The state of New York has followed California in its aim to get 50 percent of its energy demand from renewables by 2030. But unlike California, New York ...
Tesla reaches deal to buy SolarCity
The first step of Elon Musk’s masterplan may soon be taken: According to various reports, Tesla is set to buy SolarCity for 2.6 billion USD. The ...
Clinton’s and Trump’s plan with renewables
The presidential candidates of the United States, Hillary Clinton und Donald Trump, have widely divergent plans for renewables: While the term can hardly ...
5 key technologies for smart cities
With urban populations constantly increasing, it’s becoming crucial for cities to use their resources more efficiently. Henrik Evensen of ReadWrite ...
How the world’s poor are pioneering the future of energy
In 2015, Kenya has met 90% of its electricity demand through renewable energy sources and Bangladesh is currently powering 25 million people with solar ...
The potential of water as a renewable energy source
For far more than hundred years, water is used for generating energy and meanwhile has become the fourth largest source of electricity in the United States ...
What Musk and Buffett envision for the future of energy
Warren Buffett and Elon Musk both agree that the energy sector is changing, yet they have different opinions on how energy will be distributed and consumed ...
Video: The case for more wood buildings
Wood as a building material has various important environmental benefits compared to steel and concrete – for example, it stores carbon rather than ...
Entwicklung eines Energiespeichers für Privathaushalte
Das xStorage-Home-System, entwickelt von Nissan und dem Energiemanagement-Unternehmen Eaton, soll Anwendern ermöglichen, ihren Energieverbrauch manuell zu ...
Zwischenbilanz zu Erneuerbaren: Dekarbonisierung stagniert
Laut des Bundesverbands Erneuerbare Energien e.V. (BEE) stagnierte der Ausbau der regenerativen Energiegewinnung in Deutschland in der ersten Hälfte des ...
