EV

Market Analysis

GlobalData : Electric Vehicles Develop At A Rapid Pace With 5 Million On The Road Worldwide

Technological advancements are leading to substantial cuts in EV battery prices, with major enablers being research and development (R&D) in battery chemistry a…

World Energy Outlook

IEA—World Energy Outlook 2019 Highlights Deep Disparities in the Global Energy System

The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the insufficiency of stated policies to curb those emissions in line with…

EV Technology

UK's Most Efficient Solar-Powered Electric Car at 50 Miles Per Hour

Undergraduate students at Cambridge University have teamed up with Formula 1 engineering experts and Bridgestone to design and build Helia — a solar-powered el…

Oil and Gas Technology

'Artificial Leaf' Successfully Produces Clean Gas

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial leaf' that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, an…

DEIF Event Showcases Fuel And Energy Saving Solutions

An event organized by Danish power control solutions company DEIF has highlighted the potential savings offered by battery hybrid power propulsion and the Bluef…

Squeezing Energy Savings out of Airconditioning Systems by A Machine-Learning-Enabled Solution

A Melbourne start-up has developed a machine-learning-enabled solution that can drive major energy and emissions savings.

Coal Power

German Draft Law: No Forced Hard Coal Power Plant Closures Before 2026

The German government will not force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years, a draft law expected to be approved by the cabinet next week sho…

New Technology

Siemens Unvieled New Grid Diagnostic Suite for Distribution Grids

The Grid Diagnostic Suite initially includes four cloud-based applications which collect data from new or existing field devices for protection, distribution au…

HySiLabs Signs Contract with Shell Taking Hydrogen Groundbreaking Technology to Next Level

HySiLabs, a Shell France-supported company, recently signed a contract with Shell GameChanger to take their groundbreaking technology to the next level.

Offshore Wind Power

Shell Agrees to Acquire EOLFI：Expanding its Renewable Power Business

Shell has signed an agreement to buy 100% of EOLFI, a French renewable energies developer specialised in floating wind projects. The acquisition is subject to r…

Market Analysis

Adamas: EV Sales to Hit 12.5M in 2025; 350% Increase in Demand for Rare Earths Used in Traction Motors

A new report from Adamas Intelligence, “Electric Growth: EVs, Motors and Motor Materials”, forecasts that global annual EV sales (excluding mild and micro hyb…

General Election 2019: SNP Calls for Oil Revenues to be Used to Fight Climate Change

Billions of pounds of tax revenues set to be generated by the UK's oil and gas sector over the next five years should be automatically set aside to tackle clima…

Market Analysis

Africa Set for Nine-Fold Wind Capacity Increase

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects Africa's wind power fleet to increase nine-fold between the end of 2018 and 2040, but the continent's small power …

Market Analysis

Siemens'Gas and Power Sees‘Substantial’Order Growth

The weakening of the global economy accelerated clearly during fiscal 2019, according to Siemens, but the company achieved it fiscal-year guidance. The company …

Microgrid

The Role of Microgrids in Supporting Economic Development

From an economic development point of view, microgrids offer key benefits to end users: resiliency/reliability, power quality, cost effective growth in a timely…