BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS The Island of Eigg is the first community in the world to create clean electricity for the whole island all day long. Eigg creates energy from three different sources: the sun, the wind, and waves. In 2008,…
Renewable energy systems are the future, despite Trump’s ideas on climate change
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Renewable energy systems and solar panel power will be the future of America. By now, most people have heard that American President Donald Trump has rejected the idea that human-induced climate change is a very real and…
The Netherlands now has the world’s first completely wind powered trains
BY: RHIANN MOORE As of January 1, 2017, 600,000 daily commuters in the Netherlands have been traveling in complete carbon neutrality. This is because the Dutch NS trains now run on 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of wind energy as a result…
How Scotland is planning to generate power by kite in 2017
BY: RHIANN MOORE Not only do kites power family fun times, as of now they can also harness energy and create power. UK-based company Kite Power Solutions has created a system operated in a pumping cycle of two reciprocating phases…
Is it possible to power a country purely on renewable energy?
Scotland is a small country in the north of Europe with dreams of generating 100% of its gross annual electricity consumption from renewable energy by 2020. It may seem like an impossible ambition for any country to provide electricity in this…