Renewable Energy Generated 104% of Portugal’s Electricity Consumption in March

Most of the energy came from wind and hydroelectric power By: Lydia Smith Portugal generated more renewable energy than it needed in March, for the first time in at least 40 years. Energy from renewable sources made up 103.6 per cent of mainland electricity consumption last month, according to data from the country’s power grid operator REN, although […]

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China Becomes a ‘Driving Power’ for Solar Energy with $86.5 Billion Invested Last Year

By: Anmar Frangoul The world has invested $2.9 trillion in green energy sources since 2004, according to new research, with China leading the way in recent years with its push towards solar power. The “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018” report was published Thursday by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Center, and Bloomberg New […]

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Renewable Energy is Making San Francisco Cannabis Grows Super-Green

By: Carolyne Zinko   As cannabis enters mainstream commerce, shoppers expect higher standards for eco-friendliness. Rising to the occasion, Sense, an indoor cannabis grower located in SoMa, has announced that it has switched to 100 percent renewable energy. Sense is using the city’s Public Utilities Commission program CleanPowerSF. Sustainability is important to company founder Steve […]

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Scotland Produces Record Amount of Energy From Renewables

Green schemes generate two-thirds of electricity as Nation beats rest of UK with 68.1 per cent of energy needs met without fossil fuels By: Jane Dalton Scotland has become a world leader in sourcing its electricity from renewables, after a record year in 2017 for creating eco-friendly energy, figures show. The nation got more than two-thirds – 68.1 […]

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For MIT Students Installing Solar Panels, It’s a Way to Give Back

By: Steve Scauzillo PASADENA — Meital Hoffman squinted from the searing sunlight, then moved quickly into the shade. As one of 12 engineering students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she’s spending spring break soaking up the sun but in a totally different way than most of her college classmates. The MIT students were helping […]

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