In ancient times, sailors used their sails to catch the power of the wind. And, once upon a time, farmers relied on windmills to grind grains and pump water. With today’s world moving toward a greener future, the longstanding relationship of humanity with the wind has led to the creation […]
The Portuguese reservoir Alqueva is the home to the biggest floating solar park in Europe and it will take shape this July. The two tugboats are moving the 12000 solar panels that are the size of four football fields to the mooring on the reservoir. This floating solar park is […]
According to data, the west of the US is in the worst megadrought in the last 1,200 years. The groundwater supplies are overpumped in numerous areas and the wildfires, dryness, and declining water supplies make climate change a personal issue for so many people. Engineers have therefore been working together […]
With worries about climate change being a hot topic in recent years, it comes as no surprise that plenty of countries globally are changing their power consumption and switching to renewable sources of energy. One of the most popular sustainable alternative energies is definitely the wind one. In places such […]
East of England has noted a rise in solar farm applications. In fact, the number has doubled in recent months as more and more farmers are replacing growing food crops with crops for solar energy. Thanks to this, new solar projects there have risen to 840 megawatts or enough to […]
In this small, rural town in Arkansas, the future seems to have arrived. Realizing the power of renewable energy and its benefits, a school located there uses solar panels to save money. The city known as Batesville is located in the northeast part of the state and has a small […]
Japan, the third largest economy in the world, has joined to the list of other countries that have pledged to go carbon-neutral in the future. The country’s PM Suga Yoshihide who was recently appointed announced their ambitious goal of going carbon-neutral by 2050. Although other similar goals have been announced […]
The largest city in Oregon, Portland has teamed up with Lucid Energy to produce clean energy from their water flowing under its street and through their pipes. For the purposes of this project, they’ve replaced a part of their current water supply network with pipes from Lucid Energy that contain […]
Unfortunately, the open-air landfill outside of the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, murdered more than 110 people in 2017. The government invested $120 million in the building of a waste-to-energy plant next to the garbage dump as a means of tackling the problem of waste piling in the city. The […]
According to tech workers from the retail giant Amazon, the company has threatened to fire its workers if they speak out publically about the role of the company in the climate crisis. An email shared with The Guardian shows the HR department of Amazon opening an investigation into one of […]