El Hierro, an example of sustainability The 100% renewable El Hierro project involves the application of a new energy model. The objective of this pioneering initiative worldwide is for the island to meet its energy needs solely with renewable energy. Nearly all is from wind power and via water storage in a high lake for […]
New York City’s natural gas ban is a major milestone for city climate policy
By Camille Squires New York City just became the largest city in the US to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings, a step toward the city’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050. The new law, which the city council passed 40-7 (with one abstention) on Dec. 15, prohibits new buildings from using gas for […]
China is Home to World’s First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
China continues to stake its claim as the world’s biggest proponent of new nuclear energy technology, connecting its first small modular reactor to the power grid. China Huaneng Group Co.’s 200-megawatt unit 1 reactor at Shidao Bay is now feeding power to the grid in Shandong province, the China Nuclear Energy Association said in a WeChat […]
Video Commentary: Are microgrids the perfect power system?
Microgrid: A Perfect Power System “As of today, one billion people on this planet don’t have access to electricity. If the purpose is the cheapest electricity, we can do it. If the purpose is the most reliable electricity, we can do it. If the most important issue is when the hurricane hits, they can keep […]
Introducing the Earth Index
By Ralph Torrie The race to net-zero will be a defining feature of the 21st-century global economy, but Canada’s climate change response is stuck at the starting gate. The share of our electricity supply provided by clean, renewable power is stagnating when we need it to be galloping forward, and the fossil fuel share of […]
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