Data Points: Sustainable Energy in America 2016
Renewable Energy World Editors
Renewable Energy World Editors
NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
GENEVA — Thailand’s Khao Lak coast 10 years ago was a wasteland of palm beaches littered with the detritus of destroyed hotels and corpses blackened by the tropical sun.
AFP
India's air now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published Tuesday amid warnings that efforts to curb pollution from coal will not yield results any time soon.
the Guardian
Guardian staff
A new study has found that higher water temperatures have ravaged the Great Barrier Reef, causing the worst coral bleaching recorded by scientists.
www.theguardian.com - Max Opray
Demand for the metal used in electric car batteries has surged. But extraction could threaten the fragile ecosystem of the world’s largest salt flat.
Andy Colthorpe
Using PV, wind and CSP, a ‘Supergrid’ interconnecting North Africa and Europe could take both regions close to 100% renewable energy by 2050, but would require political will and ambitious market design, an expert at Fraunhofer ISE has said.
Chris Mooney
For the second time in a month, leading scientists have closely tied the ancient history of the vast Antarctic ice sheet to a key planetary parameter that humans are now controlling — the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
http://www.pv-tech.org - Tom Kenning
PV Cycle, a not-for-profit compliance and waste management programme solar PV technology in Europe, has achieved a record recycling rate of 96% for silicon-based PV modules.
Previous records stood at around 90%, a PV Cycle spokeswoman told PV Tech.
The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has urged European leaders to set up a "massive" refugee resettlement programme.
Cathaleen Chen
Once considered “the Saudi Arabia of Water,” Brazil is now nearly deplete of it.