Energy

Learn About Sustainability and How to Start at Home

Sustainable living is a practice whereby you reduce the consumption of natural resources. This sometimes could mean foregoing a product created through practices that...

Corporate Sourcing of Renewables Growing, Taking Place in 75 Countries

IRENA study shows world market for corporate sourcing of renewable electricity reached 465 terawatt hours in 2017 – enough to power a country the...

Google To Power Georgia Facility with Solar Panels, and More Big News For Solar Energy

Meta description: Google and other big corporations have inked a deal that will increase solar energy accessibility in Georgia, and solar investments are up around the world

10.3 million of us are making jobs out of renewable energy

The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to the latest...

Moroccans protest: break free from fossil fuels and go solar!

Hundreds of people in Casablanca joined today Greenpeace sun-shaped human banner reading: "Break Free - Go Solar" with the landmark mosque Hassan II in...

Guide: Writing a Research Paper on Solar Energy

You already know how to deal with the research paper in general. Let us pay 2-minute attention to the basics just to freshen up your memory and then we will talk about the specific rules and ideas for writing on solar energy.

Why offsetting programmes can work for you… wherever you live!

There are many arguments for and against carbon offsetting programmes. Some people see the wider-reaching value they offer, while others argue that the concept...

Clean Electricity Flows From The Negev Desert

Close to 60% of Israel’s land mass lies under desert. Lots of sand. And lots of sun. Resolving to view how Israel exploits that...

Popeye was right: Spinach means energy!

Spinach could fuel the next wave of efficient renewable energy, so say researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Tapping into a plant cell that...

How to Use an Evidence-Based Approach When Promoting Your Green Project

While everyone is entitled to their own opinions, we are not entitled to our own facts—and the facts strongly support the thesis that we...

The weird backstory to Daylight Savings Time

Set a reminder to set back your clocks this weekend, as we welcome back (for the hundredth time) Daylight Savings Time. This biannual tradition,...

Israel’s 10 surprising eco contributions to the world

OK, so we know quite a bit about Israel; start-up capital of the universe; uber-friendly to vegans; and offering a portfolio of natural and...

New Dubai mega mall to be Middle East’s biggest (lost opportunity)

Plans were announced today for the new Deira Mall in Dubai, which will be the largest in terms of leasable space in the entire...

Renewable energy will triple in the Middle East, says Siemens

A new report published by Siemens predicts that the share of renewables in the Middle East energy mix will triple over the next 17...

Poultry poop could be a renewable energy source

Coincidental with millions of Americans mummifying their leftover Thanksgiving turkey in cling film, a new study by researchers from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the...

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Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

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