Rapid urbanization and population growth remains a major obstacles to universal electricity access in Africa. Current figures suggest nations will fall short of Sustainable Development Go...

World Resources Institute 20 Aug 2019

Electricity

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds

China has the largest solar industry in the world and now it has reached grid parity. This expansion means solar generation costs the same as electricity from the grid.

Josh Gabbatiss · Carbon Brief 19 Aug 2019

Future of Energy

This new solar technology can be printed or woven into fabric

Silicon-based solar cells have made great strides in terms of its cost and availability, but their manufacture remains energy-intensive and ill-equipped to meet future demand for renewabl...

Shahzada Ahmad 02 Aug 2019

Electricity

The Current War: there were also dynamic women who made electricity a success

Although Hollywood film 'The Current War' illuminates the history of electricity, it's narrative does not celebrates women's role in the electricity movement in the late 19th century, des...

Abigail Harrison Moore and Graeme Gooday · The Conversation 24 Jul 2019

Future of Energy

Africa is facing an electricity crisis – a pay-as-you-go model could solve the problem

Off-grid, solar power model PayGo is tackling Africa's electricity problem, with similar companies signing up 750 million homes to solar energy on a pay-as-you-go-basis. In addition to be...

Yinka Adegoke · Quartz 04 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Despite climate pledges, G20 coal subsidies are on the rise

While support for coal mining has fallen, other subsidies for coal-fired power have risen substantially, researchers said.

Laurie Goering · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 25 Jun 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

650 million people will still have no access to electricity by 2030, according to a new report

A handful of developing countries have surged ahead in providing electric power to their people, but others - mainly in sub-Saharan Africa - are lagging behind, report shows.

Megan Rowling · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 23 May 2019

Electricity

How Japan's renewables-powered Olympics could kick off a global race for clean energy

Japan could become a champion of climate action and environmental protection by committing to 100% renewable power for the 2020 games.

Niki J.P. Alsford · The Conversation 22 May 2019

Future of Energy

This is how Copenhagen plans to go carbon-neutral by 2025

The Danish capital has committed to completely removing the city's 2 million tons of carbon footprint, even as the city continues to grow, with 100,000 new inhabitants and 20,000 jobs.

Brian Vad Mathiesen, Ida Auken, and Jens Martin Skibsted 21 May 2019

Climate Change

Glasgow and Edinburgh race to become the UK’s first net-zero emissions city

Rival Scottish cities Glasgow and Edinburgh are competing to become the first city in the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions.

Johnny Wood 20 May 2019

Future of Energy

How India is solving its cooling challenge

As the planet heats up, societies are looking for a way to cool the most vulnerable without adding to climate change. Nowhere is this double-headed problem more severe than India.

Radhika Lalit and Ankit Kalanki 15 May 2019

United States

Sunny side up: solar panel installation hits a record high in the U.S.

California still holds the vast majority of US solar installations, with almost half of all solar installations in the country.

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 15 May 2019

Future of Energy

Scientists just got closer to making nuclear fusion work

Realizing the long-held dream of clean, inexhaustible supplies of energy is proving far from easy. But recent scientific developments have reignited hopes that fusion power can be made fe...

Rosamond Hutt and Keith Breene 14 May 2019

Decarbonizing Energy

These are the surprising candidates to be the ‘solar superpowers’ in the 21st century

As the world continues to move toward renewables, the major energy exporting countries of the Arabian Gulf once again find themselves blessed by geography.

Dénes Csala · The Conversation 08 May 2019

Africa

Biodiesel from cotton waste – how Kenyan farmers are fighting drought

Erratic rainfall in Kenya makes the country susceptible to long droughts and food insecurity, but an innovative new biodiesel could help combat this.

Sanjoy Sanyal · World Resources Institute 08 May 2019

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This is what needs to be done to bring electricity to Sub-Saharan Africa

Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds

This new solar technology can be printed or woven into fabric

The Current War: there were also dynamic women who made electricity a success

Africa is facing an electricity crisis – a pay-as-you-go model could solve the problem

Despite climate pledges, G20 coal subsidies are on the rise

650 million people will still have no access to electricity by 2030, according to a new report

How Japan's renewables-powered Olympics could kick off a global race for clean energy

This is how Copenhagen plans to go carbon-neutral by 2025

Glasgow and Edinburgh race to become the UK’s first net-zero emissions city

How India is solving its cooling challenge

Sunny side up: solar panel installation hits a record high in the U.S.

Scientists just got closer to making nuclear fusion work

These are the surprising candidates to be the ‘solar superpowers’ in the 21st century

Biodiesel from cotton waste – how Kenyan farmers are fighting drought

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