Wow!: Urban Indians beat space crunch by investing in digital solar power
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how, with many Indian city-dwellers unable to install solar panels, start-ups are offering them the opportunity to invest in solar power production elsewhere in return for green electricity credits…
A Sustainable Life: Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPIKA MATHUR, of Australia’s Charles Darwin University, and IMRAN MUHAMMAD, of Massey University in New Zealand, look at why prematurely removing solar panels and throwing them away is such a problem…
Essay: Solar panels allow religious institutions to do well while doing good
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says installing solar panels is “a great opportunity for religious institutions to do well while doing good”…
Wind and solar produced 10 per cent of global electricity in first half 2020 – report
London, UKReuters Wind turbines and solar panels produced a record 10 per cent of the world’s electricity in the first half of 2020 as coal-power declined, but steeper change is needed to meet targets set under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, a report said on Thursday. Scientist say huge cuts to greenhouse gas emissions from […]
Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation When Hurricane Maria flattened the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, the fierce storm left the country in the dark. “Everything was out. There was no electricity. The whole electrical grid was down,” recalled Williams Fitzroy, an engineer and inspector for the Ministry of Public Works. A view of rooftop solar […]
Jordan switches on world’s largest solar plant in refugee camp
Thomson Reuters Foundation Jordan has switched on the world’s largest solar plant inside a refugee camp, providing renewable energy to nearly 80,000 Syrians, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday. The 12.9 megawatts solar plant at Zaatari refugee camp, on the border of Jordan and Syria, will allow families to run a fridge, TV, […]