Renewable Energy
Renewables to overtake coal and become world’s biggest source of electricity generation by 2025, IEA says
Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three years, overtaking coal.” Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Renewables are on course to overtake coal and become the planet’s biggest source of electricity generation […]
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Toyota secures funding to develop hydrogen fuel cell version of its Hilux pickup in the UK
A Toyota logo displayed on a vehicle in Poland. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel cell vehicles back in 1992. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — A consortium led by automotive giant Toyota will receive millions in funding to develop a hydrogen fuel cell pickup truck in […]
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Rolls-Royce uses hydrogen produced with wind and tidal power to test jet engine
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had carried out the ground test of a jet engine that used hydrogen produced from tidal and wind power. In a statement this week, aerospace giant Rolls-Royce — not to be confused […]
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Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act helps make inexperienced hydrogen worthwhile at scale, Goldman Sachs states
Hydrogen storage tanks photographed in Spain on May possibly 19, 2022. Hydrogen has a various variety of purposes and can be deployed in a large assortment of industries. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act signifies a “turning point” when it comes to the economics of systems these types […]
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Power marketplaces are experiencing ‘one or two many years of excessive volatility,’ Enel CEO says
This graphic, from March 2022, displays wind turbines and fuel storage facilities in Germany. Europe’s vitality marketplaces have seasoned turbulence in the latest months. Jan Woitas | Photograph Alliance | Getty Pictures The CEO of Italian energy company Enel told CNBC Tuesday that turbulence in strength marketplaces was possible to persist for some time. “Items […]
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Renault wants to use water from depths of 4,000 meters to supply heat to an old production 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 2050. Igor Golovniov/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Renault Group is working with French utility Engie on the development of a geothermal energy project at the automaker’s Douai facility, with […]
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After decades as a nuclear powerhouse, France makes its 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 Wind Farm. Stephane Mahe | AFP | Getty Images A facility described as “France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project” is fully operational, multinational utility EDF said this week. The news represents […]
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A wave-powered prototype device is aiming to produce drinking water from the ocean
Ocean Oasis’ Gaia system has been designed to use wave power to desalinate water. Ocean Oasis Plans to use marine energy to desalinate water received a further boost this week, after a Norwegian firm presented a system that will be put through its paces in waters off Gran Canaria. In a statement Monday, Oslo-headquartered Ocean […]
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China ‘played a excellent game’ on lithium and we have been slow to react, CEO says
This impression, from March 2021, demonstrates a employee with vehicle batteries at a facility in China. STR | AFP | Getty Images China is top the way when it will come to lithium — and the rest of the environment has not been quick ample to respond to its dominance, according to the CEO of […]
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‘Indiscriminate use of hydrogen’ could sluggish the electrical power transition, report claims
A hydrogen bus photographed in Poland. Hydrogen has a varied vary of programs and can be deployed in a wide variety of industries. Dominika Zarzycka | Nurphoto | Getty Photos Hydrogen use by the G-7 could jump by four to seven periods by the center of this century compared to 2020 in order to “fulfill […]
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