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Two manufacturing personnel in yellow aprons stand beside a large solar PV module component, in which they and the factory are reflected.

June 12, 2024 Jim McClelland

Ecolabel first for solar industry manufacturing

News: Helping identify embodied carbon in clean tech, ecolabel adds first solar PV modules to product list from industry climate champions.

Multiple solar arrays cover woodland hilltops, with mountains in distance.

March 28, 2024 Jim McClelland

Record, but inequitable, growth in renewables

News: Global growth in renewables broke new records last year, however, this transition success story plays out very unevenly worldwide.

'Antonia vom Kamp' solar-electric ferry, powered by Torqeedo, viewed from above to show PV on roof. (Image credit: Christian Brecheis)

July 20, 2022 Jim McClelland

Bike across the Baltic Sea on a solar-electric ferry

News: New solar-electric ferry service now makes taking your bike to a popular tourist island in the Baltic Sea easier, cleaner and greener.

Stelmuze Oak, an English (Pedunculate) oak tree in Stelmuze village, Lithuania. It is the oldest oak in Lithuania and one of the oldest in Europe.

June 8, 2021 Jim McClelland

Lithuania to move beyond biomass in record energy transition

News: Lithuania is undergoing an energy transition at record speed, with ambitions now to move beyond biomass, towards solar and heat pumps.

Image of proposed sustainable desalination project in the Sundarbans, West Bengal (CGI)

November 26, 2020 Jim McClelland

Probably the best… water desalination project in India?

News: Solar-thermal water purification tech partners with famous beer brand on desalination project to create clean drinking water in India.

Ship docked in new green berthing area at Port of Hamburg

July 22, 2020 Jim McClelland

Green berthing area for Port of Hamburg moors ships off-grid

News: In a boost for sustainable shipping, a new green berthing area has been built for the Port of Hamburg, using solar systems to moor vessels off-grid.

April 6, 2020 Jim McClelland

News: Off-grid solar home-schooling in Kenya

News: Off-grid solar solutions are helping children across Kenya continue their education while schools remain shut down during the Coronavirus crisis.