Researchers have successfully combined two…
Geothermal energy, once a niche…
The United Kingdom needs to…
Considering his pledges to make the United States “energy dominant,” President Donald Trump must take satisfaction in Department of Energy (DOE) projections of growing domestic oil production and…
Why would U.S.-based electric truck maker Via Motors collaborate with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely to jointly manufacture a medium-duty plug-in hybrid truck? In recent years, Via Motors has faced…
Waymo Update Waymo is a self-driving car company created by Google. As I explained in an article last November, the company tests its self-driving cars in Chandler, Arizona — which is where…
University of Twente researchers have made significant efficiency improvements to the technology used to generate solar fuels. This involves the direct conversion of energy from sunlight into a usable fuel…
Global automakers see electrified luxury cars as vital to being Tesla-competitive, government mandate-compliant, and standing out as high-performance innovative carmakers. Product announcements this week from Nissan’s Infiniti luxury brand…
Booming Chinese solar installations propelled annual worldwide investments in renewable energy and energy-smart technology 3 percent higher to $333.5 billion last year—the second-highest on record, a Bloomberg New Energy Finance…
The bullish momentum for global clean energy investment, which rose 3 percent to $333.5 billion in 2017, will continue this year. There was significant progress in the transition to cleaner…
A new leak has sprung from China’s bitcoin rumor pool. And while markets have grown resilient of such news, this new potential crackdown seems to have spooked miners. China’s bitcoin…
In order to formulate a long-term strategy — for business or otherwise — you must learn to anticipate the future. We can visualize how the world will evolve by analyzing…
State-held Saudi Electricity Company signed an agreement on Sunday with Japanese energy firms and carmaker Nissan to launch the first pilot project for electric vehicles in the country best…
Some 100 meters from the giant metal sarcophagus that contains the infamous Reactor Four at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, a new solar project has been built, providing hope of salvaging…
Algae are probably one of the most attractive directions of scientific development when it comes to finding new green energy sources. They are cheap. They can be used either as…
(Click to enlarge) Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist Records for renewable energy consumption were smashed around the world in 2017. Looking at national and state grids,…
What sector will account for the largest source of oil demand growth over the next two decades? Most people might assume transportation, with hundreds of millions of people in the…
Various countries in the world’s most oil-dependent region, the Middle East, have started to look above ground for generating energy to diversify away from their primary below-ground energy source. Saudi…
2017 was a great year for the world of offshore wind power. Here’s a recap of what we saw, and a look at what’s ahead. “A New Era in UK…
India’s solar energy plans seem to have run into a spot of a bother. The Indian government’s target is to boost installed solar power capacity more than five-fold to 100…
The announcement made by uranium giant Cameco in November that it’s suspending operations at its flagship McArthur River mine in northern Saskatchewan and surprisingly deep three-year cuts by Kazakhstan’s state-owned Kazatomprom …
In his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, we have no doubt that US Energy Secretary Perry discussed that nations’ plans to embark on a 16 nuclear reactor building spree. The…
When it comes to renewables, skeptics tend to point out the lower efficiency rates as opposed to fossil fuels, the high costs, and the dependence on subsidies for making a…