The first to take advantage of solar energy in Chile’s Atacama desert, the company Subsole launches a solar project that will power their irrigation and homes in a neighboring town.
On the north coast of Colombia, Grupo Daabon has 20,000 acres of organic African palm plantations, feeding a biodiesel boom. The South American country has mandated that commercial diesel must contain 20 percent biodiesel by 2020.
Scientists at the University of Newcastle have spent more than a decade refining plastic polymer technology to create liquid semiconductors that can be used to make solar cells.
At the world's largest electricity-producing geothermal field, California energy company Calpine is developing a process to produce power from hot rocks without water.
At the world's largest electricity-producing geothermal field, a California company is developing a process to produce power from hot rocks without water.
Lima’s seasonal fog could be a sustainable source of water for the world's second largest desert city, particularly as climate change is expected to lead to water shortages.
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