Malé hosts Island Renewable Energy Initiative with IRENA
Male, Maldives, 13 October — Ministers and senior officials representing 30 countries and organizations from…
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The geoengineering fallacy
Barbara Unmüßig Geoengineering technologies are not yet deployable globally, but support for them is advancing…
Epic World solar car race gets underway in Australia
An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across the desert heart of Australia designed to…
Solar energy is the fastest growing source of power
A report shows that solar energy was the fastest-growing source of power last year, accounting…
Nations closer to unlocking over 200GW geothermal energy
Florence, Italy, 12 Sept —Governments have agreed to work together to identify and implement measures…
Ministerial meet in Italy to scale-up geothermal energy
Government and private sector leaders assemble to unlock geothermal’s 200GW of potential Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.…
BD power corpn inks solar power purchase deal with private co
State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) on Sunday with…
China’s renewable-energy revolution
Jiang Kejun and Jonathan Woetzel Beijing – At the start of 2017, China announced that…
BD govt ratifies deal on Int’l solar alliance
The Cabinet on Monday ratified an agreement under which Bangladesh became a member of 121…
Save Sundarbans and Green Energy confce in Berlin
Berlin, (Germany) – The construction of a 1320 MW capacity coal-fired power plant is going…
A greener grid for East Asia
Sung-Young Kim and John A. Mathews Sydney – Not long ago, the future of nuclear…
Guyana’s Model Green Town reflects ambitious national plan
Bartica, Guyana, Aug 3 (IPS) – At the head of Guyana’s Essequibo River, 50 miles…
Electric vehicles form future of auto industry
Electric cars constitute less than 0.1 percent of the vehicle market today, but the market…
Govt target to generate 2000mw power from renewable sources
The government has set a target to generate 2000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable…
China’s ZTE Corp to setup solar power plant in Rangamati
Dhaka – Dhaka – State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) on Sunday signed deal with a…
Queen honours young leaders frokm Bangladesh
Her Majesty The Queen presented young people from Bangladesh with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award…
Solar tents improve nutrition in highlands villages of Bolivia
By Franz Chávez Phuyuwasi, Bolivia, Jun 7 2017 (IPS) – In this remote highlands valley…
For green energy friends and activists
We are some Bangladeshis and Bangladeshi-origin Germans currently living in different German cities and from…
Bangladesh moves to burn grain for fuel
Energy ministry officials said in a gazette notification early this year that the country will…
Sustainability train has already well and truly left the station
Climate change and risks to fossil fuel industry: sustainability train has left the station Dhaka…
Caribbean pursues green growth despite uncertain times
By Desmond Brown Bridgetown, Barbados, Apr 14 (IPS) – Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours are…
Green power: Wave of the future
By Françoise d’Estais, Angus McCrone & Ulf Moslener Paris/Frankfurt/London, Apr 6 (IPS) – The price…
Eliminating energy-related carbon emissions possible: IRENA
Decarbonisation of global energy system, led by renewables and efficiency, would create economic gains Berlin,…
Private solar mini-grids take power to 9 remote BD islands
Sadrul Hasan, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Mar 4 – Some 5,000 consumers in nine remote…
Gas price hike: BNP to stage sit-in Thursday
Dhaka – BNP is set to observe a two-hour sit-in programme on Thursday in front…
Renewable energy mission needs a robust grid network
What is the Problem? Air pollution in Delhi and metropolitan cities of India has dominated…
Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world–and that figure…
Solar-Powered Trike Ambulance In Bangladesh
by Steve Hanley A solar-powered, three-wheel ambulance may look like a crude oddity to those…
Cheap solar ambulances to speed into service in rural Bangladesh
An inexpensive, solar-powered ambulance that can fit down narrow laneways is set to hit the…
Russian nuclear energy corpn Rosaton takes up wind energy
Dhaka – Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has approved partnership of its affiliated company…