Tag: Western Europe
Jury Convicts Hedge-Fund Manager Accused of Rigging Foreign-Exchange Market
Updated Oct. 25, 2023 6:04 pm ETA London hedge-fund manager accused of manipulating the foreign-exchange market was convicted Wednesday of fraud in a [...]
Rivian pauses plans to make electric vans in Europe with Mercedes-Benz
A Rivian logo on an Amazon.com delivery electric van photographed in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 2022.Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images [...]
Europe’s power crisis has ‘very little to do with Putin’: CEO
This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands.Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty ImagesThe power c [...]
Energy partnership between U.S., Britain aims to ramp up LNG supplies
Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden photographed on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Nov. 16, 2022.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON — The U.K [...]
Rolls-Royce uses green hydrogen in jet engine test
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had c [...]
After years as nuclear powerhouse, France makes play in offshore wind
This image, from Sept. 2022, shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with workers on board a boat during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire Offshore [...]
Renault plans to harness geothermal energy and help heat plant
A Renault logo photographed in Bavaria, Germany. The French automotive giant says it's targeting carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2 [...]
UK’s first large-scale lithium refinery chooses location
A lithium-ion battery photographed at a Volkswagen facility in Germany. Lithium-ion batteries are crucial components in electric vehicles.Jan Woitas | [...]
Food and wine trips to France, Italy, Spain and the UK
When Colin and Jenoa Matthes left their home state of Utah to embark on a world tour in 2019, they found themselves drawn to the food scenes in places [...]
Wave energy device put through its paces during trials in Scotland
The Waveswing device pictured before it was put through its paces in Scapa Flow, Orkney.Sea-based trials of a wave energy converter weighing 50 metric [...]
New project will test the viability of large-scale wave energy
This image shows waters off the coast of Orkney, an archipelago north of the Scottish mainland that's home to the European Marine Energy Centre.Capchu [...]
Stellantis looks to Australian materials for its EVs
This image, from July 2021, shows a Citroen e-C4 electric vehicle on display at a showroom in Paris, France. Citroen is a brand of Stellantis, one of [...]
IEA chief Fatih Birol in warning over European gas storage
A German gas storage facility photographed in September 2022. European countries are attempting to wean themselves off Russian gas following the Kreml [...]
Vestas launches ‘world’s tallest onshore tower for wind turbines’
A Vestas wind turbine photographed in Denmark. The company said Tuesday it would launch an onshore wind turbine tower with a hub height of 199 meters. [...]
Big businesses trumpet ESG credentials. Scrutiny is on the rise
As the 2020s progress, discussions about climate change, the environment and issues related to equality and diversity are at the forefront of many peo [...]