A Haliade-X wind turbine photographed in the Netherlands on March 2, 2022. The Haliade-X is part of a new generation of huge turbines set to be installed in the years ahead. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | G...
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Taiwan’s ‘biggest offshore wind farm’ generates its first power
An offshore wind turbine in waters off Taiwan. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs says it’s targeting 20% renewable energy generation by the middle of this decade. Billy H.C. Kwok | Blo...
Siemens Gamesa in $629 million sale of south European assets to SSE
Details of the agreement between SSE and SGRE were announced on the same day the latter released preliminary results for the second quarter, reporting revenue of around 2.2 billion euros and an operat...
BP deal sends Nasdaq-listed EV charging stock Tritium surging
The need for new charging infrastructure in the U.K. is likely to become increasingly pressing in the years ahead, not least because authorities want to stop the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars a...
Ukraine war sees some countries focus on food, fuel, not clean energy
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, recent months have also seen commodity pr...
The race to roll out ‘super-sized’ wind turbines is on
A Haliade-X wind turbine photographed in the Netherlands on March 2, 2022. The Haliade-X is part of a new generation of huge turbines set to be installed in the years ahead. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | G...
Japanese car giant Honda targets EV expansion, earmarks billions for R&D
With several major economies looking to cut the number of diesel and gasoline vehicles on their roads, Honda and other carmakers are attempting to develop electrification strategies that will allow th...
Huge undersea cables to give UK, Germany first ever energy link
Onshore wind turbines in Germany. The NeuConnect project says the interconnector will enable Britain to “tap into the vast energy infrastructure in Germany, including its significant renewable e...
Britain eyes nuclear, wind, fossil fuels in bid for energy security
Alongside a ramp up in nuclear power, the British Energy Security Strategy envisages up to 50 GW of offshore wind and 10 GW of hydrogen – half of which would be so-called green hydrogen – by 2030. Chr...
Wind energy installations must quadruple to hit net-zero goals: GWEC
Onshore and offshore wind turbines photographed in Flevoland, the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images The wind energy sector had its second best year in 2021 but installations wi...
How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition
This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underwa...
Game-changing hydrogen could play a big role in the energy transition
Ships sailing into the port of Rotterdam in February 2022. Federico Gambarini | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into...
BP establishes partnership focused on offshore wind in Japan
An offshore wind turbine photographed in waters off the coast of Japan on October 4, 2013. Yoshikazu Tsuno | AFP | Getty Images BP has agreed to establish a strategic partnership with Japanese conglom...
Londoners should avoid unnecessary car journeys after pollution alert
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a high pollution alert for the U.K. capital. Andrew Holt | Photolibrary | Getty Images LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a high pollution alert...
Coal is a ‘stupid investment’: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.N. Secretary General issu...
IEA’s plan to cut oil use
Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018. Kamisoka | Istock Unreleased | Getty Images Speed limits on highways should be cut by at least 10 kilometers per hour (6.2 mph) to help lowe...
Hydrogen-powered train a step closer to passenger service in Germany
A model of Siemens Mobility’s Mireo Plus photographed in 2019. Nicolas Armer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Plans to deploy a hydrogen-powered train in the southern German state of Bavaria to...
VW and Goldman Sachs-backed Northvolt plans German gigafactory
A lithium-ion prismatic cell battery from Northvolt, photographed on Feb. 17, 2022. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Northvolt said Tuesday it would look to build a gigafactory in Germany, wi...
Ford says it will ramp up EV offering in Europe
A Ford facility in Cologne, Germany, photographed in February 2021. Oliver Berg | AFP | Getty Images Ford has laid out plans to roll out three new passenger electric vehicles and four new commercial E...
Europe’s ocean energy installations surge back to pre-Covid levels
An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021. William Edwards | AFP | Getty Images European installations of tidal and wave energy capacity jumped in 2021, as the...
Britain resurfaces huge tidal energy plan amid Ukraine crisis
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of wate...
Aston Martin inks deal to develop batteries with Britishvolt
The Aston Martin Rapide E electric vehicle on display at the Auto Shanghai 2019 show in Shanghai, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Aston Martin is to work with Britishvolt on the developme...
Ex-Unilever CEO namechecks Tesla, says firms should focus on long term
The ex-CEO of British consumer goods giant Unilever has shared his view on how businesses should operate in the years ahead, namechecking Elon Musk’s Tesla, Danish energy firm Orsted and Beyond ...
There should be no new gas supply contracts with Russia: IEA
A Gazprom logo photographed in Russia on Jan. 28, 2021. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union should not enter into any new gas supply contracts with Russia, in order to lower i...
Europe installed a record amount of wind power in 2021
New wind turbines being built at a wind farm in Germany on October 12, 2021. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe installed 17.4 gigawatts of wind power capacity in 2021, according to...
Hydrogen generation could become $1 trillion market: Goldman Sachs
The pump of a hydrogen refueling point at a gas station in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hydrogen has an important role to play in any transi...
Toyota commissions Yamaha Motor to develop hydrogen-fueled engine
A Yamaha Motor Co., V8 hydrogen engine displayed in Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toyota has commissioned Yamaha Motor to develop a hydrogen-fueled engine, w...
RWE, Tata Power to scope offshore wind projects in India
This image shows onshore wind turbines in Gujarat, India. Shiv Mer | Istock | Getty Images German energy giant RWE and India’s Tata Power on Monday announced a collaboration that will focus on d...
Speed up renewables investment to guarantee energy independence: CEO
The CEO of Portuguese utility EDP has linked the rapid adoption of renewables to Europe’s energy independence, telling CNBC that investment in the sector needed to be “much faster.” ...