Tesla's big battery will change power and politics

Tesla’s big Australian battery will demonstrate how renewable energy can be stored in significant quantities. The battery will supply 30,000 homes.

40-foot shipping container farm can grow 5 acres of food with 97% less water

Shipping container farms, called TerraFarms, grow produce twice as fast as a traditional farm, all while using 97 percent less water and zero pesticides or herbicides.

India Plants Record-breaking 66 Million Trees in 12 Hours

Over 1.5 million volunteers gathered together to plant the saplings by the Narmada river in India. The record-breaking event was organized in accordance with the country’s climate change goals.

Amazing low-cost Lifehaus homes are made from recycled materials

A Lebanon company is developing energy neutral, self-sufficient homes that can produce their own food and clean power.

World's first pole-mounted energy storage system showing promising results

The pole-mounted unit is able to store the equivalent energy of approximately 2,100 smartphone batteries and it is unique - it doesn't have a footprint as it is attached to existing power poles.

Tiny solar-powered homes pop up in less than a day

KODA, a line of tiny prefabricated homes that pop up in just one day, come with highly energy-efficient features, from solar panels to built-in smart home systems.

All New Volvo Cars Will Be Electric Or Hybrid Starting In 2019

The company has announced that starting in 2019, all of the new models it produces will be electric or hybrid.

Germany’s power sector making serious strides in renewable energy

From January to June Germany produced a record 35 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. But the country is still struggling with heating and transportation.

Sea shells: A new source of sustainable biomaterials

Researchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences are looking at environmentally and economically sustainable options for sea shells biomaterials.

Building a sustainable ‘highway of the future’

US is experimenting with roadways that create their own clean, renewable energy, drive-thru automated tire safety stations and sensor-embedded highways that transmit data about their condition.

A company to build world’s largest rotating solar plant in South Korea

A South Korean solar developer revealed last week plans to build the world’s largest rotating solar park at a reservoir in the country.

Beauty Brand is calling for global ban on animal testing

The non-profit organisation is joining forces with the Body Shop to launch Forever Against Animal Testing, a campaign to enforce a global ban by 2020. They plan to take the campaign all the way to the United Nations.

Dutch Windwheel project moves forward

Latest designs have been presented for the Dutch Windwheel, a 174m-tall structure in Rotterdam that will be a combination of energy generator, residendial block and tourist attraction.