carbon-neutral

8 min.

07/October/2019

Mission possible: Leuven’s strategy for carbon neutrality

Cities

4 min.

Converting coal-fired power stations to run on biomass is often sold as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but studies increasingly show that forest biomass is far from being low carbon. It is also a relatively expensive renewable energy and unlikely to be a good investment choice, says Peg Putt from the Environmental Paper Network

29/May/2019

Why investing in biomass could be risky business

Opinion

15 min.

As the world’s fifth largest economy and a pioneer of environmental laws and policy, all eyes are on California as it turns its attention to freeing its buildings of emissions. Ensuring new houses are equipped with solar panels and that they use no more renewable energy than they consume over the course of the year are top of the list, but existing houses and commercial buildings are also in line for an overhaul as part of the state’s bid to be carbon neutral by 2045

18/April/2019

World watches as California goes for net zero buildings

Cities, Ros Davidson

7 min.

Ørsted’s transformation from a fossil-intensive European utility to a leading global renewable energy company has benefited the company’s bottom line as well as the climate, writes Jakob Askou Bøss, Head of Strategy and Communication

07/March/2019

From black to green in a decade

Opinion

8-9 min.

28/September/2018

The potential to power planes with clean synthetic fuels

Technology

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