Berlin (AFP) Sept 25, 2023 - A German company involved in the development of synthetic fuels announced Monday it hoped to mount a legal challenge to EU plans to ban the sale of combustion engine cars from 2035.
Paris (AFP) Sept 25, 2023 - President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France will triple its heat pump production over the next four years as part of a government climate plan.
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - Geothermal heat offers a promising source of renewable energy with almost zero emissions, but it remains a relatively expensive option to generate electricity. A new technique proposed by Penn State
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - The intense heat and pressure inside stars, such as the Sun, cause pairs of atoms, especially hydrogen atoms, to come together or 'fuse'. When these light nuclei merge into a heavier nucleus, some m
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - Does it makes business and economic sense to harvest energy in a densely-populated highly built-up land-scarce jurisdiction where high wind speed is almost non-existent? And in the case of floating
Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - The power output of wind turbines can go up or down by 50 percent within seconds. Such fluctuations in the megawatt range put a strain on both power grids and the turbines themselves. A new study by
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - Storing renewable energy as hydrogen could soon become much easier thanks to a new catalyst based on single atoms of platinum. The new catalyst, designed by researchers at City University Hong
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - As we seek more efficient utilization of waste thermal energy, use of phase change materials (PCMs) is a good option. PCMs have a large latent heat capacity and the ability to store-and-release he
Tianjin, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - REPT BATTERO's presence at this year's RE+ Expo marked a noteworthy moment in the evolution of sustainable energy solutions. The company, a leader in the field since its 2017 inception, took the sta
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 25, 2023 - Thermoelectrics enable the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy - and vice versa. This makes them interesting for a range of technological applications. In the search for thermoelectric
Paris (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 - By the end of 2023, China will control half the world's installed capacity of electrolysers for producing low-carbon hydrogen amid a slowdown in new projects due to inflation, according to an International Energy Agency report released Friday.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 22, 2023 - Researchers in Sweden have discovered large amounts of methane gas, a powerful planet-warming gas, leaking from unusual depths on the Baltic Sea seabed, they said on Friday.
New York (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 - The UN's former climate chief said Thursday she had lost patience with fossil fuel companies and that they should steer clear of crunch talks in Dubai if the industry refuses to be part of the solution.
London (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted he was not slowing down efforts to tackle climate change, a day after softening green policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
New York (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 - Saudi Arabia's de facto leader said Wednesday that a historic normalization of relations with Israel is getting closer, as he also warned that the kingdom will seek a nuclear weapon if foe Iran gets one first.
London (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 - British business didn't mince their words Wednesday after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to water down his government's net zero policies.
