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Society Tanzania

4. December 2023

Everyone’s Getting Electricity a Year Ahead of Schedule Here

By June 2024, Tanzania is set to provide all rural villages across the country with electricity.

Society

Girl in front of computer in rural Tanzania

Society Tanzania

16. November 2023

Quality of Life Upgrade: More Electricity in Rural Towns

Tanzania is deploying formidable efforts to electrify the rural parts of its territory through a program meant to greatly improve its population’s quality of life and livelihoods and protect its human capital.

Environment

Windmills behind an oil pumpjack in Texas

Environment USA

27. October 2023

Connecting Power Generators Is Quick and Affordable Here

The United States could learn a thing or two from Texas' electricity market, where interconnection times between power generators are the shortest in the nation - leading to more renewables deployment, more quickly.

Society

France, Paris, Cityscape with french flag and Eiffel tower in background

Society France

18. October 2023

From Lifestyle to Luxury, France Leads the Way in Europe

France is outperforming its European peers in a myriad of categories.

Environment

Environment China

9. October 2023

Offshore Wind Farm Generates Record Power in a Single Day

With the help of a typhoon raging off the coast of China, an offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest – was able to break the record for single-day power generation.

Technology

Technology USA

8. October 2023

LED Lightbulbs Save Costs and Energy – So Let’s Make Them the Norm!

To reduce the cost of lighting even more, the United States has imposed new lighting energy efficiency rules, further solidifying the place cheap and long-lasting LEDs play in households.

Environment

Environment Egypt

14. September 2023

This Country Plans to Cut Emissions Five Years Ahead of Schedule

Determined to make a change for the better of the environment, Egypt has decided to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix and reduce emissions emitted from the electricity sector by 2030.

Environment

Environment Barbados

11. September 2023

Energy Storage: The Key to This Island’s Environmental and Economic Salvation?

As part of its ambitious plan to become a 100% renewable energy and carbon-neutral economy by 2030, the island nation of Barbados is investigating – and putting to the test – an energy storage pilot project that could drive investment in the country’s economy.

Environment

Environment Spain

15. June 2023

100% Green Electricity, for a Record-Breaking Time

On a typical weekday, and for a record-breaking nine hours, the Spanish power grid managed to generate more than enough green electricity to cover the entirety of its mainland demand, proof of renewable power sources’ reliability.

Environment

Environment Vietnam

12. June 2023

Less Coal-Fired Electricity: The Hundred-Billion-Dollar Plan

Vietnam has a national plan to cut in half its coal use by 2030.