The French oil company Total S.A plans to install solar panels. Its subsidiary “SunPower” should equip 5,000 of its global service stations ...
COP22: Energy-efficiency of buildings against climate change
The global energy consumption of buildings is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a topic at COP22 in Marrakech. More than 80 countries ...
Renewables 2016 Global Status Report
The report gives an annual overview of the state of renewable energy and explicates why renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream ...
Smart clothes that generate energy from movement and the sun
Scientists have developed smart clothes. They developed a fabric that manages its own energy needs by harvesting electrical energy from movement and the ...
The environmental repercussions of hydropower
According to a new study by BioScience the impact of dams on climate change has been underestimated. The rotting of vegetation in the water which is caused ...
South Africa’s clean energy struggle
South Africa is experiencing a boom in renewable energy. A few years ago renewable energy has not been existing at all. Now dozens of solar plants ...
Trotz starken globalen Wirtschaftswachstums, CO2 Ausstoß bleibt stabil
Trotz eines weltweit starken Wirtschaftswachstums ist der Ausstoß von Kohlenstoffdioxid nach Aussage des Forschungsverbundes Global Carbon Budget stabil ...
Bundesregierung einigt sich auf Klimaschutzplan
Nach mehrmaliger Verzögerung und Aufschiebung hat sich die deutsche Bundesregierung nun auf den Klimaschutzplan geeinigt. Dieser sieht vor, dass der CO2- ...
Cape Town on track to become a smart city
Cape Town is on a good track to become a smart city. Still it has a lot to learn from other cities about the use of Internet of Things (IoT) applications ...
UK Tech Summit presents high-tech smart city solutions
At the UK Tech Summit which has taken place in New Dehli from November 7th-9th over 30 innovative British companies showcased their high-tech smart city ...
