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Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen’s New Touareg to Offer Two Phev Variants

Volkswagen’s updated Touareg SUV will launch in five powertrain versions: a turbocharged gasoline engine, two turbodiesel engines and two plug-in hybrids.…

Oil & Gas Supply

Energy Minister: ‘We Will Never License Oil and Gas Development in the UK That Isn’t Compatible With Net Zero'

Graham Stuart insists new oil and gas licenses are compatible with UK climate goals, as he argues UK can continue to attract green investment without engaging i…

Solar Technology

A Cooling Tech Can Potentially Increase Energy Generation by 5%

A&B Smart Materials won this year's CleanTech Challenge (CTC) with their novel cooling solution for solar panels and was awarded £20,000 to help devel…

Biofuel

South African Beverage Company Uses Biogas Facility to Recycle Wastewater

The biodigester at Bren-o-kem's Vinaqua wastewater treatment plant in Worcester. Image Source: ESI Africa.Amidst the picturesque winelands of Worcester in t…

Energy Saving

Energy Industry Apps Improve Efficiency

A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient. Three innovative on…

Energy Saving

Storing Hydrogen in Coal May Help Power Clean Energy Economy

The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on fossil fuels may lead to an unexpected place—coal. A team of Penn Stat…

United States

New Efficiency Record Announced for Commercial-Sized Solar Cell

Image credit: Oxford PVOxford PV has set a new world record for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell having converted 28.6% of the sun’s energy…

Offshore Wind Power

Ingka Investments Acquires 49% Stake in Three Planned Offshore Wind Projects

Image: Ingka InvestmentsIngka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, acquires a 49 percent share in three offshore wind development projects in Finland…

Offshore Wind Power

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Myrsky Energia to Develop Over 1.8 GW Projects in Finland

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its Flagship Funds, and Myrsky Energia (Myrsky) today announced a partnership to develop more than 1.8 GW…

Offshore Wind Power

New York Opens Solicitation for Offshore Wind-To-Hydrogen Projects

New York has launched a USD 10 million solicitation for clean hydrogen research, development and demonstration projects, including clean hydrogen production and…

Solar Power Plant

U.S. Wind and Solar Combined Produced More Electricity Than Coal in First Quarter 2023 and Virtually Tied Nuclear Power in March

MIX OF ALL RENEWABLES PROVIDED A QUARTER OF THE NATION'S ELECTRICAL GENERATIONWashington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data ju…

Renewable Energy

Ørsted Opens a New Era in Green Shipping by Breaking Ground on Europe’s Largest E-methanol Project

Today, at an event in Örnsköldsvik in Northern Sweden, Ørsted broke ground on Europe’s largest e-methanol project, FlagshipONE. The groun…

Geothermal Heating Project

Alberta, Canada Investment Manager Acquires Majority Stake in Geothermal Subsidiary

Alberta-owned investment manager AIMCo has acquired majority stake in FutEra Power, developer of a co-produced geothermal plant in Swan Hills.

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Sibir of Rosatomflot Completed Anti-jamming Operations on the Yenisei

On May 23, the universal nuclear icebreaker Sibir of Atomflot FSUE completed flood control work on the Yenisei River. The crew of the nuclear-powered ship had a…

Electric Vehicles

Mercedes Says an Electric Cla Sedan Is Coming to the US Next Year to Rival the Tesla Model 3

At Mercedes-Benz’s annual North American dealer meeting, the automaker highlighted its transformation in the electric era. To continue building momentum, …