Parakram Pyakurel, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering at Southampton Solent University writes on The Conversation website about concerns such as energy security because of the dependence of renewable energy technologies on non-renewable resources. Lithium is finite – but clean technology relies on such non-renewable resources Renewable energy is generally … Continue reading Concerns about renewable energy dependent on non-renewable resources such as rare earth elements
New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?
This year with the Clean Energy Package in Europe now at the stage of implementation it is important that there are fresh ideas leading to more effective action. The Buildings Performance Institute Europe has just published an important new briefing arguing that accelerating deep renovation requires a systemic transformation of the construction sector, which can … Continue reading New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?
Spanish utility now using blockchain to “guarantee” that the energy it supplies to its customers comes from 100 percent renewable sources
Blockchain technology is starting to become an important tool for many industries. Anmar Frangoul explains how the energy company Iberdrola is using it to promote renewable energy in an article on the CNBC website. Iberdrola uses blockchain to ensure renewable energy supply Major utility provider Iberdrola has used blockchain technology to “guarantee” that the … Continue reading Spanish utility now using blockchain to “guarantee” that the energy it supplies to its customers comes from 100 percent renewable sources
Are you a fluid thinker? A Prius or wine? Or possibly both?
Sometimes one needs to read an article that just takes a different slant on life. Dave McIntyre writes a good article in the Washington Post about your wine choice. Even if you are having a dry January, you should enjoy. What your wine choices say about the way you think “You’re a fluid thinker,” my … Continue reading Are you a fluid thinker? A Prius or wine? Or possibly both?
Ecological grief – need to expand the narrative of climate change and find ways to support one another, encourage action, and create healthy communities
As climate change marches forward, it will exact a mounting, tangible toll on our collective mental health and productivity. Michaela Cavanagh writes on the undark website about the wide range of impacts of climate change. It’s Time to Talk About Ecological Grief When I called Courtney Howard, one of the authors of the recent … Continue reading Ecological grief – need to expand the narrative of climate change and find ways to support one another, encourage action, and create healthy communities
The European Investment Bank has launched consultation in support of sustainable energy goals
For our low-carbon energy transition, we definitely need more investments in renewable energy technologies. David Foxwell writes on the Offshore Wind Journal website about a new consultation by the EIB to strengthen the impact of its future energy lending. The EiB page on the consultation is here. EIB launches energy lending consultation in support … Continue reading The European Investment Bank has launched consultation in support of sustainable energy goals
Wind turbines are having an effect on songbird communication
Mark Whittingham, Professor of Applied Ecology at Newcastle University writes on The Conversation website about a different issue concerning birds and wind turbines. We are used to reading about the deaths of birds flying into the turbines. Well, now we are reading about how it changes their voice. Robin hushed: wind turbines are making … Continue reading Wind turbines are having an effect on songbird communication
How one family is following a low-carbon lifestyle
Undoubtedly, this low-carbon energy transition makes us wonder what it means for us. Tereza Stastna writes on the Deutsche Welle website about the efforts of one family in Berlin. It ends with a very good quote we should all reflect on: "It's not just a project, and it's not a game," she says. "Our kids … Continue reading How one family is following a low-carbon lifestyle
A mother has won the right to a fresh inquest over whether air pollution caused the death of her nine-year-old daughter
EiD writes regularly about the impact of air pollution. Jasmine Andersson writes on the I newsletter website about the efforts of one mother to have a new inquest to determine whether air pollution caused the death of her nine-year-old daughter. It will be important to follow future developments in the inquest. Death of nine-year-old … Continue reading A mother has won the right to a fresh inquest over whether air pollution caused the death of her nine-year-old daughter
More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the seas
Damian Carrington writes in The Guardian that seas absorb 90% of climate change’s energy as new research reveals vast heating over past 150 years. This has to be a big concern. Now to solve it. Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second Global warming has heated the oceans by the … Continue reading More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the seas
