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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.” ...
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...
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’...