Category: sustainaility

UN declares the Decade of Sustainable Energy for all from 2014 to 2024

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UN has declared unanimously the decade 2014 – 2024 as the “Decade for the Sustainable Energy for all” highlighting in this way the aspect of the sustainable energetic development for all the people of the world. UN reaffirms, with this…

Top 7 examples of renewable energy sources

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Renewable energy sources are those obtained from inexhaustible natural resources on a human scale. This can be caused either because the sources are limitless (the Sun, wind, etc.) or because the natural resource has the capacity to regenerate itself naturally…

Where is tidal energy used?

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Tidal energy is a sustainable source of energy that has been used for many years worldwide. The principle of tidal energy is based on capturing the movement produced in the water by the tides. This is achieved by using turbines which…

DESERTEC, a sustainable initiative to provide clean energy

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DESERTEC is a foundation, established in January 2009, aimed to use the renewable and sustainable energy generated in deserts and arid regions worldwide in order to supply as many people and businesses as possible with renewable, clean energy. The deserts of the world offer…

Tidal Power in Scotland, an opportunity to harness sustainable energy

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Edinburgh and Oxford University professors have estimated that about 25% of Europe’s tidal energy resources are in Scotland’s coastal areas. These areas have the potential to generate vast quantities of tidal, wind and wave power. It has also been said that tidal…

Renewable energy share in the energy mix is rising

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According to a report performed by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), called ¨Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014¨ the share of sustainable energies in the energy mix is increasing every year despite of the reduction of investments, -14% in 2013 and -11%…

Energy storage promotes renewable energy sources

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European Union have founded a project that developes a energy storage system that will help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and will encourage and promote the use of renewable energy sources in any type of building or district. The project is called…