Here’s our Instagram post from the other day. Caption: Sweden managed to reach its goal of a 50 per cent renewable energy share several years ahead of the Swedish government’s 2020 schedule, in 2012. The most recent figure of 52 per …
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As a modern business owner, it’s important to think about how to make your business more eco-friendly. There are so many things you can do to show you care about the environment. And, it’s your responsibility as a business owner …
A reader asked for my comment on this technology: turbines installed inside of municipal water pipes that converts some of that hydrokinetic energy into electricity. First, let’s start with the most obvious: this doesn’t apply to water that is flowing …
There is no doubt that the ultra-low price of gasoline and diesel has made it tough for electric transportation, and, to a degree, renewable energy. Yet, remarkably, the world is experiencing a considerable boom in the clean energy space.
One day last month, Germany generated 90% of its electricity from renewable resources. Though this is a rarity (their average in 2015 was 33%, up from 28% in 2014), the world stands in awe of what these folks have done in terms of …
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In many cases, the challenges of sustainability are made more difficult by various vicious cycles, where certain bad phenomena feed on themselves and thus enter a pattern of ever-increasing acceleration. A good example of this effect is ocean acidification, which …
My colleague Jon LeSage of “Green Auto Digest” fame has written a book about his own experience with the future of urban mobilit y, Tales of UberMan: An auto journalist shares his Prius with savvy riders, published as a Kindle e-book. …
A reader sent me this article about a fire of unknown cause, blazing in the tower of the large solar thermal facility in Nevada (Ivanpah). Whenever I see stuff like this, i.e., pointing out how nascent technology doesn’t work perfectly …
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Here’s the president of Vestas Americas, Chris Brown, speaking to a large audience at WINDPOWER 2016. An excerpt: Sustainability is the next chapter in human progress, and the key is making renewable technology economic.
Of course, we at 2GreenEnergy view Obama’s tenure as president through the lens of environmental issues, something on which he gets very high grades. Linked above is a post in which I present 60 important accomplishments in this space, each …
