Floating solar panels to provide unlimited energy
Large installations of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide virtually unlimited solar energy to densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa.
Promises of enhanced geothermal power
Last week Fervo Energy announced it successfully operated Project Red in the northern Nevada desert over a 30-day test period, generating 3.5 megawatts of clean electricity, more than any other enhanced geothermal plant in the world. Project Red expects to connect to the power grid later this summer, delivering 5 megawatts to Google’s Las Vegas …
Sub-Saharan Supergrid
Africa is an emensly large continent. It is big enough that you could put China, India and the USA inside of it with room to spare for the most populous nations of Europe. It consists of 1.2 billion people, 55 countries, hundreds of languages and extreme variations in geography.
How to effectively choose carbon credits
Around the world, businesses are taking drastic measures to minimize their environmental impact, from slashing carbon emissions to utilizing recycled materials to minimizing corporate travel. Carbon offsets have become a major tool for companies looking to reduce their climate impact.
Canadian voluntary carbon offset firms
A small stock exchange in Toronto has become a global hub for companies trading in voluntary carbon offsets and more growth is expected, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the new investments for fighting climate change.
Huge mineral discovery for renewables
Massive phosphate deposits discovered in southwestern Norway could be large enough to supply electric vehicles, solar panels and fertilizer for at least 50 years. The depost contains 70 billion tonnes of the material. Phosphate contains phosphorus which is a key component of many green technologies as well as fertilizer.
Rapid uptake in renewables
A new report issued by RMI claims that fully one third of all the electricity the world needs will come from renewables by 2030 compared to 12% today.
Critical minerals supply crunch to hurt green transition
The world is heading towards a turbulent period of energy transition where constraints on the supply of critical materials are increasingly likely to slow progress, according to a new study.
The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines
To reach the goal of net zero, the world may need as many as 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy.
New rules for corporate greenwashing
Companies will be subject to more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed global rules aimed at helping regulators crack down on greenwashing.