1 A reflection on climate change and the daunting but exciting task at hand in energy, transportation, industry, food production and so on.
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Steven Pinker's latest book, Enlightenment Now, misses the mark on climate change and plastic pollution. And this is a problem.
Book review: Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker
1 A lot has been said about the booming global capacities of solar and wind in the past few years. But wind works at a maximum 35% of the time for onshore and perhaps 45% for offshore wind. Solar PV is even lower, with 20 to 30% capacity factor. So, backup […]
How energy storage made headlines in 2017
For years, grid parity – the time when solar and wind would be cost-competitive with fossil fuels and nuclear – was the holy grail of renewables energy, a target to reach in a distant future. But the future is now.
Wind and solar are now cheaper than fossil fuels
A selection of climate and energy news as COP23 is taking place in Bonn, Germany.
Energy news as COP23 is taking place in Germany
4 Renewables currently generate very little of Puerto Rico's electricity but hopefully this could change after Hurricane Maria.
Renewables: how Puerto Rico could turn a crisis into an ...
Climate change can be fixed by switching from cars to bikes, planting trees in our cities, tapping into energy efficiency's potential and ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. Learn out more in this article.
Four cheap solutions to climate change
Walmart made headlines as it launched its Project Gigaton, an effort to help its supply chain cut by a billion metric tons its carbon footprint.
Walmart goes gigantic, launches Project Gigaton
When one thinks of the Middle East nowadays, oil comes to mind. But with solar photovoltaic booming right now all around the region and beyond, this might not be the case in twenty or thirty years.
How the Middle East is turning to the sun for ...
Years ago when Google Earth was launched, we were all amazed at the levels of details provided. It was just very impressive. Now Google does it again with a most interesting feature: Google Project Sunroof.
How to go solar with these two super tools
3 There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 percent.
Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?
I came across several articles on my home country lately and thought it was the occasion to keep everyone updated on how the French energy transition is going on.