Energy

Electric Vehicle Charging

Sluggish Roll out of Fast Chargers Could Stunt Pace of EV Transition, RAC Warns

Motoring group has urged government to slash VAT on public charging to level out costs of charging for drivers without home charging

Electric Vehicle Charging

Smart Charging May Be Key to Saving Power Grid in World of EVs

As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, the big question for power grid operators, charging companies and governments is how to run tens of millions of vehicles wi…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Smart City Capital Buys US$30mn of ADS-TEC's EV Chargeboxes

Smart City Capital places US$30mn order for ADS-Tec Energy Systems' EV Chargeboxes.

Carbon Neutral

China Holds First-Ever Carbon-Neutral Olympics

This year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is the first in history to be carbon-neutral. This includes renewable energy in all game venues, introducing new low-carbon…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy is Indispensable for Transforming the Heating Sector

Half of municipal heating is envisaged to come from climate-neutral sources by 2030.

Energy Investment

Bill Gates’ VC Investment Firm Leads US$50m Injection into Thermal Energy Storage Startup

Thermal storage startup Antora Energy has raised US$50 million from a group of investment firms including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures to accelerat…

Pumped Storage

ILI Group to Develop 1.5GW Pumped Storage Hydro Project

Clean energy developer ILI Group has begun the initial planning phase for a new pumped storage hydro project in Scotland.

Solar Company

Trina Solar’s Energy Storage Division Brings Online 50MW BESS Project in UK

Trina Storage has completed the supply of its first UK battery energy storage system (BESS), the 50MW/56.2MWh fully integrated grid-scale battery energy storage…

Net Zero Emission

Wind Power Could Unlock 2.23m Jobs Across Five Emerging Economies

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published a report highlighting the largely untapped opportunities which could be unlocked by wind energy in a group o…

Electric Vehicle Charging

FlexGen Launches EV Charging Solution with Integrated Energy Management, Battery Storage

FlexGen Power Systems has launched an electric vehicle charging solution combining its energy management system (EMS) platform and battery energy storage.

Hydrogen Project

Australian Duo Make Shortlist for 600MW Green Hydrogen Project in New Zealand

Two of Australia’s most prominent energy players, Fortescue Future Industries and oil giant Woodside Energy, have been included on a shortlist of potential dev…

Wind Farm

Australian University Powered by Wind Energy

The Charles Sturt University in Australia has signed a contract with Iberdrola to supply 100% renewable energy to its campuses, sourced from the Bodangora Wind …

Russian Federation

What the Ukraine Conflict Means for Europe’s Energy Crisis

If Russia invades Ukraine, Europe will find itself in direct conflict with its biggest energy supplier.The Ukrainian military on exercises in 2018. Credit: Ukra…

Nuclear Power Plant

The Cheapest Way To A Zero-Emission World Needs Nuclear Power, Claims New Study

New generation nuclear power stations might be crucial to achieving the target of zero emissions by mid-century and staving off the worst of the climate crisis,…

Natural Gas

GECF participates in 12th IEA-IEF-OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks

With the world deeply mired in an uncertain environment, lack of investment in gas will add to the range of uncertainty surrounding the energy transition, said …