2020-10-19 Energy transition Energy policy Energy industry King coal loses its US crown With a range of cheaper, cleaner alternatives, US power plant developers are retiring coal plant at a rapid pace Read more
2020-10-05 Energy transition Research and Development Energy trade The bigger the more efficient Berkeley Lab researchers have recalculated the savings potentially achieved by supersized wind turbines Read more
2020-10-02 Energy policy Power generation Climate protection South Korea to expand offshore wind South Korean President Moon Jae-in is to formulate this year the region’s first national pathway to net zero carbon by 2050 Read more
2020-09-14 Energy industry Power generation Energy transition Storing green electricity instead of burning gas BloombergNEF study: rapid decline in prices; battery storage often cheaper than gas Read more
2020-09-08 Energy transition Innovation Energy industry Achieving low carbon hydrogen production in the 2020s Hydrogen is set to play a major role in the UK’s net zero carbon future Read more
2020-09-03 Energy policy Climate protection Energy transition The European Green Deal Investment Plan and the JTM At least €1 trillion in sustainable investment is planned drawn from both public and private sources over ten years Read more
2020-08-21 Energy industry Energy policy Energy transition Offshore power production enters new phase All offshore wind farms not participating in tender rounds completed. Next commissioning scheduled for 2022 Read more
2020-08-18 Energy industry Energy policy Energy transition UK pathways to net zero National Grid ESO shows three possible routes to UK's net zero target Read more
2020-08-14 Energy transition Climate protection Energy industry What will we fill up our cars with? The 'Fuels of the Future' position paper by Fraunhofer summarises the major steps towards the transport transition Read more
2020-08-12 Power generation Energy industry Germany's energy consumption has fallen by nine percent Semi-annual report of AG Energiebilanzen shows clear effects of the corona pandemic Read more
2020-08-10 Energy transition Innovation Research and Development The future of solar energy has two sides Scientists research the efficiency of modules that are active on the front and back Read more
2020-08-05 Energy transition Power generation Climate protection The era of subsidy-free offshore wind begins The latest UK offshore wind auction should see wind farms built which are the first to pay money back to society Read more
2020-07-31 Research and Development Energy policy Energy industry Project ITER: Test reactor begins assembly International research project ITER explores nuclear fusion as an energy source Read more
2020-07-24 Energy policy Energy transition Energy industry Future drive technologies "Clean fuels for All": New concept of mineral oil industry presents future models for the transport sector Read more
2020-07-17 Climate protection Energy transition Energy industry Renewables post record growth in 2019 UNEP study reveals solar sector's substantial gain Read more
2020-07-15 Security of supply Energy transition Power generation Hybrid power plants: two is better than one Power plants fired by multiple fuels have a steadier output – a boon to security of supply and grids Read more
2020-07-06 Energy industry Energy transition Innovation Wood instead of steel: wind turbine tower field trial Sweden-based Modvion uses renewable resources to build wind turbines Read more
2020-06-24 Energy transition Energy industry Innovation RWE invests in new control system for power plant dispatch System based on Siemens enables second-by-second control and integration of RWE wind and solar farms Read more
2020-06-19 Climate protection Energy transition Energy industry CO₂ emissions from German power producers on the decline Renewables reinforce the trend: Emissions halved since 1990 Read more
2020-06-17 Climate protection Energy transition Energy policy USA: Renewables overtake coal Wind and sun produce more electricity 40 days in a row as long-term trend picks up steam Read more