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Three banks join GABV taking membership to 28

Three more banks have joined the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), which aims to finance sustainable economic, social and environmental development. City First...

Amazon improves standing in Greenpeace clicking clean

Amazon got F grading for energy transparency, renewable energy commitment & siting policy, and renewable energy deployment and advocacy in Greenpeace’s grading for most...

Incompatible smart meters cause metering woes in UK

Smart meters in the UK are reportedly losing their ‘smart’ness when the utility powering them is switched to a different one. A report by The...

R&D key to making renewable energy shift meaningful

The time being should mark an epoch in the global transition to renewable energy sources. Several factors are coming together to make that happen...

SA companies considering fuel cell tech to power mini grids

A pair of companies is working on a fuel cell to power mini grids in South Africa. Anglo American Platinum, South Africa, and Ballard...

GE begins work on 2-MW solar project in New York

The renewable energy unit of General Electric, or GE, has started developing a 2-MW solar project for a corrugated box maker in New York state. GE...

USDA supports energy biomass growers, harvesters with funds

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced incentives for growers and harvesters of clean-energy-yielding biomass. Farmers, ranchers and forest landowners engaged in such activities...

Solar energy investment gaining ground globally

Climate change is bringing more nations into the renewable energy fold as much as the possibility that the world would run out of fossil...