Greenlight Planet, one of the finalists in the 2016 Zayed Future Energy Prize competition, is a leading SME making solar-powered lamps and mobile phone chargers. It was launched by one University of Illinois student in 2005, Patrick Walsh. He studied engineering, physics, and economics there and earned two degrees. Over the last 10 years, Greenlight Planet…
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Costa Rica Is Now Running On 100% Renewable Electricity
In six years, Costa Rica plans to be carbon neutral. It's getting closer to that goal: In March, the government announced that the country has been running on nothing but renewable electricity in 2015. Compare that to the U.S., where renewables generate only around 13% of electricity. Of course, Costa Rica is tiny in comparison—with a…
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