Glass buildings are cheaper to build. They look great. The view is brilliant. And the developer gets the most saleable space for the least money. It seems like a win-win situation for everyone, right? Wrong! Glass towers fare extremely poorly when it comes to energy savings. In fact, Anne Gaviola writes in Vice that Glass skyscrapers […]
Simon Fraser University (SFU) recently expanded its campus in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) by introducing a $126 million new building dedicated to sustainable energy engineering. The new building will accommodate over 400 new full-time student spaces and sits adjacent to the current SFU campus at Surrey’s Central City Mall. Premier John Horgan told an audience at the official […]
Scottish Power, one of UK’s six biggest energy companies, just sold off its last remaining gas power stations to Drax for a sum exceeding £700 million. With this move, the company has completely gotten rid of fossil fuels for energy generation. Iberdrola, Scottish Power’s Spanish parent company, said the move was part of its strategy […]
The Texas manufacturing facility of automaker giant General Motors will now be completely powered by wind energy from Cactus Flats Wind Farm, a 148-megawatt wind power project based in Concho County. The company’s business offices throughout the state of Texas shall also be powered by wind energy from the Cactus Flats and from the Los Mirasoles […]
India’s Power Minister R. K. Singh told reporters that the country is all set to breach the 175 GW renewable energy target set in 2015, hopefully touching renewable power capacity of 225 GW by March 2022. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi this week, R. K Singh said the rate of progress on energy over the […]
Nissan’s new venture, called Nissan Energy Solar, aims to enable EV owners in the UK to generate, store and charge their EVs with their own solar energy. The company claims that its seamless solar energy and battery storage system would help homeowners to reduce their household energy bills by 66%. “It enables UK homeowners to […]
In the month of March, Portugal generated enough renewable energy to meet the entire nation’s power requirements. This new record is proof of the fact that the country is quite serious about meeting its goal of becoming a carbon neutral nation by 2040. The national grid operator said that Portugal’s average renewable generation exceeded 103% […]
A new study has found that last year, global investment in solar power was more than in any other energy technology. China was proclaimed world leader in solar and renewable investment. Also, the world installed more new solar capacity than all other energy sources combined – fossil fuels included. The report, a collaboration between the United Nations […]
Catherine Mitchell, a professor of energy policy at the University of Exeter, says that fewer number of women holding key positions in energy companies is slowing down the sector’s transition to a lower-carbon energy system. According to her, gender imbalance in the industry means reluctance to accept new ideas, particularly ones related to switching to […]