Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2021 - Just off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, thousands of gallons of oil seep through cracks in the seafloor and rise to the surface each day. But this isn't a disaster zone: It's one of the lar
Lisbon (AFP) Dec 14, 2021 - Portuguese utility Galp Energia and Swedish battery maker Northvolt said Tuesday that they were joining forces to build in Portugal one of Europe's first lithium conversion plants at a cost of 700 million euros ($790 million).
Tehran (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Iran plans to cut oil output and prioritise defence spending in its 2022-2023 draft budget because of sanctions and US-Israeli threats linked to its nuclear programme.
Chorin, Germany (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Germany is expanding its power grid to aid the transition to renewable energies, but local residents in some areas are holding up the process over concerns about wildlife.
Garrelsweer, Netherlands (AFP) Dec 12, 2021 - Teacher Daan Schoolland was asleep with his partner when the earthquake struck the northern Dutch hamlet of Garrelsweer in the middle of the night.
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 - UBC researchers have created what could be the first battery that is both flexible and washable. It works even when twisted or stretched to twice its normal length, or after being tossed in the laun
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 - Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) have designed a new system that allows more to be got from biomass (such as forest and agr
Gornje Nedeljice, Serbia (AFP) Dec 10, 2021 - Farmhouses and cornfields dot the gentle, rolling plains of Serbia's Jadar Valley, but underneath the bucolic surface lies one of Europe's largest lithium deposits - the source fuelling the latest round of unrest in the Balkan nation.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 - Between 118 and 138 million tons of organic waste are generated annually worldwide, with waste from the food production and distribution chain accounting for 100 million tons of the total. Only abou
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2021 - A controversial oilfield project opposed by environmentalists off the Scottish coast has been paused, operator Siccar Energy said Friday, one week after partner Royal Dutch Shell signalled its exit.
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 9, 2021 - The British government is collaborating to build the world's first-ever space battery powered by the element Americium-241.
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 9, 2021 - South Africa's energy minister on Thursday defended plans for oil and gas exploration by energy giant Shell along a pristine stretch of coast, accusing opponents of deliberately seeking to block investment.
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2021 - Launched in 2010, DARPA's Living Foundries program aimed to enable adaptable, scalable, and on-demand production of critical, high-value molecules by programming the fundamental metabolic processes
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2021 - President Joe Biden is to sign an order Wednesday to make the federal government carbon neutral by 2050 via a panoply of clean-energy initiatives including electric vehicles and environmentally friendly buildings.
Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2021 - In the showdown over Russia's implicit threat to invade Ukraine, the United States and European allies are eyeing what they see is a major vulnerability for Moscow - the just-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline to carry natural gas to Europe.
Austin TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2021 - University of Texas at Austin researchers have created a new sodium-based battery material that is highly stable, capable of recharging as quickly as a traditional lithium-ion battery and able to pa
