Energy News
‘Historic’ legal blow for Merkel’s climate plan amid Green surge
Germany's highest court ruled Thursday that the government's flagship climate protection plan was "insufficient", a major setback for…
Wind Daily
Researchers working to further develop monopile production for offshore wind farms
With an output of around ten megawatts, today's wind turbines on the open sea have enormous dimensions.
Oil and Gas
Eight Venezuelan soldiers killed in clashes on Colombian border: army
Eight Venezuelan soldiers have been killed in clashes with armed groups operating on the Colombian border, doubling the toll since an offensive against the combatants started in March, the defense ministry in Caracas said Wednesday.
Bio Fuel
Dominating fungus could be solution to producing more biofuels and chemicals
The discovery of a novel enzyme that releases a valuable chemical from agricultural waste could provide an important breakthrough in the upscaling of renewable fuels and chemicals, a new study shows.
Bio Fuel
Incentives could turn costs of biofuel mandates into environmental benefits
New studies from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) shed more light on the economic and environmental costs of mandates in the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), a federal program to expand the nation's biofuels sector.
Bio Fuel
Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste
Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It's a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat.
Wind Daily
Vertical turbines could be the future for wind farms
The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines.
Wind Daily
Blowing in the wind: Fishermen threaten South Korea carbon plans
Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches.
Oil and Gas
Tanker collision leaves oil spill off China port
A collision between a crude oil tanker and another ship in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday has left an oil spill in waters off China's biggest crude-receiving terminal, vessel managers said.
Energy News
Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty: study
Ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor, new research showed Tuesday.
Energy Tech
Clean energy innovation slowing, report warns
Innovation in the clean energy sector has slowed, a report released Tuesday found, a worrying development as plans to meet carbon emissions reductions targets rely on yet-to-be-developed technologies.
Oil and Gas
Iranian ships again harass Coast Guard cutters in Arabian Gulf, Navy says
Iranian vessels harassed U.S. Coast Guard boats in the Arabian Gulf Monday for the second time this month, according to the Navy.
Energy Tech
Fooling fusion fuel: How to discipline unruly plasma
The process designed to harvest on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars can sometimes be tricked.
Bio Fuel
Scientists convert fire-risk wood waste into biofuel
Reliance on petroleum fuels and raging wildfires: Two separate, large-scale challenges that could be addressed by one scientific breakthrough.
Oil and Gas
ExxonMobil investor says its climate strategy an ‘existential’ risk
ExxonMobil's strategy in the face of climate change poses an "existential business risk" to the company, according to an activist hedge fund that is a shareholder in the oil giant, a report in the Financial Times said Sunday.
Bio Fuel
Scientists uncover structure of light-driven enzyme with potential biofuel applications
Although many organisms capture and respond to sunlight, enzymes - proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions - are rarely driven by light.