Tag: Renewable energy
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones...
Electricity Maps calculates the carbon intensity of electricity consumption to optimize usage at scale
If you’re an electricity nerd, chances are you’ve already spent quite a few hours looking at Electricity Maps and its mesmerizing export flow...
Nepal hosts an investment summit in hopes of attracting foreign money for hydropower projects
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal hosted an investment summit Sunday in hopes of attracting much-needed foreign investment, especially in developing hydropower projects to produce...
Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices'
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called out China's ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling it unfair competition...
Wind and sun are free, but it's harder to get renewable energy projects built these days. Here's why
SPRAKEBUELL, Germany -- The wind gusting across north German farm country brings much to the village of Sprakebuell: fog and rain from the...
Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy
The world's governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in...