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Climate Change Is a Planetary Emergency — How Can We Avert Disaster?

We have already crossed a number of 'tipping points' in the Earth system; vital thresholds beyond which irreversible and catastrophic consequences for all life …

Renewable Heat Needs to Be Prioritised to Deliver EU's Zero-Carbon Target

In order for the proposed Just Transition Mechanism that is to ease the energy transition of the European Green Deal, renewable heat needs to be prioritised. Th…

Energy storage technology

Energy Storage: A Necessary Part of Decarbonising, Smart Electricity Systems

2019 illustrated electricity systems’ requirement for greater flexibility, which energy storage technologies are ideally suited to provide. Two events in Great…

Ukraine to Boost Renewables And Energy Efficiency with EU's Help

Ukraine can focus in developing the country’s renewable energy sector and improve the much-delayed energy efficiency now that the former Soviet republic has co…

Solar And Wave-Powered Cleanup System for Collecting Plastics And Other Marine Debris

Calgary-based Technika Engineering is developing technology for collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces powered by solar and wave energy…

Solar Power Plant

US Government Expects Domestic Solar Market to Install 24 GW in 2020

An agency under the Department of Energy expects 17.4 GW (DC) of utility-scale solar power and 6.6 GW of small-scale solar to be installed in 2020. The 24 GW to…

EU Wants to Spend 1 Trillion Euros for “Sustainable Investments” Across The Coming Decade

Financing for this will come from the EU budget, co-financing from EU member states, and contributions from the European Investment Bank and InvestEU, a major f…

US And China Sign Trade Agreement of The First Step, Energy Tariffs Remain

The US and China have agreed the first step of a broader deal to diffuse a trade war between the two economic giants, though key tariffs on energy imports into …

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Repair Improvements Led to 3 TWh more Power in 2019

Greater efficiency in Russian nuclear power plant maintenance outages saved nearly 180 days last year and enabled 2.9 terawatt hours more electricity to be prod…

EIA: Wind, Solar PV will Outpace U.S. Gas-Fired Capacity Additions in 2020

The majority of new electric generation capacity being brought online this year will come from solar and wind projects, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

Electric Car

Production of ​Tesla's All-electric Semi Truck To Commence This Year

A leaked letter has confirmed that production of Tesla’s all-electric Semi truck will commence in limited numbers in the second half of 2020.

Offshore Wind Power

Visa Taps Solar and Wind to Reach 100% Renewable-Electricity Goal

By purchasing 100% renewable electricity, Visa mitigates the greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity the company consumes, it says.

Why Solar Energy’s Prospects Look Bright for 2020

The global energy transition is the transformation of the world’s energy supply, away from polluting sources such as coal, oil and gas, and towards renewables.…

Gas Turbines Have Become by Far the Best Choice for Add-on Generating Power

They offer instant-on power that's compact, mobile, quiet, economical, durable, and matchlessly efficient.

Market Analysis

Japan – The ‘Odd One Out’ on Coal Power Plant New-Builds

The Japanese government keeps watering down its green energy goals, bowing to cost pressure in the face of slower macroeconomic growth.