Dec

New Zealand

New Zealand Will Consider Climate Crisis in All Major Policy Decisions

Consideration of the climate crisis will be front and center in all of New Zealand's major policy decisions.

Fossil Fuel Use Continues to Push Up CO2 Emissions

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry are expected to grow slowly in 2019 due to a decline in the use of coal, according to a study by …

Global CO2 Emissions From Coal Down This Year

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities fell in 2019, according to research published Dec. 3, though ove…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Delays Restart of Cruas NPP Over Safety Fears

French energy major EDF has delayed the restart of unit 2 at its Cruas nuclear plant until 5 December while the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) continues …

Solar Technology

Mapping the Energy Transport Mechanism of Chalcogenide Perovskite for Solar Energy Use

For solar cells to be widely used in the coming decades researchers must resolve two major challenges: increasing efficiency and lowering toxicity.

Energy Connected Homes Services Set for Substantial Growth

The research Connected Homes Insight Service has identified increasing levels of entry and investment, with rates of entry more than doubling over the last deca…

Thermal Plant

Turkey Won't Allow Public to " Get Poisoned" Erdoğan Says After Thermal Plant Veto

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 3 said Turkey will not allow toxic fumes from unfiltered thermal plants to “poison” its public and accused ene…

U.S. DOE Awards $7m in Funding for Work on Reducing Geothermal Drilling Cost

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the recipients of $7 million funding to help decrease the cost of geothermal drilling operations and field developme…

Material Developed for Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement

The Institute for Basic Science announced on Dec. 2 that its Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, led by director Lee Young-hee, has developed a two-dim…

Oil & Gas Trade

Does OPEC See U.S. Oil Output as Half Full or Half Empty?

Ahead of their meeting in Vienna later this week, OPEC’s oil ministers have done a good job of convincing themselves that they can simply decide to hold steady…

The Reality Behind Green Hydrogen’s Soaring Hype

Renewably produced hydrogen has great potential and some powerful allies. But it’s not a decarbonization panacea.

Smart Grid

​NGET and Smart Wires Sign Deal for Power Flow Control Technology

Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Smart Wires will provide flow control technology to help NGET transfer greater volumes of renewable power to custome…

​Food (waste) for Thought: Consider Waste-to-Energy this Holiday Season

Most Americans will sit down to a feast with friends and family on Thursday, November 28 and immediately following that celebration, Christmas and Hanukah light…

India Moving Towards Hybridised Power Utilities to Achieve Rural Growth

India's state-run power utilities or DISCOMs are badly in debt despite repeated bail-outs, and are failing in their mandate to deliver reliable, quality power t…

Distributed Generation

Better Grid Integration Beats Coal Plant Ramping to Reduce Wind, Solar Curtailment

Wind and solar curtailment is worst where these renewables are poorly integrated into the grid. The further their energy can reach the more regions they can ser…