Renewables
BASF and Nornickel join forces to supply battery materials market
BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. The plant…
Onshore wind is cheapest form of renewable energy
The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published projections on costs for projects starting in…
ESCOROM proposes the conversion of coal-fired power plants as the central element of the national energy strategy
The ESCOROM Association of Energy Services Companies in Romania launched in public debate a position paper proposing that the national…
Monsson Operation enters the PLC S.p.A. group for accessing Italy and Spain markets
Monsson Operation consolidates its position in the international renewable market by entering into a strategic partnership with PLC S.p.A., a…
Romanians have bought twice as many ecological cars at 9M
About 3,000 new green cars were sold in Romania in first nine months of the year, almost double (99.83%) compared…
Multiple technologies are vying to house temporary surpluses of solar and wind power
A mind-boggling array of energy storage technologies—including batteries the size of an Ikea furniture store and tanks of salt hydrates…
Global carbon emissions to hit new record in 2018, IEA says
Global carbon emissions will rise to a new record level in 2018, making the chances of reaching a target to…
Google is searching for a way to be zero emissions all the time
Our time to move away from dirty energy to green sources is limited. Federal governments can’t be relied upon to push…
31 Romanian companies in the Atlas of Biomass and Bioenergy from Energy Barge
The ENERGY BARGE project consortium has launched the modal transfer platform, a tool combining the “Biomass and Bioenergy Atlas” and…
Japan’s Kyushu restricts renewable energy supplies for first time
Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Co said it restricted third-party solar power supplies over the weekend, marking the first time a…
Germans to pay slightly lower levy for renewable energy in 2019
Germany will cut a green energy surcharge on consumers’ electricity bills by 5.7 percent next year, but savings for households…
Tough CO2 targets ‘could cost 100,000 jobs’: VW chief
Setting European Union targets for reducing cars’ greenhouse gas output that are too ambitious could backfire with the loss of…
Shell to ”turbocharge” its clean energy drive
Royal Dutch Shell is preparing to “turbocharge” its bid to become a global leader in clean energy in the coming…