Melville, N.Y.: Power lines along Ruland Road in Melville, New York on February 13, 2020. (Photo by … [+] Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Newsday via Getty Images Inflation remains stub...
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ISO New England Pumps Up The Fuel Oil Again During Winter Storm
Winter nor’easter in downtown Providence Rhode Island. Providence is the capital and most populous … [+] city in the state of Rhode Island getty New England seems unable to reduce its reli...
Solar Power Is Not A Substitute For Hurricane Preparedness
After Hurricane Ian slammed into the Florida Gulf coast, doing an estimated $40 billion of damage and killing nearly 130 people, nascent recovery efforts were hampered by the simple fact that many hom...
Tesla Mega packs, giant hydrogen tank: Panasonic’s new climate factory
As a bullet train speeds by in the background, a liquid hydrogen tank towers over solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells at Panasonic’s Kusatsu plant in Japan. Combined with a Tesla Megapack stora...
Renewables to be main source of electricity generation by 2025: IEA
Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three year...
Energy sector needs firms with mentality of Tesla to move forward: CEO
The energy sector requires new companies with the mentality of a Tesla or Amazon to push forward in the years ahead, according to the ex-CEO of energy infrastructure powerhouse Snam. “It took a ...
We’ll continue to invest in hydrocarbons: BP CEO
BP CEO Bernard Looney photographed in Texas on March 8, 2022. During a panel discussion on Oct. 31, 2022, Looney said his firm’s strategy was to “to invest in hydrocarbons today, because t...
Oil is all that Putin has left, presidential advisor Amos Hochstein says
Amos Hochstein photographed in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 27, 2022. Hussam Shbaro | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Oil is all Russia’s economy has left following its invasion of Ukraine earlier ...
Green hydrogen project aims to decarbonize Europe’s industrial north
Madrid-headquartered energy firm Cepsa said it would work with the Port of Rotterdam to develop “the first green hydrogen corridor between southern and northern Europe,” in the latest sign...
Plotting A Nature Positive Path To A Sustainable Energy Future
Fishing with a cast net. getty The approaching UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), to be held in Egypt in November, focuses attention on the pathways needed to achieve global climate targets. A rapi...
A Cheaper Chemistry Is Storming The Battery Market
A miner inspects the inside of a cobalt mine at the Chilean Cobalt Corp. exploration site in La … [+] Cobaltera, Atacama Region, Chile. Known for its vast copper deposits, Chile is joining the s...
Siemens commissions German production plant
A Siemens logo in Germany. The industrial giant says that a newly commissioned green hydrogen plant in the country will use wind and solar power from the Wunsiedel Energy Park. Daniel Karmann | Pictur...
As Elon Musk backs fossil fuels, one strategist sends warning over EV sales
The uptake of electric vehicles has increased in recent years, as countries around the world attempt to reduce the environmental effects of transportation. Simonskafar | E+ | Getty Images Recent comme...
Norway invests in Indian solar project, sees it as a priority market
India is targeting a major ramp up of its renewable energy capacity, but achieving its aims represents a big challenge. Puneet Vikram Singh | Moment | Getty Images Norway’s Climate Investment Fu...
Renewable Energy Grew At A Blistering Pace In 2021
QINGHAI, CHINA – AUGUST 10, 2022 – Hainan Ecological Photovoltaic Park in Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai … [+] Province, China, August 10, 2022. In recent years, relying on the advantage...
Goldman doesn’t see nuclear as a transformational tech for the future
A nuclear power plant photographed in Germany, on August 4, 2022. Discussions about nuclear’s role in Europe’s biggest economy have been thrown into sharp relief following Russia’s u...
Reviewing The U.S. Climate Agreement – A $369 Billion Supercharge That The Clean Tech Industry Needs
Landscape with solar park and wind turbines in the background. Adobe Stock Last week, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, U.S. senators triumphantly announced a $369 billion commitment to ...
Clean Energy Solar Stocks Sunrun, SunPower Scorch On Good News
Getty Images Key takeaways Clean energy got a boost Thursday after Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached a deal on climate spending The renamed “Inflation Reduction Act of ...
Ten Years After The Solar-Powered Movie ‘Inception’, How Is Hollywood Adopting Clean Energy?
TOKYO – JULY 21: (L-R) Director Christopher Nolan, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Ken Watanabe attend … [+] the ‘Inception’ press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo on July 21,...
Surging temperatures are good for solar panels, right? The answer is: It’s complicated
This image, from May 2022, shows solar panels in Worcestershire, England. The recent hot weather in the U.K. has led to a discussion about the optimum conditions for solar power. Mike Kemp | In Pictur...
Europe’s energy giants explore potential of floating solar
This illustration shows how SolarDuck’s technology could be deployed at sea. SolarDuck German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar tec...
Wind And Solar Provided A Record 10% Of The World’s Power Generation In 2021
Kern County, CA – March 23: LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi … [+] Mountains Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, CA.(Irfan Khan ...
The race to make green hydrogen competitive is on
One type of hydrogen production uses electrolysis, with an electric current splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electricity used in this process comes from a renewable source then some ca...
Clean energy set for $1.4 trillion boost in 2022, IEA says
Coal and a wind turbine in Hohenhameln, Germany, on April 11, 2022. A number of major economies have formulated plans to reduce their reliance on Russian hydrocarbons in recent months. Mia Bucher | Pi...
How Betting Big On Clean Energy Could Save Europe $1 Trillion
A tractor drives past wind turbines under construction near Grapzow, Germany. Getty Images When politicians and pundits take to the airwaves to address climate change, they regularly reduce the challe...
BP buys 40.5% stake in massive renewables and green hydrogen project
A BP logo photographed in London on May 12, 2021. The International Energy Agency recently reported that 2021 saw energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise to their highest level in history. Glyn K...
UN chief slams new fossil fuel funding
In remarks delivered to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna via video, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the planet’s prospects. “Most national climate pledges are simply no...
CEOs on gas, renewables and the energy crisis
From the Covid-19 pandemic and supply chain shocks to rising inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, governments and businesses around the world are attempting to tackle and solve major cris...
Burning gas to produce electricity is ‘stupid,’ the CEO of power giant Enel says
Enel CEO Francesco Starace photographed in 2019. In an interview with CNBC on May 24, 2022, Starace said “you can produce electricity better, cheaper, without using gas.” Giulio Napolitano...
Why Russia’s Natural Gas Leverage Won’t Last Much Longer
A Gazprom sign hangs at a German soccer stadium. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images) Bongarts/Getty Images Last week, as anyone following Russia and the war in Ukraine should have seen c...