AmpUp – The App Helping to Charge your Electric Vehicle
The promise of electric vehicles has long occupied the focus of the tech community. For years there have been claims that the adoption of EVs by the general public is right around the corner. Yet, in 2018, sales of EVs
Renewable Energy as a Basis for the Global Economy: An Interview With Poduhvat
Poduhvat has a goal of replacing fossil fuels as a basis for the global economy with renewable energy. Their inventions, designed and developed with the intention of helping bring this goal to realization, include wind turbines applicable to urban environments
Watermills in Austrian Galicia, or energy and population
It was in 2014, I think, that I read that small piece of information in Fernand Braudel’s masterpiece ‘Civilisation and Capitalism’ (Braudel 1981). According to official documents of the Habsburg Empire, in my home region, Lesser Poland (Austrian Galicia under
OFFGRIDBOX: One Unit
Solar Energy production systems in remote areas around the world, providing clean energy to poor rural communities, exist in abundance. But, OffGridBox’s proprietary technology not only produces energy at very low costs but also produces free of charge clean water
Zunum Aero: making electric planes possible
Zunum Aero is perhaps one of the most advanced tech startups in the US. The company works to build hybrid and electric planes, bringing significant innovation to the aviation industry. Not only will Zunum Aero’s planes be much cleaner compared
U.S. Action on Climate Change Will Continue
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he wants to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement was a mistake of historic proportions, not only because such a move is the antithesis of Sustainable Development Goal 13 — to “take urgent
Fueling the Clean Energy Market: Global Goals Need Global Solutions
It’s nearly two years since the United Nations launched the Global Goals – also known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. Global Goal 7
The Death of Coal
We’ve all heard it, and possibly seen or felt the effects of customer trends that are increasingly driving consumption changes. The energy sector is no different. I grew up in Rust-Belt Ohio, roughly 30 miles north of the Ohio river,
Beyond the Grid: Bringing Sustainable Energy to the Frontier
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY Judith Walker, director of operations for African Clean Energy (ACE), manufacturing clean energy products including the ACE 1 Solar Biomass Cookstove. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
Eradicating Energy Poverty: WakaWaka is on it
I had the pleasure to speak with Camille Van Gestel, the co-founder and CEO of WakaWaka, a global social enterprise that develops and sells portable solar products. Impakter is familiar with the great work that WakaWaka does, but this time we
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy for All – Youth Lighting up the World
A Closer Look at Solar for Life's Role Editor’s Note: This is the seventh piece in a collaborative series on the Sustainable Development Goals. See the introduction to the series here. Goal 7, to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for