On 13 February, when freak winds brought down a transmission line in Victoria and shut down the state’s largest power station, a fleet of electric cars plugged into a charger in Canberra 500km away…
Norwegian investment fund Norfund is to invest $307 million in the development of electromobility solutions in Kenya, in particular those of start-up BasiGo. The announcement was made recently by…
Wind turbines popping up in communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are helping to establish the technology’s potential in cold climates, where high wind speeds offer an ideal resource…
An electric car battery developed by UK start-up Nyobolt has successfully charged from 10% to 80% in four minutes and 37 seconds in its first live demonstration.
It was achieved with a specially-…
The Chicago-based architecture firm that built the world’s tallest structure in Dubai is looking to design skyscrapers that use gravity storage to reduce climate pollution.
Welcome to the 17th International Scientific Conference on Energy and Climate Change website. PROMITHEASnet – the Energy and Climate Change network, as the organizer, invites you to this three-days…
While the cost of buying an electric vehicle can sometimes approach €170,000, depending on production costs and the model, German carmaker Volkswagen has announced that it will be manufacturing and…
President William Ruto is back in Kenya after a week of diplomatic exchanges, trade negotiations and partnership signings in the United States of America. Of particular note is the $200 million…
Microsoft and G42 are collaborating to build a $1 billion geothermal-powered data center in Kenya
The first phase of the project will have a capacity of 100 megawatts and is expected to be…
This article was written and edited before Krystyna Lagowski passed away in October 2023. She was a valued member of the Globe Drive team, contributing regularly since 2022 on topics including…
While the electricity sector is attracting more and more funding, clean cooking remains the poor relation of the energy transition in Africa. The sector does not seem to be attracting any major…
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, pledged to mobilise $2 billion for access to clean cooking in Africa over the next 10 years at the Clean Cooker Summit in…
Every autumn morning at an aquaculture site near the mouth of the Yellow River in China's Dongying City, Shandong Province, farmers begin packaging shrimp for their customers. Their harvest is…
Start-up Spiro's presence at the 11th Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, was not in vain. While there, the mobility start-up secured a $50 million credit facility with the Export-Import Bank (…
Recent letters about smart meters (14 May) reported some readers’ bad experiences, but it’s not all negative – our smart meter is allowing our household to cut carbon and save money. In combination…
A citizens’ committee appointed by the City of Edmonton is calling on Mayor Amarjeet Sohi and municipal councillors to reject hydrogen as a clean energy option for all but the most difficult sectors…
As part of a partnership with the provincial authorities of the Free State in South Africa, Zero Carbon Charge (ZCC) will invest $234 million in the very first network of solar-powered electric car…