CANTON Stark Library has installed a ChargePoint electric-vehicle charging station at the Main Library, 715 Market Ave. N. Patrons and visitors with electronic vehicles can charge their vehicles for free when they download the ChargePoint app. Derek Gordon, director of special projects for the library, collaborated with AEP Ohio to acquire a grant allowing the […]
Inside Google’s Bid to Get Granular on Renewable Energy Credits
In the decades since the voluntary renewable energy credit marketplace cropped up, a bevy of options for acquiring renewables has bloomed. Companies can choose from options including buying RECs, investing in onsite renewables and signing virtual power-purchase agreements. Now, a growing segment of corporate renewable buyers — many with goals of achieving 100 percent clean […]
Morocco’s Environmental Sustainability on Display at United Nations
Rabat — Morocco highlighted its dedication to environmental protection and sustainability at the 2021 convention of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) early last week, remaining committed to global cooperation “in the name of a green world.” Aziz Rabbah, Morocco’s Minister of Energy, Mines, and Environment, took part in the UNEA’s virtual fifth session on […]
Energy security and our future
Energy security is a difficult thing to analyse for a country because it is dependent on many factors. To assist in the analysis, researchers have identified four components of energy security: i) Availability; ii) Sustainability; iii) Affordability; and iv) Accessibility. To get an idea of how energy secure a country is, the country’s situation with […]
Garanti BBVA presents a consumer loan to purchase solar energy systems
Garanti BBVA supports Turkey’s fight against climate change through innovative sustainable finance solutions. In collaboration with Solarçatı, Garanti BBVA will offer affordable interest rates for loans to install individual solar energy systems. Furthermore, as part of the collaboration with Solarçatı, Garanti BBVA customers who apply for consumer loans will receive discounts of up to five […]
Pandemic changes may point way to sustainable cities of the future
Rigid school and office hours have given way to a more flexible system of working during the pandemic that puts less pressure on transport systems and energy grids LONDON: City dwellers and planners should build on the dramatic changes swept in by COVID-19 to create a more sustainable and low-carbon future, urban experts told a […]
Carlsberg Announces Partnership with Desolenator to Provide Clean Drinking Water in Sunderbans Using Solar Power
Carlsberg Group announces partnership with Desolenator to create clean drinking water for a town of 4,000 in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India. Carlsberg Group announces partnership with Desolenator, the world’s first solar thermal sustainable water purification technology, to create clean drinking water for a town of 4,000, in the Sundarbans in West Bengal, India. The […]
McCain Foods to build renewable energy system in Australia
McCain Foods has started the construction of a renewable energy system that it claims will reduce CO2 emissions at its Australian facility by more than 27,000 tonnes per year. The system will be installed at McCain’s food processing facility in Ballarat and reportedly marks Australia’s largest “behind-the-meter” renewable energy system. As a result of the […]
Unlock long-term financing for solar power in Vietnam
The Asian Development Bank has just signed a $37.8 million loan deal with TTC Energy Development Investment JSC to provide long-term financing to develop and operate a 50MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Tay Ninh province in Vietnam. The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) assistance for the Gulf Solar Power Project was provided through an innovative […]
China to ‘dominate recycling and second life battery market worth US$45bn by 2030’
While recycling of lithium and other materials such as cobalt from batteries will greatly increase in the coming years, the potential availability of second life batteries should not be underestimated, according to new research and data. Hans Eric Melin, an expert on the lifecycle management of lithium batteries with UK-headquartered consultancy Circular Energy Storage, previously […]
