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 […]

Renewables September 17, 2020

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 […]

Renewables August 12, 2020