U.K. carbon emissions down 37% since 1990
A final report of the U.K.’s carbon emissions from 1990-2017 has found that CO2 levels have fallen again.
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Florida Power & Light plans for 30 million solar panels by 2030
The “30 by 30” expansion will change the dynamics and make Florida a real leader of solar in the world.
Alphabet’s Jigsaw extends its cyber protections to Europe’s upcoming elections
Jigsaw, the Alphabet unit that aims to make the world safer through technology, is expanding its Project Shield technology that protects against distributed denial of services attacks to European political organizations, campaigns, and candidates.
Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants by 2038
Germany, one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change, a government commission said.
32,000 Belgian students march to demand climate action
Thousands of students skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 swamped the center of Brussels to demand better protection of the world’s climate.
Renewables in Britain to overtake fossil fuels by 2020
The renewable energy sector in Britain saw levels of generation increase by 12.7 TWh (15%) in 2018, subsequently impacting levels of conventional power generation fell by 7% from 140.3 TWh in 2017.
Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source
Green energy’s share of Germany’s power production has risen to over 40% from 38% percent in 2017 and just 19% percent in 2010.
Abundance Investment secures £7 million to build world’s most powerful tidal stream turbine
Orbital Marine Power will use the £7 million to build its first production model of its Orbital O2 2 MW tidal stream turbine an innovative floating tidal turbine platform that can be towed, installed, and easily maintained.
Greenhouse gas emissions from Scottish industry at 10 year low
The latest data from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has found that greenhouse gas levels have dropped by 57 per cent since 2007 when 26 Megatonnes of pollution were released.
U.K. trains will run on hydrogen power within three years and produce zero emissions
For the first time ever, hydrogen-fueled trains will soon be running on U.K. railways.