Regarding climate change, that much is abundantly clear. Even at a few tenths of a degree shy of the aspirational ceiling of 1.5 degrees Celsius (about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming above pre-industrial levels, the often-overwhelming impacts of extreme weather driven by the changing climate have hit hard in North America and beyond. During “our […]

“There are simply going to be more and different business models out there,” Cheung says. “There is going to be value in distributed energy resources at the customer’s home; Whether that is a battery, an electric vehicle charger, a heat pump or other forms of flexible load, and managing these in a way that provides […]

This post (Two new climate reports indicate what gardeners may expect in the future), recently posted on The Garden Professors FB page, focuses on climate change and gardening practice impacts. It summarizes the latest (6th) report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the State of the Climate 2020 report.   The author is a Director of the University of Georgia Weather […]

Impossible for Canada to hit any party’s target by 2030 In the current election, the Conservatives say they will reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30% between 2005 and 2030, the original target adopted by the Liberal Government in Paris in 2015. The Liberals have upped the ante to 40 to 45%. The NDP says […]

A 48 MW wind project off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has been completed. The Kincardine Offshore Wind farm is expected to generate up to 218 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough to power 55,000 Scottish households.  The project is comprised of one 2.0 MW Vestas turbine and five 9.5 MW Vestas turbines. [More at […]