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…
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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…
Unprecedented changes are needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (UN)
“Unprecedented” changes are needed in how the society is functioning in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius…
Renewable energy is growing too slow to meet climate goals, International Energy Agency warns
The world needs to ramp up adoption of renewable energy, especially beyond the electric power sector — or else it…
Clean energy market continues strong growth as costs continue to fall
Renewable power generation capacity will grow by 13.3% in 2018 to 154.6GW, according to new research from analysts Frost &…
Great Expectations from COP24’s Polish hosts
Poland’s turn at holding the UN’s annual climate summit is meant to be the one shot at making the Paris…
AFM accepts some of the demands from the installers of photovoltaic systems
On Thursday, October 3, the Environmental Fund Authority held a public debate on the future scheme to support the installation…
Bill Gates has added a geothermal start-up to his clean energy fund’s first bets
Bill Gates’s $1 billion clean energy fund just opened up its checkbook for the first time. Breakthrough Energy Ventures will…
Tech investments are powering up clean energy
Three years ago, Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. spent $40 billion on big-ticket physical…