Carbon & Sustainability
$3 billion planned for next-generation hydrogen power plants
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 6:55 AM MDT
Three power plants planned in New York, Virginia and Ohio will test whether hydrogen can one day replace natural gas…
Ontario will waste more clean electricity due to COVID 19, engineer group says
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 6:45 AM MDT
The amount of clean electricity wasted in Ontario is expected to increase significantly this year as a result of the…
EV charging stations coming to northern, coastal, central B.C.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 7:01 AM MDT
A partnership between the B.C. provincial and federal governments, 25 local governments and First Nations communities will bring 55 electric…
Trump administration finalizes coal plant pollution rollback
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 6:51 AM MDT
The Trump administration on Monday finalized its weakening of an Obama-era rule aimed at reducing pollution from coal-burning power plants…
Utilities are slowing down the clean energy transition
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 6:48 AM MDT
Even as the world has added a record amount of new renewable power, utilities globally have moved too slowly to…
The world added more solar, wind than anything else last year
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 6:45 AM MDT
For the first time ever, solar and wind made up the majority of new power generation in the world —…
Mini-reactors are gaining traction in the push for greener grids
Monday, August 31, 2020, 6:55 AM MDT
The nuclear industry has been stalled for years now, struggling to compete with cheaper forms of power and viewed as…
Britain got its cleanest electricity ever during lockdown
Monday, August 31, 2020, 6:28 AM MDT
U.K electricity has never been cleaner. As wind, solar and biomass plants produced more power than ever in the second…
Amazon buys 1,800 electric Mercedes vans in latest green effort
Friday, August 28, 2020, 6:36 AM MDT
Amazon.com Inc. is buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, the retailer’s biggest commitment to date to cut…
Wind turbine behemoth plans for future by getting into hydrogen
Friday, August 28, 2020, 6:30 AM MDT
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role…
Solar panel craze leaves Australia’s grid scrambling for backup
Thursday, August 27, 2020, 6:15 AM MDT
Australians’ fervent embrace of rooftop solar is forcing the grid to become more flexible. The shift has carved out daytime…
Global oil refining faces shake-up from Asian plastics boom
Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 7:04 AM MDT
As the age of the hydrocarbon enters its final era, the action increasingly moves to Asia and plastics take center…
