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Floating Solar Project

‘Floatovoltaics’: Are They the Future of Renewable Energy?

Floatovoltaics is a relatively new, but rapidly growing industry. It stems from the desire to decarbonize global economies by 2050 as a solution to tackling cli…

SMR

Vattenfall Begins Feasibility Study on Construction of Small Modular Reactors at Ringhals

Electricity consumption in Sweden is expected to increase rapidly over the coming decades and, for this reason, Vattenfall is working actively to find out how d…

World Energy Demand Jumped Above Pre-COVID Levels in 2021

BP Statistical Review of World Energy: primary energy in 2021 grew by its largest amount in history.

Natural Gas

IEA: Europe Will Have to Cut Gas Usage By Nearly One-Third

In the first quarter of next year, the countries of the European Union will have to cut their usage of natural gas by up to 30% in preparation for a complete st…

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility Partner on Korean Offshore Wind

Wind developer Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Group‘s Korean subsidiary Doosan Enerbility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore cooperation wit…

Geothermal Power Plant

Iceland National Power Company Details New Carbon Capture Project

Landsvirkjun on June 28 announced it intends to capture and reinject CO2 from Þeistareykir Geothermal Station, and at the same time reduce CO2 emissions from K…

Net Zero Emission

Curb Deforestation or You Won’t Hit Net-Zero Targets, U.N. Group Tells Firms

Companies critical to reducing tropical deforestation have no chance of meeting their greenhouse gas emission targets unless they make much faster progress on e…

Oil Shale

Exxon, Imperial to Sell Canada Shale Assets to Whitecap for $1.5 Billion

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp and Imperial Oil Ltd said on Tuesday they will sell their Montney and Duvernay shale oil and gas assets in Canada to Whitecap Re…

Carbon Emissions

NATO Aims to Cut Emissions by 45% By 2030, Be Carbon Neutral by 2050

NATO aims to cut its civilian and military greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2050

G7 Leaders Commit to Climate Club, Make Carbon-Cutting Pledges: Draft Communique Summary

​G7 leaders committed on Tuesday to creating an international "Climate Club" to forge cooperation on climate change and made pledges on decarbonising industria…

Solar Cell

Pyramid Lenses Catch Light From Any Angle to Boost Solar Cell Efficiency

Solar cells are an increasingly important source of renewable energy, but there’s still room for improvement. Stanford engineers have now developed a pyramid-s…

Solar Power Panel

$45 Million for Solar PV Research

The Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) is set to receive up to $45 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) for t…

Energy Storage Project

IESA: India ‘Needs at Least 160GWH of Energy Storage’ to Meet 2030 Renewable Energy Target

​To integrate a targeted 500GW of non-fossil fuel energy onto its networks by 2030, at least 160GWh of energy storage will be needed in India by that time, acc…

Poland

Poland and Germany Best Placed for Gas-To-Coal Switch

European countries cited as best equipped as continent cuts its dependency on Russian gas, according to a report by ING’s macroeconomics team

Net Zero Emission

Fight Over Funding Threatens EU Deal on New Climate Laws

A dispute over how to shield poorer citizens from European Union policies to put a price on pollution is threatening to prevent the bloc's countries from agreei…