Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and Magnum Development are building an advanced clean energy storage (ACES) facility in central Utah. The facility will be able to … Continue reading World’s largest battery storage facility being built in Utah salt caverns
IBM is expanding its Watson-powered decision platform for agriculture and is launching a new global predictive agriculture solution for farmers. The offering taps into The Weather … Continue reading IBM expands AI-powered predictive agriculture solution with new tools
Opposition to World Bank’s climate-smart mining initiative grows The World Bank’s launch of its “climate-smart” mining fund has attracted criticism from conservation groups, as the demand … Continue reading Can mining be climate-safe?
The city of Montreal is developing a decarbonization plan that’ll see the city phase out heating oil and other carbon-releasing heating sources. The plan calls for … Continue reading Montreal’s 2050 decarbonization plan targets heating systems
Akamai has announced that construction on the Seymour Hills Wind Farm has been completed and it will become commercially operational in the coming weeks. Akamai invested … Continue reading Akamai to power Dallas area data center with wind energy
Skyre, a company that has developed a proprietary electrochemical platform for transforming waste gases into other products, is making some of its technology available commercially to … Continue reading Skyre launches commercially-scalable platform to remove CO2 from atmosphere
The City of Newark, New Jersey has tapped Honeywell for an energy savings improvement project. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and the city’s Department of Engineering … Continue reading City of Newark taps Honeywell for energy efficiency project
Michigan-based utility DTE said it’s revising its carbon reduction goals by a full decade, and will push two coal plants into early retirement. DTE wants to … Continue reading Michigan’s DTE speeds up de-carbonization plan
Climate change is beginning to interrupt business as usual. That’s according to Scott Mair, president of AT&T Operations, who said the growing threat of natural disasters … Continue reading AT&T commissions climate model to help combat future disaster costs
Over 300 corporations, including Google, Facebook, General Motors and Walmart, announced the launch of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA). The membership association will help drive … Continue reading Google, GM, Walmart and others launch Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
Florida Power & Light (FPL) will build the world’s largest solar-powered battery system in a bid to accelerate the retirement of two of its fossil fuel … Continue reading Florida Power & Light to build world’s largest solar-powered battery system
Startup FuelGems has unveiled a new nanotechnology that it says will help curb gasoline and diesel usage. FuelGems’ nanoparticle additive is able to decrease fuel consumption … Continue reading FuelGems’ nanotech can reduce engine fuel consumption
UK-based Aldersgate Group, an alliance of sustainability-minded leaders, has published a new report that calls for an overhaul of transportation systems in order to reduce emissions. … Continue reading Transportation needs a systemic overhaul to reduce emissions
Jackson, Michigan Mayor Derek Dobies unveiled the city’s vision for a “Smart Energy District” in downtown Jackson to promote sustainable and low-carbon city solutions. The city … Continue reading Jackson Michigan announces ‘Smart Energy District’
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) in Spain have developed software to help make airborne wind energy (AWE) systems more efficient and effective at … Continue reading New software may make energy-generating kites more effective
A team of researchers in Japan and China have created a new technology that could be used to capture and store atmospheric carbon in a solid … Continue reading Battery technology inspires a new approach to carbon removal
Local governments across China are pushing to adopt more smart infrastructure to leverage big data and improve efficiencies. Online retail giant Alibaba has established a reputation … Continue reading Alibaba marries carbon reduction with China’s ‘cashless’ trends
Panasonic is building a low carbon smart city just outside of Denver, Colorado. The community is being built on a 400-acre plot not far from Denver’s … Continue reading Panasonic builds a low-carbon community from the ground up
Last year, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman officially unveiled the Innovation District, a segment of the city that Goodman hoped would become a “digital playground” … Continue reading Las Vegas ‘Innovation District’ is a testbed for smart city tech
Siemens and AES are coming together to create one of the world’s largest energy storage solutions companies. The two giants in the space have created a … Continue reading AES & Siemens seek to dominate ‘energy network of tomorrow’ with Fluence
