Renewable technology: What to look out for in upcoming years
Author: Marcus Franck, Co-founder of Smart Renewable Heat Renewable energy is a force to be reckoned with. As environmental protests reach an unprecedented scale, there is huge activity and innovation in this sphere. We’re all in this together: international organizations, national governments, local authorities, and private industry players. Smart innovation impacts the Balkans as much […]
World Bee Day: Pollinators key for food production, biodiversity dying off at alarming rate
Did you know that a man from the South-East European region is one of the fathers of modern beekeeping techniques? Anton Janša was born on May 20, 1734 on the territory of today’s Slovenia, and the United Nations have declared his birthday World Bee Day. Another reason this day is marked in May is the […]
“Transformative change” urged to tackle nature decline as one million species face extinction
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has urged “transformative change” to tackle “unprecedented” rates of nature decline and species extinction, which are now likely to have grave impacts on people around the world. A landmark report by IPBES, which examines the relationship between economic development pathways and their impacts on nature, […]
Top 3 in April: Renewables’ share of global capacity, Equinor, Bulgaria’s electricity export tariff
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) announcement that total renewable energy generation capacity reached a third of total installed electricity capacity worldwide at the end of 2018 made it to the number one spot on our English-language Top 3 Most Read list for April. The list is also available for our portal’s Serbian/local language version. […]
Ford to invest USD 500 million in electric vehicle startup Rivian
Ford Motor Company will invest USD 500 million in electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian, the company said on its website. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-generation battery EV for Ford’s growing EV portfolio using Rivian’s skateboard platform. According to Ford, Rivian already has developed […]
Toyota to provide 24,000 royalty-free licenses for vehicle electrification
With consideration for the amount of time, money and resources needed to develop sustainable mobility to help combat rising emissions and continuing to utilize currently available technology, Toyota Motor Corporation has announced two measures related to its patents and technical knowledge to further promote the widespread use of electrified vehicles. First, Toyota announced that it […]
IRENA invites students to apply for summer trainee program
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has invited applications for its annual summer trainee program, with selected students to be offered a 4 to 8-week placement at the IRENA Headquarters in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi between July and August 2019. GROWTH@IRENA is a summer trainee program that aims to provide undergraduate students with opportunities to […]
Renewable energy reaches one-third of global power capacity at end-2018
Renewable capacity expansion continues to be driven mostly by new installations of solar and wind energy, which accounted for 84% of all new capacity installed in 2018, finally pushing the overall share of hydro to just under 50%. For the first time total renewable energy generation capacity reached a third of total installed electricity capacity, […]