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400 Million Gain Electricity Service, But Countries Fall Behind 2030 Deadline for Universal Access
Although 400 million people around the world have gained access to electricity since 2010, progress is still too slow to meet the United Nations ... -
Mini-Grids+Solar Promise Reliable Power, Community Income for World’s Poorest Countries
With mini-grid technology that allows peer-to-peer solar energy trading well in hand, the next step for poor countries like Bangladesh is to allow individual ... -
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Coal Plants Failed, Renewables Shone as Epic January Heat Wave Hit Australian Grid
Australia’s mammoth coal plants failed while its wind and rooftop solar installations shone during a major January heat wave in Victoria state, according to ... -
Silicone-Based Device Generates Renewable Electricity from Snow
A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is working on a device that would generate electricity from snow. -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy Access & EquityOff-GridPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Booming Community Solar Sector Promises Access for Low-Income Households
Determined to make good on the promise of equity contained in the phrase “community solar,” more than a dozen U.S. states and non-profit developers ... -
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Micro Wind Would Save 200 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Micro wind places #76 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. If its share of global electricity generation increases to 1%, it could eliminate 0.2 gigatons of carbon ... -
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Canada Falls Short on Efforts to Cut Emissions, Phase Out Fossil Subsidies, Environment Commissioner Reports
Canada still isn’t on track to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets or phase out fossil fuel subsidies, federal Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand warned ... -
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Silicon Valley Start-Up Brings Off-Grid Solar Lighting to 100 Million People
A pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs has raised just over US$100 million on a mission to make renewable electricity available to 2.3 billion people. -
AfricaBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Rive Brothers Join Solar+Storage Firm to Help Africa ‘Leapfrog the Electric Grid’
SolarCity co-founders Lyndon and Peter Rive, cousins of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, are signing on with ZOLA Electric, a Silicon Valley effort to bring ... -
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Smart Policy, No Natural Gas Deliver Green Win for Small New York Town
Marbletown, New York, population 5,500, is poised to achieve 100% low-cost renewable electricity within the year, and has a serious plan to decarbonize the ... -
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B.C. Budgets $902 Million to Fully Fund CleanBC Climate Plan
The British Columbia government is getting strong positive reviews for a provincial budget that allocates $902 million over three years to fully fund its ... -
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Developers Announce New Solar Farms in Fort Chipewyan and Calgary
Alberta has two new solar farms in its immediate future, following an announcement by First Nations and Métis in Fort Chipewyan and a planning ... -
Batteries/StorageBuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Study Shows ‘Sizable Disconnect’, Big Opportunity, in Corporate Clean Energy Strategies
Despite tech giants like Google setting 100% renewable energy targets, and corporate buyers signing up for five gigawatts of new solar and wind capacity ...
