Environment

A few days ago, I opened up the Jackery Explorer 1000 Solar Power Station and did some initial testing and setup. You can get a lot more detail there, but in short it’s two 100w solar panels, a 1 kWh battery, and an inverter that can put out up to 1000 watts. It worked pretty

An employee of the ‘Total’ oil refinery stands in front of a large tank with the company’s logo in Leuna, Germany. Waltraud Grubitzsch | picture alliance via Getty Images LONDON — France’s Total on Tuesday reported a massive drop in full-year profit, following a tumultuous 12 months in which commodity prices collapsed amid the coronavirus

As Jennifer Sensiba and others have been pointing out recently, rural areas need electric vehicle charging stations too. Electrify America is stomping across the country building out a large ultrafast charging network, and it has clearly learned a great deal about these needs and the challenges serving these needs in the process. One challenge in

Wind turbines in waters off the coast of Kent, England. Chris Laurens/Construction Photography/Avalon | Hulton Archive | Getty Images The European offshore wind sector attracted over 26 billion euros (around $31.7 billion) of investment last year, a record amount, according to the latest figures from industry body WindEurope. In an announcement Monday, the Brussels-based organization

Matching the result in October 2020, November 2020 saw 100% of new US power capacity coming from wind and solar power, according to data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The figures exclude rooftop solar power, but 100% is 100% either way. Overall, in the first 11 months of 2020, solar and wind power

Royal Dutch Shell products in Torzhok, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported a sharp drop in full-year profit as the coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on the global oil and gas industry. Shell reported adjusted earnings of $4.85 billion for the full-year

Black History Month here in America is really important, because it sheds light on the stories of many African Americans who have fought for justice — whether fighting slavery and for freedom, or fighting for voting rights and equal rights, or fighting for the right to just be seen as human. It’s terrible what African

It wasn’t until I talked to Mango Solar that I realized how long it has been. It feels like just a few years ago that the company was in the news for helping farmers in remote rural Africa stay connected using feature phones. Turns out that was nearly 9 years ago, and as it also

If the name Hunt Oil rings a bell, it should. As an affiliate of US-based Hunt Consolidated, it is part of a $4 billion oil and gas empire and one of the largest privately held firms in the US. If anyone would be interested in cutting off the renewable energy revolution at the knees, that

Recently, the Jackery team sent me one of their portable power stations: the Explorer 1000. Some companies call these “solar generators” because they can act like a generator, but they are in fact a solar panel, batteries, and an inverter to supply 110 volt power for household appliances. Full disclosure: Jackery is giving me the

Cryptocurrency mining rigs at a crypto mining farm in Romania. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Bitcoin’s price isn’t the only thing surging lately — the amount of electricity it consumes is also on the rise. The cryptocurrency has for years alarmed experts due to the sheer level of energy required by

Originally published on WRI’s Blog.By Devashree Saha, Tom Cyrs and Alex Rudee  The Biden administration has committed to a historically ambitious climate agenda. We can expect a profound shift in U.S. federal climate policy — from one of continued domestic rollbacks and international disengagement, to one of forward progress and cooperation. This is critical, as it is not possible to

Fuel prices are displayed at an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil endured a dreadful year by virtually every measure in 2020. The Irving, Texas-based company reported four consecutive quarters of losses, incurred the biggest write-down

Ford unveiled its new all-electric Transit van on Nov. 12, 2020. Ford With President Biden dedicated to pushing electric vehicles as part of both his climate and trade policies, coupled with hot financial markets ready to finance nearly anything green, pressure is building on automakers to go beyond nibbling at the edges of their strategy

February 5th, 2021 by Guest Contributor  Article courtesy of SWEEP, NRDC, and Western Resource Advocates. Nevadans can save more than $14 billion through 2050 by moving from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles (EVs), according to a report released today. EVs can also reduce air pollution, providing an additional $3 billion in benefits for public health

February 5th, 2021 by U.S. Department of Energy  Partnerships and Integrated Technologies Maximize Benefits for Grids, Consumers, and Environment Flip a switch and the lights come on. That’s what Americans expect, thanks to an electricity grid that feeds energy from renewable and traditional sources into millions of homes and businesses. The wind turbines starting to