Liverpool (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 - Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems.
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is cutting approximately $679 million in funding to 12 wind farms, calling the projects wasteful.
London (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - Drax, a British generator of electricity, said Thursday it is under investigation by the UK financial watchdog over its sourcing of wood for biomass, sending its shares tumbling in London.
Oslo (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - The Norwegian state and environmental groups face off in court again Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - Japan remains optimistic about the adoption of renewable energy despite Mitsubishi pulling out of three big offshore wind projects, the government said Thursday. Blaming high costs, Mitsubis
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 - Japan's Mitsubishi is withdrawing from three wind power projects deemed no longer profitable, the company said on Wednesday, a setback for a renewable energy source the country considers its tr
Beijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 - China said Tuesday it had rejected a protest lodged by Japan over the development of gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea. Tokyo's foreign ministry said late Monday it had con
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 - A joint research team from POSTECH and Seoul National University has identified a novel oxide that produces large amounts of hydrogen using only heat, eliminating carbon emissions. The discovery, ac
La Paz (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 - Bolivian right-wing presidential hopeful Jorge Quiroga on Monday vowed to scrap billion-dollar lithium extraction deals struck by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected leader.
Oslo (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 - Climate and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, on Friday temporarily blocked access to Norway's central bank and occupied the headquarters of the country's largest bank in prot
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 - Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear f
Aachen, Germany (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 - A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into fridge-size units that homes and businesses can use to store their excess solar and wind energy.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 - A Stanford-led team has developed a prototype that converts urine into fertilizer while also generating electricity and improving sanitation. The system, detailed in Nature Water, recovers ammonia u
Oslo (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 - Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo's main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said. The ac
Evanston IL (SPX) Aug 21, 2025 - For decades, researchers around the world have searched for alternatives to iridium, an extremely rare, incredibly expensive metal used in the production of clean hydrogen fuels. Now, a powerf
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 - From electric vehicles to artificial intelligence data centers, modern technology demands ever-increasing amounts of electricity. Nuclear fusion could potentially deliver vast supplies of low-emissi
