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Rennes becomes first French metropolis to ban heating terraces of bars and restaurants

Polluting and wasteful outdoor heaters may soon be banned in France, as one city takes the lead in prohibiting businesses from…

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These Nine U.S. cities are at the forefront the nation’s solar upswing

Together, nine cites spread across the States are generating more solar power between them than the entire country did just a…

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Climate hope News bulletin: bumper edition

Cause and effect have come into play, and certain geopolitical events have triggered unforeseen but far-reaching and positive repercussions in terms…

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Stanford engineers adapt regular solar panels to generate electricity at night

Researchers have developed a device that helps off-the-shelf solar cells generate electricity—even in the absence of light—using the fluctuating temperature of…

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European countries accelerate green energy transition

Europe's transition to cleaner energy has taken on a new urgency in light of current affairs, as more EU states announce…

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Abandoned coal fields in Virginia to be reborn as solar farms

The Nature Conservancy is transforming six former coal mining sites in southwest Virginia into solar installations large enough to contribute renewable…

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Sustainable Planet

Australia’s biggest coal plant to close 7 years early

The 2.88 gigawatt Eraring plant will close seven years earlier than planned, as its operator became increasingly unable to compete with…

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Colorado ‘solar garden’ grows crops under the solar panels that provide power for 300 homes annually

Designed to farm more than just solar energy, Jack's Solar Garden is the largest commercially active ‘agrivoltaics’ system, researching a variety of…

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Portugal’s power production now coal-free and ahead of schedule

20 November was the first day of electricity production without the burning of coal, after the Pego plant exhausted its stock,…

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Netherlands builds world’s largest solar car park where electric cars can both charge & supply power

This sustainable car park at a Dutch insurance company’s head office in Utrecht can simultaneously charge and discharge 250 electric cars…

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Rennes becomes first French metropolis to ban heating terraces of bars and restaurants

These Nine U.S. cities are at the forefront the nation’s solar upswing

Climate hope News bulletin: bumper edition

Stanford engineers adapt regular solar panels to generate electricity at night

European countries accelerate green energy transition

Abandoned coal fields in Virginia to be reborn as solar farms

Australia’s biggest coal plant to close 7 years early

Colorado ‘solar garden’ grows crops under the solar panels that provide power for 300 homes annually

Portugal’s power production now coal-free and ahead of schedule

Netherlands builds world’s largest solar car park where electric cars can both charge & supply power

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