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Energy Trilemma: A Case for Africa Power Utilities

February 2, 2023 admin affordability, africa, availability, Commentary, full coverage, International, news, power, Power Demand, power grid, reliability, sustainability, T&D

Credit to Author: Mbae Ariel Mutegi| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:13:21 +0000

A trilemma is a situation that presents three possible choices to a complex challenge. Due to mutual exclusivity of the available choices, achieving them simultaneously is always a daunting task. The overarching objective is to achieve the three possible solutions in a balanced manner. Energy trilemma refers to the need to find a balance between […]

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The POWER Interview: Abu Dhabi’s Plan for Renewable Energy in the UAE

January 24, 2023 admin Abu Dhabi, barakah, clean energy, Gas, Interview, masdar, news, Nuclear, power, Renewables, Solar, sustainability, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:27:54 +0000

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in the midst of an energy transition, moving away from its nearly exclusive use of natural gas-fired power generation to a strategy based on renewable energy resources. The country has an abundance of natural gas, and it also has significant solar power potential. The UAE also is adding nuclear […]

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The POWER Interview: Sphera Exec Talks Supply Chain Solutions

January 6, 2023 admin Coal, covid-19, emissions, esg, geothermal, ghg, Hydro, Interview, natural gas, optimization, pandemic, Renewables, Solar, sphera, supply chains, sustainability, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:31:40 +0000

Several executives in the power generation space weighed in for POWER’s recent report on supply chain issues in the sector. Sourcing of equipment also was a hot topic in POWER’s 2023 forecast for the industry. It’s no surprise. The power sector is not exempt from the problems that have impacted business and industry worldwide, from […]

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The POWER Interview: What Energy Consumers Want from Utilities

December 15, 2022 admin Coal, e&y, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, Environmental, ernst & young, Gas, Hydro, Interview, Nuclear, Solar, sustainability, utilities, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:09:47 +0000

EY earlier this month released the findings from its Energy Consumer Survey 2022. The report is “focused on how energy impacts the lifestyles and wallets of consumers,” according to the company. EY is the trade name for Ernst & Young, the multinational professional services group headquartered in London, UK. The report is based on a […]

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Puerto Rico & The Quest For Sustainability, Part 1

November 17, 2022 admin Agriculture, agroecology, carbon emissions, climate change, Food security, investment, Puerto Rico, sustainability

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:45:29 +0000

Food security threatens many regions around the world. Puerto Rico’s decades of dependence on outside food imports has impacted the health and resilience of this island commonwealth.

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Google Adds Sustainability Features To Search

October 3, 2022 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, google, sustainability

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:00:37 +0000

Yesterday, I got an e-mail from Google’s press people telling me about some cool new options and features in Google Search. They don’t only raise awareness of sustainable things people can do, either. They give people the knowledge to save money and protect the environment, and then leave the decisions in users’ hands so they […]

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Electric Bus Manufacturer Solaris Releases Sustainability Report

September 25, 2022 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Europe, green economy, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, solaris, sustainability

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:00:13 +0000

Here at CleanTechnica, we’ve been covering Solaris quite a bit. It is a bus manufacturer in Europe that’s making big strides in electrifying public transit in European cities, so that’s right up our alley. A couple months ago, the company reached an important milestone with the sale of its 2000th electric bus. Over 140 carriers […]

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Revisiting Degrowth For Sustainability — It’s Necessary, But Challenges Traditional Economics

August 10, 2022 admin carbon emissions, climate change, degrowth, green economy, investment, renewable energy, sustainability, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:50:47 +0000

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that outright cuts to consumer demand are needed to reduce carbon emissions, and that recent perspective has resurrected a controversial theory from the 1970s. Shouldn’t we cut consumption to move toward zero emissions?

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“Green” Universities Keep Taking Sweet, Sweet Oil Money

July 12, 2022 admin big-oil, cleantech news, Fossil Fuels, green economy, Oil, stanford university, sustainability

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:34:38 +0000

Despite their supposed focus on sustainability, there seems to be an awful lot of fossil fuel and ‘big oil’ money creeping into university’s “green” programs. The main example they give is Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability, but it’s far from the only place where these problematic conflicts of interest pop up in academia. Their […]