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Solar Could Provide 20% of UK Electricity by 2030

Solar’s role in delivering net zero is being vastly underestimated as new research reveals it could provide 20% of UK electricity by 2030.

South Korea: GIST Joint Research Team Develops Low Pressure Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

A breakthrough hydrogen storage method for early adoption of a hydrogen energy society was developed by researchers in Korea.

New Jersey 100% Renewable Energy Plan

New Jersey has declared it will use only zero carbon energy by 2050. Lots of other states and many municipalities have announced similar goals.

Shell Ships First LNG Cargo from Prelude FLNG from Australia

Targeting the Asian market, Royal Dutch Shell, along with its Joint Venture Partners Japan’s INPEX, South Korea’s KOGAS and US-based OPIC, announced on 11 Jun…

6th Geothermal Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean

The 6th Geothermal Congress for Latin America & the Caribbean (GEOLAC) will take place at the W Santiago, Chile, on July 17-18, 2019.Geothermal is abundant acro…

Electric Car

Toyota to Buy Batteries from China's CATL and BYD as It Revs Up Electric Car Plans

Chinese battery makers Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) and BYD Co. have agreed to partner with Toyota Motor Corp. as the Japanese automaker dram…

Electric Car

Audi Recalls Its First Electric Car in the US Due to Battery Fire Risk

About 540 E-Tron SUVs are covered by the voluntary recall, though no fires have been reported.

Coal Mine

Galilee Basin mine next to Adani put on hold amid doubts over future of thermal coal

The backer of a massive coal proposal in the Galilee Basin, adjacent to Adani’s Carmichael mine site, has quietly abandoned its plans amid growing doubts about…

Turning Methane Into Carbon Dioxide Could Help Us Fight Climate Change

Our new technique sounds paradoxical at first: turning methane into carbon dioxide. It's a concept at this stage, and won't be cheap, but it would add to the to…

The Trouble With Carbon Taxes: Lessons For Asian Policymakers

Many voters in the developed countries have become increasingly resentful of expensive climate change policies predicated on model-based projections of impendin…

Electric Vehicle Charging

New Electric Car Charging Stations to Deliver 300 Miles Range in Fifteen Minutes

NEW ultra-fast electric charging stations to be equipped with 350kW and 1.2MW chargers which will deliver 300-miles of range in just 15 minutes.

Climate Change Dictionary: What Do All the Terms Mean?

Climate change is seen as the biggest challenge to the future of human life on Earth, and understanding the scientific language used to describe it can sometime…

Who Will Buy Nepal's Hydropower?

With the falling costs of renewables and aggressive dam building in South Asia, Nepal's plans to develop hydropower for export look increasingly precarious.

Hydropower Can Generate More Carbon Dioxide Than It Saves

In a blow to the image of hydropower as a source of green energy, scientists have found that damming rivers can indirectly dump more carbon dioxide into the air…

Hydropower Bill Would Sabotage California's Clean Energy Mandate, Critics Say

The Don Pedro hydropower project, just west of Yosemite National Park, has been churning out carbon-free electricity for nearly a century.