Environment

Electric Vehicle Charging

Leasing Companies Accused of Overcharging on Electric Vehicle Deals

EUROPE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. SOURCE TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTEuropean car leasing companies are overcharging for electric vehicles (EVs) compared to their equivale…

LNG

DUH Objects to Planned Pipeline for the LNG Terminal off Rügen in Germany

Archive / Courtesy of Deutsche ReGasThe German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe – DUH) has objected to the construction of a pipeline to connect th…

Offshore Wind Power

Danes brainstorming on environmental assessments for new offshore wind farms

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened a public consultation period to gather ideas for the environmental assessments of the plans for the country’s ne…

Offshore Wind Power

Petrobras, equinor to study seven offshore wind power projects Brazil

Petrobras and Equinor signed an agreement to assess the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of seven wind power generation projects off the Brazil…

Carbon Emissions

UK energy sector unites behind calls to grant ofgem ‘net zero mandate'

Open letter to government from Energy Networks Association, Green Alliance, RenewableUK and others warns UK progress towards net zero risks stalling unless Ofge…

Nuclear waste

Deep Geo, Ggsa Partner to Construct Nuclear Waste Storage Facility in Ghana

The Deep Geo Ghana Limited, an environmental management company, and the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) have agreed to work together towards the const…

Oil & Gas Supply

Shell Energy Adds Last of 16 Solar Batteries to “Landmark” Virtual Power Plant

Dept of Planning and Environment deputy secretary Leon Walker (left) and PDNSW ESG executive director Peter Graham (right). Image suppliedSixteen regional comme…

Offshore Wind Power

Cadeler Invests in Høglund’s Tech to Greenify Its Offshore Wind Vessels

Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has invested in Høglund Ship Performance Monitor (SPM) which could reduce fuel consum…

Energy Transition

New Zirconia-Based Catalyst Can Make Plastics Upcycling More Sustainable

A new type of catalyst breaks down polyolefin plastics into new, useful products. This project is part of a new strategy to reduce the amount of plastic waste a…

Energy Saving

Study: Carbon-Neutral Pavements Are Possible by 2050, but Rapid Policy and Industry Action Are Needed

Almost 2.8 million lane-miles, or about 4.6 million lane-kilometers, of the United States are paved.Roads and streets form the backbone of our built environment…

Electric Car

NJ Initiating Process to Adopt California Advanced Clean Cars Ii

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that the state will initiate the process to adopt Advanced Clean Cars II. The NJ Department of Environmental Protectio…

Energy Storage Battery

Europe vs U.S: Incentivising Battery Manufacture to Take the Global Lead From China

Europe is already well placed to end its reliance on Chinese Li-ion battery cells by 2027, according to a study by Transport & Environment (T&E). The new analys…

Hydropower Plant

What EPA’s Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Says About Hydropower

The Environmental Protection Agency has released its Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, and it says, among other findings, that methane…

Hydrogen Production

Besix Powers Its Largest Tower Crane With Green Hydrogen

For 4 weeks, the tower crane at the BESIX Equipment Department in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium) ran on green hydrogen. Why and how? Decoding.BESIX, at the initia…

Offshore Wind Power

First Offshore Wind Energy Tenders in Romania

The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration Has Launched the Tender for the Preparation of the Appropriate Assessment Study and the Environment…