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Pandemic’s Economic Hit Threatens Off-Grid Power in Developing Countries
Off-grid electricity companies that have been supplying power to poor communities in developing nations are struggling to keep the lights on as the economic ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBuildingsChinaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingOff-GridSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitWebinars & PodcastsWind
WRI Webinar: Nations, Cities Can ‘Build Back Better’ after Pandemic
As governments attempt to steer their economies through the mounting economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, stimulus packages should focus on fostering new models ... -
‘Imagine Facing COVID in the Dark’: SolarAid Raises Rural Electrification Funds for Zambia [Donor Appeal]
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins spreading across the African continent, with Malawi and Zambia each recently recording their first death, UK-based SolarAid has set ... -
BioenergyCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesGeothermalJobs & TrainingOff-GridSolarWind
Week 15, April 13: First Nations and Rural Opportunities
In the Yukon, $200 million is spent each year to import diesel to provide power and heat for the territory’s 40,000 people, averaging $5,000 ... -
AfricaAsiaBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOff-GridSolarWater
Electricity, Clean Water Hold Keys to Human and Climate Health
While the world’s most industrialized countries grapples with health care systems that are strained and fraying in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, large ... -
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Scandinavia Looks to Solar in ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’
Northern regions as far as the Arctic Circle are increasingly turning to the power of the midnight sun to keep their communities humming, feeding ... -
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Week 8, February 24: Cohesive Communities
Every community in Canada needs the capacity and skills to embrace the transition, becoming strong and resourceful. In Britain, the Lambeth Study on participatory ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOff-GridSub-National Governments
17 of 37 Cabinet Ministers Receive Climate Action Goals in Mandate Letters from Trudeau
Seventeen of 37 federal cabinet ministers received instructions to address some aspect of the climate crisis, and National Observer says Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBioenergyBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy Access & EquityInternational Agencies & StudiesOff-GridSub-National Governments
District Energy Systems Gain Ground Despite High Up-Front Cost, Low Gas Prices
Community-based district energy systems are spreading across Canada despite steep up-front costs and tough competition from cheap natural gas, with innovative examples popping up ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingOff-GridSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Solar+Storage Rivals Utility-Scale Installations as California Power Shutoffs Hit Home
The U.S. residential solar market is on a fast track, with rooftop deployment numbers rivaling utility-scale plants and wildfire-induced power shutdowns turning more ratepayers ... -
Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick Agree to Develop Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Ontario, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick will work together to research, develop, and build the technology for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) under a memorandum ... -
Monthly Flat Fee for German Homeowners Covers Solar, EV, and Battery
Homeowners in Germany will be able to rent a home solar array, an electric vehicle, and battery for a single, monthly flat rate, under ... -
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IEA Sees Solar Supporting ‘Energy-Hungry Industrial Revolution’ in Africa
Though sunny Africa is currently home to far fewer solar power installations than are found in the soggy UK, an International Energy Agency (IEA) ... -
Batteries/StorageCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentOff-GridSolarWind
Buyout by Vancity Brings New Financial Clout to Green Bond Provider CoPower
Vancity Community Investment Bank has announced plans to acquire CoPower Inc., a Toronto-based green financing platform that offers green bonds to investors with as little ... -
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Front-Line Protests, Solid Research Drive Indonesia to Quit Coal, Protect Biodiversity
From the transition off coal, to protecting the biodiverse islands that helped inspire the theory of evolution, a combination of front-line protests and solid ...
