Energy

Industrial Biomass: Is It a Mass Movement?

Biomass is one contender for replacing fossil fuels, but questions over its suitability, and the sustainability of its source, remain.

Wind Turbine

Vestas Secures 36 MW Order

Vestas have secured a 36 MW order from Scottish developer Muirhall Energy Limited for the Greengairs East project.

Natural Gas

Russia Foreign Gas Buyers 'Must Pay in Roubles' Says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin raises the energy stakes as Germany enacts early warning level for Emergency Plan for Gas amid supply concerns.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Electric Vehicle Battery Materials

President Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage domestic production of minerals required to make batteries for electric vehicles and lon…

Alliander and GroenLeven to Investigate Role of Hydrogen in Electricity Grid

Dutch network company Alliander and renewable energy developer GroenLeven have opened the first solar PV connected green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands.

Smart City

Spain’s Fuengirola Embarks on Smart City Transformation

The primary objective of the project is to accelerate urban innovation, drive the digital transformation of city services and improve the citizen experience for…

Offshore Wind Power

NZ Super Fund and CIP Explore New Zealand’s Offshore Wind

NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are working in partnership to explore the potential for large scale offshore wind energy in the South…

Paris Climate Agreement

Wind and Solar Energy Generate 10% of Global Electricity

Ember research found 50 countries generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar energy in 2021, up from 43 in 2020.

Nuclear Fusion

Australia’s HB11 Energy Demonstrates Laser-Powered Nuclear Fusion

Australian fusion start-up HB11 Energy has reported demonstrating non-thermal fusion of hydrogen and boron-11 using high power lasers.

Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 Cost $11 Billion to Build. Now, the Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Is Unused and Abandoned

One of the early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a massive energy project that took several years to build …

Energy Transition

How Hackers and Geopolitics Could Derail the Planned Energy Transition

Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underway at all, have become major talking points in recent years.

United States

U.S. Renewable Energy Production in 2021 Hit an All-Time High and Provided More Energy than Either Coal or Nuclear Power

U.S. production and consumption of renewable energy reached an all-time high in 2021, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. …

Solar Power Panel

Super Thin Solar Panels Could Be the Answer to a Greener Future

Wafer-thin solar panels have been made 25% more energy absorbent, which could signal a large step forward for the renewables sector.

OPEC

Opec Mulls Removing IEA as a Secondary Source

Opec has removed Paris-based energy watchdog the IEA from the panel of "official" secondary sources that monitor the group's monthly crude production.

Europe Needs Energy Security, Which Means Faster Expansion of Renewables

ZIV is partnering with utilities to maximise network capacity by connecting more renewable energy and storage technology.