Kite Power Solutions (KPS) and its consortium of technology partners has secured a $1.4 million (USD) grant from the UK government to accelerate the development of … Continue reading Flying Kite Generates Energy from the Wind
Local government officials in the Australian city of Adelaide have pledged to see the town become the country’s first carbon-neutral smart city. Australia has become a … Continue reading Ambitious Adelaide’s Plan to Become Australia’s Carbon-Neutral Smart City
Panasonic has partnered with Nomura Real Estate Development and the Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town (SST) Council to build a “smart city” pilot community in Yokohama, Japan. … Continue reading Panasonic Builds ‘Sustainable Smart Town’ in Japan
Nations around the world saw increased commitments to energy alternatives in 2015, as the global community begins its transition towards a post-fossil fuel world order. Renewables … Continue reading Record-Breaking 2015 Sees Unprecedented Global Investment in Renewable Energy
Commuters in 20 cities across the US are now able to make more informed and sustainable decisions about getting from one place to the next, thanks … Continue reading TransitScreen Helps Commuters Make Smart Transport Decisions
City and local governments can serve as leaders in key sectors that’ll impact the global transition to a low carbon society. That’s according to a large … Continue reading Cities Can Be ‘Lighthouses’ for Curbing Emissions
A study from NOAA and University of Colorado at Boulder has found US could reduce GHG emissions from power production by up to 78% below 1990 … Continue reading ‘Energy Interstate’ Makes Low-Carbon Goals Feasible
The first phase of one of the world’s largest solar farms is now generating power in Morocco, as the country aims to derive 52% of its … Continue reading First Phase of City-Sized Saharan Solar Farm Is Now Complete
Germany-based firm Heliatek has developed organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cell film that’s able to convert solar energy into electricity with record conversion efficiency. The flexible “Heliafilm” … Continue reading Organic Photovoltaic Film Sets Record for Efficiency
SheerWind, a Minnesota-based wind energy company, has developed a striking tower funnel structure that generates power from slow wind. This week, SheerWind was one of 14 … Continue reading Giant Funnel Generates Power from ‘Slow Wind’
Energy storage advancements will become an important enabler for communities transitioning to cleaner methods of energy production, according to EnergyNest CEO Christian Thiel. EnergyNest is an energy … Continue reading Concrete ‘Nest’ Saves Energy in the Form of Heat for Later Use
In 2015, UPS became the largest user of renewable energy in the shipping industry, when it began using a source of natural gas that is derived … Continue reading UPS Drives Market for Drop-In Renewable Fuels
Chip maker Broadcom unveiled a new high-powered router processor that can deliver over 5 Gbps of system data throughput “without taxing the CPU,” the company claims. … Continue reading Broadcom’s 64Bit Quad-Core Router Processor Is an ‘Industry First’
China-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Longsys Technology has created a tiny Silicon-in-package (SiP) Wi-Fi module that will enable high processing power capabilities in size-constrained … Continue reading A Tiny Wi-Fi SiP Module that Will Help IoT Sensors Get Smaller
Despite Historic Paris Agreement, Money Is Still a Looming Uncertainty in Our Clean Energy Future Africa’s leaders attending the COP21 conference have called for the commitment … Continue reading Financing the Climate Paradigm Shift
New strides have been made in turning water into fuel. Researchers from University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin recently announced new techniques they’ve discovered that … Continue reading Research Makes Turning Water into Fuel a Bit Easier
The city of San Francisco recently made headlines after the France-based firm Sigfox completed its installation of a wireless communication network that will be used exclusively … Continue reading How Will the ‘Things’ Communicate?
Renewable energy firm Aora has designed a hybrid biogas-solar structure that can power homes in off-grid scenarios such as in rural environments and small villages. The … Continue reading Solar Tulip System Supplies Power Day and Night
AT&T is positioning itself to become an early player in the fledgling smart city programs popping up across the US. AT&T announced its “Smart Cities Initiative” … Continue reading AT&T Enters the ‘Smart Cities’ Space
One Firm Creates a City OS to Tackle Data Silos and Smart Development Cities will become top benefactors of the so-called Big Data era, if they … Continue reading How to Build a City for the Future
