Sustainability

As the charity prepares to move out of “stealth mode” SolarBuddy Founder and CEO, Simon Doble, sat down with pv magazine to discuss how his organization plans to lift as many people as it can from extreme energy poverty, and how expanding to the US will help accelerate that mission.

The website is intended to streamline the awareness of and access to clean energy programs and energy assistance for low- to moderate-income households in New York State.

Maryland’s Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 sets a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2031, and establishes 2045 as the state’s goal for becoming carbon neutral. Governor Hogan said he will let the Act pass without his signature.

The AgriSolar Clearinghouse embarked on its national tour of agrivoltaics at Arizona’s Biosphere 2. Agrivolatics is the practice of co-locating food production and solar photovoltaics.

A think tank analysis suggests that if solar power keeps up its growth pace, along with wind, then the global power sector will meet its carbon reduction targets to keep world temperatures in check.

Photovoltaics can wipe out 4.25 billion tons of carbon emissions every year this decade, according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Even so, the actions announced so far remain way short of what is needed, with capital flows to fossil fuels still greater than the cash directed toward combating climate change.

If the school turns to geothermal for all of its heating and cooling needs, Berkeley will be the first University of California campus to achieve on-site zero-carbon energy goals.

Munich, Germany’s municipal bus fleet will now be equipped with solar-powered trailer units.

Communities LEAP Program aims to provide supportive services valued at up to $16M for community-driven clean energy transitions.

The International Renewable Energy Agency’s latest global outlook has spelled out just how ‘woefully’ far the world is from capping temperature rises at 1.5C, and lamented: ‘The stimulus and recovery efforts associated with the pandemic have also proved a missed opportunity.’