Swiss Insolight testing translucent solar modules to boost crop yield
Swiss solar tech startup Insolight has developed translucent solar modules that can help improve crop yield.
More efficient machinery helps Graničar agricultural cooperative fight climate change
Agricultural cooperative Graničar has invested in high-performance farm machinery that helps cut CO2 emissions and fight climate change.
EUKI calls for project ideas for transboundary climate action in Europe
The European Climate Initiative – EUKI launched a call for the civil society, authorities and educational entities to outline cross-border climate projects.
Get ready – EUKI is just about to launch call for cross-border climate projects
The European Climate Initiative – EUKI is about to start its fifth call for climate action financing for nonprofit organizations.
ColdHubs keeps farmers’ products cool with off-grid solar technology
Photovoltaic technology is becoming more affordable, which enabled ColdHubs of Nigeria to offer low prices for the use of its off-grid cold rooms. This year’s clim@ finalist’s invention is helping farmers and green market vendors preserve fruit and vegetables. Less food waste ultimately means less hunger. The tragical impression that perishing food makes in a […]
Romania rolls out agricultural land law amid renewables producers outcry
RWEA and PATRES have warned the rules coming into force on October 13 would make it nearly impossible to develop renewable energy projects on land outside cities. Romania introduced a string of categories of individuals and entities that will have priority in buying agricultural land and it can’t be repurposed. President of Romania Klaus Iohannis […]
Croatian farmers urge scrapping public call for renewables auctions
The Croatian Chamber of Agriculture (HPK) has urged the Croatian Energy Market Operator (HROTE) to scrap its public call for the award of premiums and guaranteed purchase prices for electricity from renewable sources, citing unclear criteria for the agriculture sector and the favoring of importers who import “suspicious waste” for the production of electricity. In […]
EU court fines Greece over pollution of water with agricultural nitrates
The Balkan state was supposed to undertake measures of protection from harmful fertilizers by December 2017. The Court of Justice of the European Union said Greece must pay a lump sum of EUR 3.5 million as it was late in tackling the pollution of surface water and groundwater with nitrates. Following a culmination in the […]