renewable energy solutions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:04:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Remote and Island Communities Reap the Benefits of Renewable Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/remote-islands-renewable-energy/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/remote-islands-renewable-energy/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:04:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57535 Islands and remote communities are in a tough position. Their infrastructure and transportation rely on oil, but their location makes ensuring a steady supply of reasonably-priced fuel a challenge. That’s why many of these communities have turned to renewable energy as the price of the technologies drop. The Rocky Mountain Institute recently released a report […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/remote-islands-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 57535 Beznau Protest Success: All Swiss Nuclear Power Plants To Go Offline Until 2034 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/switzerland-nuclear-power-20110526/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/switzerland-nuclear-power-20110526/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 18:19:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18840 In a recent article I published, I've been saying that it's hard to almost impossible for a country like France, which depends heavily on nuclear power, to give up using it. Well, it looks like the democratic process worked after all in Switzerland, where crowds peacefully demonstrating near one of the oldest nuclear power plant in Beznau succeeded convincing the authorities to give up nuclear for good until 2034.

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