Energy and Climate Change

Though still in the prototype stage, EMPA is currently looking for commercial partners to assist in creating a compact version of the system for household domestic use.

Progressive companies will be instrumental in helping pioneer state policies to help meet their clean energy procurement targets, and set the stage for other companies to follow suit.

With just over a week left as president, Obama is making his final case for the importance of the low-carbon energy transition.

The technology uses low-cost plastic antennas and devices placed on power lines so that the existing infrastructure is a guide for broadband signals.

Will vehicle-to-grid applications soon become mainstream?

The team has already performed successful tests of the technology, and will be demoing the electric roads on a larger scale with a public bus route in Tel Aviv.

Combined, the projects will install 41 to 50 wind turbines north of the Yellowstone River with enough power for 30,000 to 40,000 homes.

Their innovation aims to provide clean energy to the world by taking smart solar panels quite literally to the streets.

Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s likely to be the lowest-cost option almost everywhere.

The huge amount of power being generated means that in the past three days wind energy has accounted for 26 per cent of the country’s total energy consumption.