Tag: Solar power
Europe’s energy giants explore potential of floating solar
Floating solar panels in the Netherlands. A number of major energy firms are looking into the potential of combining floating solar with other energy [...]
The race to make green hydrogen competitive is on
One type of hydrogen production uses electrolysis, with an electric current splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. If the electricity used in this [...]
Clean energy set for $1.4 trillion boost in 2022, IEA says
Coal and a wind turbine in Hohenhameln, Germany, on April 11, 2022. A number of major economies have formulated plans to reduce their reliance on Russ [...]
UN chief slams new fossil fuel funding
In remarks delivered to the Austrian World Summit in Vienna via video, Antonio Guterres issued a sobering assessment of the planet's prospects. "Most [...]
CEOs on gas, renewables and the energy crisis
From the Covid-19 pandemic and supply chain shocks to rising inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, governments and businesses around the world a [...]
Masdar signs deal for major green hydrogen projects in Egypt
Masdar says Egypt's abundance of solar and wind will "allow generation of renewable power at a highly competitive cost – a key enabler for green hydro [...]
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 role of natural gas in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Natural gas is one of several commodities affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prices on the Dutch TTF hub, a European benchmark for natural gas [...]
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 [...]
Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy plans $3.9 billion wind, solar project
This image from 2016 shows a wind turbine on property used by MidAmerican Energy's Eclipse Wind Farm in Adair, Iowa.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty I [...]
Lightsource bp to partner with Dourogás on green hydrogen projects
Sutad Watthanakul | EyeEm | Getty ImagesSolar business Lightsource bp is to partner with Portugal's Dourogas on a number of projects centered aroun [...]
Renewable power installations set for record year: IEA
Wind turbines and solar panels in Kayseri, Turkey.temizyurek | E+ | Getty ImagesThe world is set to add nearly 290 gigawatts of renewable power cap [...]
Tesla TSLA earnings Q3 2021
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks to the media next to its Model S.Nora Tam | South China Morning Post | Getty ImagesTesla reported third-quarter e [...]
As COP26 nears, specialists speak tech, carbon pricing and regulation
Adriana Van De Wal | EyeEm | Getty PicturesThe chairman of the Vitality Transitions Fee has highlighted the function each corporations and governme [...]
Farming and solar energy set to mix in Netherlands-based pilot
Drazen_ | E+ | Getty PhotosSwedish power agency Vattenfall has been given a allow to construct a undertaking within the Netherlands that plans to m [...]