Renewable Energy

‘Green industry wants to take our land’: the Arctic paradox

The Guardian: The stove gurgles as Sofia Olsson puts a chunk of wood into the fire, lifts the kettle and offers mugs of tea and grainy camp coffee to the small group reclining on reindeer skins around her. In the taiga…

Extreme air pollution hampering India’s solar electricity generation

E&T Magazine: India will struggle to meet a target of generating 100 gigawatts of solar power this year as high levels of atmospheric pollution are hindering the country’s ability to generate energy, a study has found. Atmospheric pollution reduces solar power…

Europe’s Solar Fuels on the Rise

IEEE Spectrum: By combining several optical and chemical-processing innovations, a European consortium is developing a pilot-scale system that will turn carbon dioxide and green hydrogen into fuels around the clock, using sunlight, artificial lighting, and plasmonics. The reactor that the project, called Spotlight, develops is designed to work with the…

After a Shaky Start, Airborne Wind Energy Is Slowly Taking Off

Yale Environment 360: Look up over the white sand beaches of Mauritius and you may see a gigantic sail, much like the kind used by paragliders or kite surfers but the size of a three-bedroom apartment, looping figure-eights overhead. The sail isn’t…