Smart Cities News

The global initiative supports Helsinki’s goal of achieving a more significant role for cities in implementing the sustainable development goals.

In the 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard, the city earned the highest score for its building policies and a perfect score for its energy efficiency outreach and programmes.

The Committee on Climate Change’s new progress report reveals that the UK Government has delivered just one of 25 critical policies to lower emissions in the past year.

Floating wind platforms will begin to deliver “multiple gigawatts” of electrical power within the next five years, racing to almost 20 GW of capacity by 2030, says report.

Environment America Research & Policy Centre’s annual report also reveals that solar power has doubled in most major cities over the past six years.

Four demonstrator projects have been chosen, which aim to show how businesses can develop local smart energy approaches at scale and create better outcomes for consumers.

Through its City Works programme, the ride-sharing company will invest $50 million or 1 per cent of profits in locally-driven transportation or other initiatives.

ChargeWheel has secured investment to build a network of its energy trailers aimed at micro-mobility fleets and electric vehicles.

The €31 million project aims to demonstrate survivability and cost-competitiveness of floating offshore wind technology.

The two sides have signed a MoU to work together on smart technologies such as unmanned aircraft systems, renewable energy and smart streetlights