US startup Ubiquitous Energy has received $70 million for developing green windows that can provide buildings with green energy, CNBC reports. Ubiquitous Energy wants to do its part to save the planet from global warming through innovative green energy mining methods. So, to power skyscrapers, the company plans to cover the windows of urban buildings …
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Climate change and its accompanying costs are the most pressing challenges confronting the electricity industry, according to the chairman of a key utility advocacy organization on Jan. 20. However, Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Tom Kuhn, as well as executives from other industry trade organizations, emphasized the need of considering the costs and reliability …
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Once a household name, the Detroit-based automaker has revealed ambitions to expand fuel-cell technology research as the energy shift takes traction. By expanding its hydrogen sector, it may be able to generate much-needed new income sources, reversing a downward trend. With the electric vehicle (EV) industry being congested and repeatedly underperforming over the years, investing …
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This week, the Scottish offshore wind industry got a boost when a scheme to lease portions of Scotland’s seabed for wind farm construction collected just under £700 million (about $952 million). According to Crown Estate Scotland, a public organization that controls the country’s shoreline and seabed, 74 lease applications were submitted, with 17 of them …
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The age of ever-cheaper sustainable energy is finished, bringing new uncertainty to global energy markets already pummeled by one supply issue after another. Renewables have become the cheapest source of power in most of the globe due to relentless price drops over the last decade. Solar panel costs, on the other hand, have risen by …
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Huawei aims to supply large modules for storing electricity in Japan, Nikkei reported. Huawei, which is under US sanctions, intends to purchase battery packs from various manufacturers, including Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL). Then, the blocks will combine into modules with a capacity of 2000 kW/h. In Japan, Huawei will also have to compete with US giant …
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The Italian leadership believes in a transnational ecological transition that will spur the development of air purification systems, water purification, and renewable energy sources. However, it all depends on the investment. As Italian Minister for Ecological Modernization and Transformation Roberto Cingolani said in a recent interview, countries worldwide are pretty capable of making a collective eco-transition. This …
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A senior regional regulator said Wednesday, Jan. 19, that the European Union urgently needs to restrict a kind of cryptocurrency mining that relies largely on renewable energy and jeopardizes climate-change objectives. “The answer is to prohibit ‘proof of work,’” said Erik Thedéen, vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, in an interview with the …
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On January 19, USDA (US Department of agriculture) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA will make up to $10 million available to help people living in rural towns develop community renewable energy projects that will help them save money on energy while also contributing to the national effort to reduce pollution that contributes to …
According to an analysis published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the African Development Bank, an integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a surge of new sustainable energy investment to Africa, expanding the continent’s economy by 6.4 percent by 2050. (AfDB). “Renewable Energy Market Analysis: Africa and …
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