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Construction of first french offshore wind turbine kicks off
The construction of the first wind turbine to be installed off the French coast – Floatgen – was officially launched. The 2MW offshore wind turbine, set to be put into operation for the first time in 2017, will feature the
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15.5% drop in China coal production shows transition gaining speed
The 15.5 percent drop in China’s production year on year in May and the cumulative 8.7 percent year-over-year decline since January has deep ramifications for the global coal industry. China produces and consumes half the world’s coal, and its production
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North Sea countries partner up to lower offshore wind cost
The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and Norway have vowed to collaborate in terms of planning and constructing offshore wind farms. Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, is the initiator of the cooperation, under which the
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Average costs for solar and wind electricity could fall 59% by 2025
The average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease by between 26 and 59 per cent by 2025, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). The report, The Power to Change:
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Pressures and shocks are expected to increase in the future
Today, 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities. Urban spaces will require an additional 100 to 200 million hectares of land within the next 40 years. Developing countries will need to invest US$ 209 billion by 2050 to
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Greenland Ice
Located in the Arctic near the North Pole, Greenland is covered by a massive ice sheet three times the size of Texas and a mile deep on average. Greenland is warming almost twice as fast as Antarctica, which is causing
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Roquette inaugurating the Rittershoffen deep geothermal power plant
Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Ségolène Royal, the French Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs, responsible for International Climate Relations, has inaugurated the Rittershoffen deep geothermal power plant. The plant was built by Électricité de Strasbourg, Roquette and the
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World’s biggest banks are driving climate change, pumping billions into extreme fossil fuels
A report released by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Sierra Club and Oil Change International provides the first look at bank financing for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement, showing that the world’s biggest banks are driving climate change by
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Air pollution rising at an ‘alarming rate’ in world’s cities
Outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data from more than 3,000 cities compiled by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Blowin’ in the wind
Since 1978, Nasa has been monitoring ocean winds via scatterometry, the data of which has improved weather and hurricane forecasts and helped us better understand global climate patterns. Knowing which way the wind is blowing over water is critical for
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