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First Solar Sells 550-Megawatt Desert Sunlight Solar Farm
First Solar, Inc. has announced completion of the sale of one of the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power projects – the 550-megawatt (AC) Desert Sunlight Solar Farm near Desert Center, Calif. How People Arrived Here: cambodia solar farms,...
Canada’s British Columbia Urged to Support Renewable Fuels Sector
Canada’s British Columbia’s environmentally friendly energy output is currently taxed at the same level as the fossil fuels they aim to replace.
Bioenergy’s Potential Risks As Grave As Potential Benefits are Good
Strong social and environmental safeguards are needed to protect people and the planet from unsustainable bioenergy expansion, says conservation organization WWF.
India Rankled By Western Criticism Over Carbon Emission Goals
Citing a developed world’s unwillingness to transfer technology to developing nations to counter rising global greenhouse gas emissions, India has criticized Western foot dragging over the issue.
Steep Increase in Global CO2 Emissions Despite Reductions By Industrialized Countries
Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global warming – increased by 45 % between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010. Increased energy efficiency, nuclear energy and the growing contribution...
In the Aftermath of Fukushima, Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Rise to 20 Percent
The worldwide implications for nuclear power advocates in light of the 11 March disaster at Japan’s Daichi Fukushima nuclear complex, battered first by an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, are slowly unfolding.
United Airlines Employs IPad to Convert to Paperless Flight Deck
United Continental Holdings, Inc. has announced that it is converting to paperless flight decks and deploying 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots. The electronic flight bags (EFB) replace paper flight manuals, and as a first for major network...
Environment Tops the Agenda At This Year’s Southern African Transport Conference
With the transport sector reportedly being the fastest growing emitter of carbon emissions in South Africa, the impact of transport on the environment will be top of the agenda at this year’s Southern African Transport Conference (SATC).
