Renewable Energy

UN Chief Guterres: The Status Quo on Climate Policy ‘Is a Suicide’

June 8, 2019 Anand Gupta

We are losing the fight against climate change, warns U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on this week’s episode of Political Climate. We are losing the fight against climate change, warns U.N. Secretary General António Guterres. Even if countries were on track to meet their Paris Agreement goals — which they’re not — the world would […]

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Pegasus Group Holdings and Plus Minus Power Have Selected Mohave County, Arizona as the home for their $3 Billion Renewable Energy Data Center

June 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

LAS VEGAS: Pegasus Group Holdings, a technology infrastructure corporation that develops renewable energy projects, today announced that it has selected Mohave County, Arizona for the development of its new $3 billion, 340 Megawatt solar powered data center. The Pegasus Group Holdings project, in partnership with Plus Minus Power (PMP), will operate a solar field nicknamed “The Hive.” The […]

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Brazilian brewer Ambev signs $36 million deal to build solar plants

June 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

SAO PAULO: Ambev SA said on Wednesday it has signed contracts with four partners to build solar plants in Brazil that will supply clean energy to all of the brewing company’s 94 distribution centers in the country by the end of March 2020. The move is part of a global effort by parent company Anheuser […]

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Kao Data Increases Commitment to Sustainability, Deploying 100% Renewable Energy at its London Data Centre Campus

June 6, 2019 Anand Gupta

– Kao Data’s commitment to renewable energy at a zero-price premium ensures that customers are not compromised in their requirements for multi-tariff energy options – Use of renewable energy at Kao Data Campus will reduce CO2 emissions by +80,000 tons per annum, the equivalent of removing +30,000 vehicles from the road – When combined with Kao’s ultra efficient, […]

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Factbox: Companies spot big risks and opportunities in climate crisis

June 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

LONDON: More than 200 of the world’s largest listed companies have forecast that climate change could soon cost them a combined total of almost $1 trillion, according to a report published by British-based charity CDP on Tuesday. CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, said 6,937 companies had responded to its 2018 questionnaire asking […]

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World Environment Day: High-flying balloons, quality air-sensors being used to fight air pollution

June 5, 2019 Anand Gupta

Navakanta Bhat, a professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, has devised gas sensors with ultra-precise detection accuracies necessary for environmental monitoring. As air pollution threatens everyone — from unborn babies to children walking to school, to people cooking over open fires — scientists are employing a wide variety of technologies like high-altitude balloons and […]

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OPINION: Will Modi spur global inaction into action on climate-change?

June 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

Within a year of his first term as Prime Minister, Modi raised the target of solar energy capacity in India to 175 GW, equivalent to avoiding installation of 350 MW coal fired plants by 2022 The climate of change is dawning upon the global platform. The mega mandate with which Prime Minister Narendra Modi of […]

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World Environment Day: 6 ways to help save environment and money

June 3, 2019 Anand Gupta

With World Environment Day being celebrated this week, here are 6 eco-friendly measures that can save you money. Going green calls for putting the planet’s interests above yours and it can yield financial benefits too. With World Environment Day being celebrated this week, ET Wealth tell you about eco-friendly measures that also save money. Energy-efficient […]

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Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg: ‘This Is Not Over Yet, Not Even Close’

June 1, 2019 Anand Gupta

Political Climate speaks to activist Greta Thunberg and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the R20 Austrian World Summit in Vienna. Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg was all alone when she started protesting the lack of political action on climate change last year outside of the Swedish parliament. Today, the Friday climate strikes inspired by […]

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New IRENA report on costs for renewable power reaffirms renewables as low-cost solution to boost global climate action

May 29, 2019 Anand Gupta

Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the international discussion on raising climate action worldwide, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s global preparatory meeting for the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September. […]

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