The Dutch revolution: home renewal only takes 10 days
Il progetto è partito tre anni fa e prevede di riqualificare 111 mila abitazioni, trasformandole in case ad “energia zero”. I Paesi Bassi fanno scuola.
Lamborghini sport cars’ commitment to save the planet
2020, the year of the EU climate and energy package is round the corner. The climate package aims to reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 20%, improve energy efficiency by 20% and raise energy consumption from renewable sources to 20%. The average level of CO2 emissions of a new car must be limited to 95 grams and drivers
Kenya will build the largest wind farm in Africa
365 turbine eoliche che a regime produrranno un quinto di tutta l’elettricità del Paese africano. Il progetto supera in dimensioni il parco eolico di Tarfaya, Marocco.
The day wind energy exceeded Denmark’s electricity needs
Denmark has produced so much electricity from renewable sources to be able to sell it to neighbouring countries, helping the entire European continent in the objective of reducing, to zero, CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. The extraordinary fact took place in the – unusually windy – day of Thursday 9 July, when Denmark succeeded in
The first hand-made funfair works without electricity
Nel cuore del bosco del Montello, “sior Bruno” ha costruito un parco divertimenti unico al mondo. Frutto di intuizioni, sogni e 40 anni di pratica.
California longs for an efficient solar cycle route
Bikes perfectly match with solar power. Thanks to SolaRoad, Holland paved the way to solar cycle route. SolaRoad generates solar power through solar panels replacing tarmac and is proving to be more efficient than expected. “We didn’t “expect a yield as high as this so quickly,” said Sten de Wit, SolaRoad spokesman. Opened few months ago, the solar cycle route
Adriacold: Cooling air though solar energy
Si chiama solar cooling ed è una tecnologia che sfrutta l’energia solare per produrre aria fredda. A Trieste un progetto pilota raffresca il Science Park.
Solar Impulse 2 achieved its goal. The solar-powered plane landed in Hawaii
From Japan to Hawaii in 5 days and 5 nights, crossing the Pacific Ocean with solar power only. Piccard’s and Borschberg’s epic journey finally ended.
Bill Gates: “Who invests in renewables is going to make a lot of money”
He has already invested 1 billion dollars in tens of projects and innovative realities for the development of renewables all over the world. Maybe not all investments had the success and outcomes desired, but they have certainly been money well spent, since they set a guideline within the energy industry. With this in mind, the world’s richest man,
Forests and renewables, US and Brazil’s pledge against climate change
Brazil and the United States have reached an historic agreement to put climate change at the top of their governments’ agenda. The meeting between the US President Barack Obama and the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff resulted in the pledge to increase the renewable electricity production by 20% of the total requirements by 2030.