Tag: Alternative and sustainable energy
Ukraine war sees some countries focus on food, fuel, not clean energy
Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At the same tim [...]
The race to roll out ‘super-sized’ wind turbines is on
A Haliade-X wind turbine photographed in the Netherlands on March 2, 2022. The Haliade-X is part of a new generation of huge turbines set to be instal [...]
Japanese car giant Honda targets EV expansion, earmarks billions for R&D
With several major economies looking to cut the number of diesel and gasoline vehicles on their roads, Honda and other carmakers are attempting to dev [...]
Huge undersea cables to give UK, Germany first ever energy link
Onshore wind turbines in Germany. The NeuConnect project says the interconnector will enable Britain to "tap into the vast energy infrastructure in Ge [...]
Britain eyes nuclear, wind, fossil fuels in bid for energy security
Alongside a ramp up in nuclear power, the British Energy Security Strategy envisages up to 50 GW of offshore wind and 10 GW of hydrogen – half of whic [...]
Wind energy installations must quadruple to hit net-zero goals: GWEC
Onshore and offshore wind turbines photographed in Flevoland, the Netherlands.Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty ImagesThe wind energy sector had i [...]
How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition
This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands.Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty ImagesDiscussions about the energy transition, what [...]
Game-changing hydrogen could play a big role in the energy transition
Ships sailing into the port of Rotterdam in February 2022.Federico Gambarini | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesConcerns related to both the energy tran [...]
BP establishes partnership focused on offshore wind in Japan
An offshore wind turbine photographed in waters off the coast of Japan on October 4, 2013.Yoshikazu Tsuno | AFP | Getty ImagesBP has agreed to establi [...]
Coal is a ‘stupid investment’: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021.Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images Ne [...]
IEA’s plan to cut oil use
Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018.Kamisoka | Istock Unreleased | Getty ImagesSpeed limits on highways should be cut by at lea [...]
Ford says it will ramp up EV offering in Europe
A Ford facility in Cologne, Germany, photographed in February 2021.Oliver Berg | AFP | Getty ImagesFord has laid out plans to roll out three new passe [...]
Europe’s ocean energy installations surge back to pre-Covid levels
An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021.William Edwards | AFP | Getty ImagesEuropean installations of tidal [...]
Britain resurfaces huge tidal energy plan amid Ukraine crisis
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010.Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty ImagesAn independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility o [...]
Ex-Unilever CEO namechecks Tesla, says firms should focus on long term
The ex-CEO of British consumer goods giant Unilever has shared his view on how businesses should operate in the years ahead, namechecking Elon Musk's [...]