power’s innovative and proven technolog...

27 May 2016

Principle Power joins World Ocean Council

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate-threatened Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in June

...power," he said in an interview. He suggested that alongside imposing the carbon tax, the government should look at developing renewable sources of energy in the country. This story was published with...

25 May 2017

Climate-threatened Bangladesh to impose carbon tax in June

News / Cities

Turning trash bins into hotspots for info and money

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure goes the adage, but the new rubbish bins along Singapore’s most renowned shopping district are both. Ten solar-powered, Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled, reve...

24 Nov 2016

Turning trash bins into hotspots for info and money

News / Energy

Taxpayers face bill for nuclear crisis

...power fleet have also been subject to an audit mandated by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea. Even with its huge debts, EDF’s problems could be surmounted if the company was m...

6 Dec 2016

Taxpayers face bill for nuclear crisis

News / Carbon & Climate

A burning smell? This device can detect air pollution in real time

...powerful air pollution monitor, called the PX-375, in 2014. The 40-kg device, currently used in Japan, China and Singapore, is among the swiftest analysers of PM2.5 particles in the market today. PM2....

18 Aug 2017

A burning smell? This device can detect air pollution in real time

News / Green Buildings

The top 5 green building stories in 2016

...powering their mega data centres with clean energy this year. EcoWatch reports that it takes a lot of energy to power the world’s online activities. The same amount of energy required to power 30 nucl...

2 Jan 2017

The top 5 green building stories in 2016

News / Cities

Sensing opportunity, cities seek business backing for climate change efforts

...power via green energy certificates; and Quito in Ecuador, which is seeking $800 million to deliver a project to treat waste water using gravity rather than electric pumps, as well as producing hydrop...

5 Oct 2016

Sensing opportunity, cities seek business backing for climate change efforts

News / Energy

Tariff issues stall Philippine ocean energy project

...power by converting the temperature differential between the warm surface waters and the deep cold ocean into vapour that expands under moderate pressure, turning a turbine connected to a generator th...

29 Jun 2016

Tariff issues stall Philippine ocean energy project

News / Corporate Responsibility

Social businesses bring Thai hill products to IKEA, Bangkok supermarkets

...power in a 2014 coup, according to a 2016 report by German social responsibility foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung. The TSEO has now been dormant for close to three years but should reopen once the Soci...

5 Oct 2017

Social businesses bring Thai hill products to IKEA, Bangkok supermarkets

News / Carbon & Climate

Glitter or green? Sydney's big bash gives way to speed climate action

...power. The clock is ticking (on climate change), we're aware there's so much to do and we're still fighting these battles. Clover Moore, Sydney's Lord Mayor "People can't see emissions reductions," s...

15 May 2017

Glitter or green? Sydney's big bash gives way to speed climate action

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