With alarm bells ringing about the rapid demise of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, satellite data have revealed how the intrusion of warmer Atlantic waters is reducing ice regrowth in the winter. In…
From swamps, lakes, rivers, riparian land to sandy beaches, the wetlands are vital in the provision of clean water, health, tourism and agricultural sectors.
But the wetlands are under threat from…
The two 500MW/5GWh 'advanced' compressed-air projects in California would each be bigger than the current record holder.
A Canadian company has today announced that it is developing two 500MW/5GWh ‘…
Solar company My-PV has developed a solar-power system using thermal building component activation in commercial buildings: An electric underfloor heating system releases excess solar energy as heat…
BloombergNEF forecasts result of falling cost of making batteries as well as dedicated production lines.
Electric cars and vans will be cheaper to produce than conventional, fossil fuel-powered…
About 31,800 battery electric cars were sold in Britain in first three months of 2021.
The UK overtook France to become Europe’s second largest electric car market in the first quarter of the year,…
Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and extended droughts. Major disasters can leave…
Offshore fixed-in-place wind farms are not new, but they are providing renewable power in many locations around the world. But there’s a limit to the water depth — and thus distance offshore — that…
The African Continental Free Trade Area is a positive step, but it is no panacea. If Africa is to overcome barriers to structural transformation and industrialization, a broader strategy, based on…
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with lighting up the skies, these storms frequently cause…
To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on a dime and then…
You need all the different food groups and tech in the diet’, says Olivier Terneaud, Vice President, offshore wind, gas, renewables & power of the plan for Total to reach net zero by 2050.…
PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon…
Access to deeper waters allow turbines to be positioned in areas with more consistent windspeeds, company says.
Fifteen miles off the Aberdeenshire coast at Peterhead, five truly enormous wind …
Analysis quantifies a dramatic price drop that parallels similar improvements in solar and wind energy, and shows further steep declines could be possible.
The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion…