Gravity: A real alternative energy?
A Dutch architect has developed a new technique to generate free energy in a sustainable way at home, whereby energy is released by perpetually unbalancing a weight — offering an alternative to solar and wind…
Islands Become Trendsetters for 100 percent renewable
With its new target in place, Hawaii becomes the largest island to aim for a 100 percent renewable grid strategy. Photo by Jason Meredith/Flickr Hawaii made waves earlier this yearwith…
100% renewable power: Starbucks, Walmart, Nike latest to join RE100
Nine companies, including such household names as Goldman Sachs, Walmart and Starbucks, joined a green electricity campaign this week called RE100 that aims to promote the use of renewable energy resources for electricity as a…
HP joins Amazon, Google, Apple on quest for renewables
Another tech company has decided to jump into the renewable game. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the latest to announce a wind farm to help power their buildings. Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in 2008. Credit: Slick-o-bot/Wikimedia…
Hawaii’s 100% renewables requirement makes history
This week, Hawaii made history with its enactment of a law requiring that all of the state’s electricity be produced from renewable energy sources no later than 2045. With the new policy, Act 97, Hawaii…
Telecom providers using renewables, energy storage to protect infrastructure from power outages
As the telecommunications network has grown, it has become a major consumer of electric power. Distributed generation (DG) is a key tool that network providers can now use to reduce their energy costs. At the…
Grid can be 70 percent renewable as soon as 2030
How can the integration of renewables into the global energy grid move forward to ensure the future of electricity? This is the question answered in DNV GL’s most recent report — the result of interviews…
Apple to open European data centers powered 100 percent by renewables
Apple announced a new plan to build and operating two data centers in Europe — each of which will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. One of Apple’s new data centers will utilize the…
