Road transport faces a number of challenges heading into the next decade, as competition, environmental and social issues all exert influence over the sector. Here is an overview of the challenges on…
Nearly a third of the Earth’s electricity will come from renewables by 2024, according to the International Energy Agency.
Renewable power capacity is expected to surge by 50% globally in the next…
South Africa's embattled state power firm, Eskom, is taking legal action to reclaim $14m (£11m) from multinational consultancy Deloitte, accusing it of being awarded contracts improperly.
Eskom said…
Pace of progress raises hope that fossil fuel companies could lose their domination.
The world’s rising reliance on fossil fuels may come to an end decades earlier than the most polluting companies…
As policymakers seek to reduce carbon dioxide and other pollutants through increases in renewable energy, improving energy efficiency or electrifying transportation, a key question arises: Which…
Every year, roughly 5% of U.S. homeowners gaze forlornly up at their aging and weathered shingles, sigh, and take the financial plunge to get a new roof. Martin DeBono, President of GAF Energy, sees…
Manufacturers seeking to decarbonize have a long row to hoe. They can order up a package of renewable energy and carbon offsets to power their factories and offices, but that’s just for starters. To…
Cornwall council and EU will fund scheme to tap into ‘hot rocks’ beneath attraction.
A plan to heat the giant biomes of the Eden Project and, eventually, neighbouring communities by tapping into the…
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] has launched a tender for 5% of its annual electricity supply from renewable sources for the next eight years, aiming to get nearer to its long-term…
We tend to blame meat-eaters and plastic-straw-users when it comes to climate change. However, according to a report released in 2017, only 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global greenhouse…
A consortium led by Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power had reportedly lodged a world record low price bid of $16.953 ($A25) a megawatt hour for a 900MW solar park in Dubai.
The bid – reported by…
Green gas is being talked up of late as one new way forward for decarbonisation. So what exactly is green gas? It could, in fact, be a lot of different things, some of which are far from green. In…
The country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, recalling days of hyperinflation under Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe has raised its average electricity tariff by 320 percent to ramp up…
Bloomberg just published another stark reminder of the shifting landscape for energy generation – fossil fuels have a limited time as viable sources of energy. And I’m not talking about saving the…
After economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin predicted the rise of The Hydrogen Economy 17 years ago, history failed to cooperate with him. The US, then hooked on foreign oil and destined to run out of its…
The international community is falling well short of providing the cash needed to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030, according to a report released on Monday (12 November 2018).
At the…
Worldwide commission aims to end energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia by driving investment in new technology.
Electricity could be delivered to more than a billion people currently…
The study is a collaborative effort of an international team of solar energy experts from Aalto University of Finland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and SMART (Singapore-MIT Alliance for…
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