Energy transition

Energy Storage Material

IEA: These Minerals Are Essential For The Energy Transition

​The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains, including those of critical minerals essential for a number of clean energy t…

Energy Transition

Rate of Carbon Emission Falls Across Europe Amid Covid-19

Cornwall Insight studied electricity demand and carbon emissions in five European countries.

Energy Transition

Invest in Nuclear for a Clean Economic Recovery

"Governments need to take urgent action to ensure that the recovery from the economic effects of the coronavirus brings long-lasting good," World Nuclear Associ…

Energy Transition

Geothermal Energy the Rising Star for the Netherlands'Energy Transition

Geothermal energy has great potential to facilitate heat transfer and eliminate the need for natural gas in the Netherlands.

Energy Transition

Philippines' AC Energy to Fully Divest Coal Assets by 2030

It plans to expand its renewables capacity to 5GW by 2025.

Energy Transition

Covid-19 Response Accelerates the Renewable Transition, According to Wärtsilä

Coal-based power generation has fallen by 25.5% across the European Union and the UK in the first three months of 2020, compared to 2019, as a result of the res…

Energy Transition

Italy's A2A to Stop Using Coal at Italian Power Plant with Immediate Effect

Italy's biggest regional utility A2A said on Thursday it would stop using coal at its power plant in the northern town of Brescia with immediate effect.

Pumped Storage

California: We Need 1GW of New Long-Duration Energy Storage by 2026

California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition.

Energy Transition

Sorry to Disappoint Climate Deniers, but Coronavirus Makes the Low-Carbon Transition More Urgent

Sorry to be the harbinger of denier disappointment, but there is every reason to expect that the virus crisis will strengthen and accelerate the imperative to t…

Energy Transition

EU Leaders Back Covid-19 Recovery Strategy that 'Integrates Energy Transition'

European heads of government call for 'coordinated' approach to coronavirus built around investment in Green Deal.

Energy Transition

Poland Says Needs Turow Coal Plant for Gradual Energy Transformation

Poland argues that more time is needed to replace its own plants with cleaner coal plants.

Geothermal Power Plant

Germany is Expanding Deep Geothermal Energy Efforts

The government for the German state of Baden-Württemberg confirms the role of deep geothermal energy as an important component of the energy transition for sus…

Clean emission

Gasification with CO2 Storage Reduces the Costs of the EU's ZERO Carbon Strategy by 40&

The energy transition to decarbonise the EU’s economy fully by 2050 will be felt economically in all member states. An illustrative example of this is that eve…

Energy Transition

Europe's Energy Storage Adoption Has Dropped Says EMMES 4.0

The European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) and European energy research company Delta-EE.

Energy Transition

How French Oil Giant Total is Increasing its Clean Energy Portfolio

Total’s gross low-carbon power generation capacity is currently close to 7GW. French oil giant Total has been increasing its clean energy portfolio as part of …