Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images Researchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the process that powers stars — have hailed “record...
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Why Nissan is moving from the internal combustion engine in Europe
The chief operating officer of Nissan has spoken to CNBC about why his company has decided to move away from the development of new internal combustion engines in Europe once a tougher set of emission...
Number of rainy days and intense rainfall can affect economy: Study
A man walks through the floods towards destroyed houses in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr, western Germany, on July 15, 2021. Bernd Lauter | AFP | Getty Images Climate affects the “economic growth sto...
Volvo Cars, Northvolt to build gigafactory in Gothenburg
A Volvo XC40 Recharge car on display at the 38th Thailand International Motor Expo 2021. Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Volvo Cars and Northvolt said Friday they would b...
Siemens Gamesa sees revenue drop, lowers guidance
A Siemens Gamesa blade factory on the banks of the River Humber in Hull, England on October 11, 2021. PAUL ELLIS | AFP | Getty Images Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has cut its guidance for the comin...
Danish energy fund to lead massive green hydrogen project in Spain
Wind turbines photographed in Aragon, Spain. Pepe Romeo / 500px | 500px | Getty Images Plans for a huge project aiming to produce green hydrogen and ammonia have been announced, with those behind it h...
One of planet’s largest electrolyzers up and running
Animaflora | iStock | Getty Images A 20 megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer described as “one of the world’s largest” has begun operations, energy major Shell said Friday. Located in Zhan...
EV manufacturing jumps in UK, overall production sinks to 65-year low
A Nissan Leaf on the forecourt of a dealership in Lincoln, U.K. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Car production in the U.K. slumped by 6.7% to just 859,575 units in 2021, new figures publish...
US wave energy projects get funding boost as plans for open-water testing take shape
lindsay_imagery | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $25 million in funding for eight projects focused on wave energy technologies. The DOE said the projects will be based o...
Wind energy faces tough 2022 as supply chain issues persist: Vestas
Vestas wind turbines photographed in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on 19 September, 2021. Horst Galuschka | picture alliance | Getty Images The wind energy sector faces a rocky road ahead due to a ...
Plans for floating wind energy projects off U.K.’s coastline get funding boost
This image, from 2018, shows a floating wind turbine in waters off the coast of France. SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS | AFP | Getty Images Eleven projects centered around floating wind technology are a step c...
Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy plans $3.9 billion wind, solar project
This image from 2016 shows a wind turbine on property used by MidAmerican Energy’s Eclipse Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A subsidiary of Warren Buffett’...
Scotland’s offshore wind sector $951m boost after leasing round
Offshore wind turbines in waters near Aberdeen, Scotland. Gannet77 | E+ | Getty Images The Scottish offshore wind sector received a boost this week after a program to lease areas of Scotland’s s...
Under-The-Radar Energy Stocks For 2022
Picture taken on January 23, 2015 of the newly finished PV Salvador solar plant near El Salvador, in … [+] the Atacama desert, northern Chile. The photovoltaic plant, built by SunPower, a Califo...
One of world’s biggest offshore wind farms gears up for full operation
One of the turbines at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off England’s east coast. Ian Greenwood Turbine commissioning at one of the world’s biggest offshore ...
‘Green’ fuels more expensive but need to think long term: Maersk CEO
The container ship MORTEN MÆRSK heading to Hamburg on April 22, 2020. eyewave | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The CEO of shipping giant Moller-Maersk admitted to CNBC Thursday that shifting to ̶...
Daimler’s concept car uses bio-based materials, has solar tech on roof
Fred De Noyelle /GODONG | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images Daimler has released details of a concept electric vehicle which uses solar technology and bio-based materials, with the German autom...