Day: October 30, 2020

An aggressive push towards 100% renewable energy would save Americans as much as $321bn in energy costs, while also slashing planet-heating emissions, according to a new report. Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, has vowed to eliminate greenhouse gases from the US power grid within 15 years and essentially zero out emissions by 2050, a plan assailed by Donald Trump as costly and detrimental to the American economy. But a new analysis by Rewiring America, an energy policy organization, finds that households would benefit financially from a complete switch to clean…

Olive production in Pakistan is the next best agricultural solution for supporting the country’s cash-strapped economy. Current shifts in global economics call for innovation in the agriculture sector and a new export portfolio. According to reports, Pakistan imports olive oil worth $2 billion every year. In attempts to overcome this negative balance, the Punjab government initiated an olive production program in Potohar that planted more than 1 million olive trees on 8,000 acres of cultivable land in 2016. Agriculture reforms that address cohesive economic growth are much needed in Pakistan.…

A major renewable energy project in Australia billed as the world’s largest solar farm in development has had its proposed location revealed. The AUD$20 billion facility – the heart of an ambitious electricity network called the Australia–ASEAN Power Link – will be built at a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory, roughly halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs. The gargantuan 10-gigawatt array – spread out across some 20,000 football fields’ worth of photovoltaic panels – might be situated close to the heart of the Australian outback, but the energy reaped from the plant…

LONDON: Today, British Airways has released a video highlighting the measures introduced at the airport and onboard to keep customers safe during the pandemic. In the video, which is available to download below, Head of Global Sales Mark Muren interviews Dr Mike Harrigan, British Airways’ medical lead, on the measures in place including: Asking customers to check-in online, download their boarding pass and where possible self-scan their boarding passes at the departure gate Requiring customers to wear a facemask at all times and bringing enough to replace them every four…

Details surrounding the move to eco-friendly vehicles are still relatively scarce, but according to the report, a road map for the shift to clean vehicles has been made under the guidance of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Essentially, this will be the basis for the country’s future automotive policies. Under the road map, half of China’s total car sales in 2035 will be “new-energy” vehicles, while the other half will be hybrids. The shift is expected to happen incrementally, with 95% of these new-energy models expected to be electric vehicles.…