Renewables
Clean energy projects to get financing from $14 billion EU fund
Thursday, July 2, 2020, 6:33 AM MDT
Green investment in Europe is set for a fresh boost as the region prepares to hand out 1 billion-euro ($1.1…
Energy innovation spend needs to triple by 2030 to hit climate goals
Thursday, July 2, 2020, 6:25 AM MDT
Government spending to develop clean energy technologies needs to triple this decade in order to prevent the worst effects of…
U.S. house Democrats will call for 100% clean cars by 2035
Monday, June 29, 2020, 6:27 AM MDT
House Democrats on Tuesday will issue an ambitious plan to combat climate change, a move intended to reassure their base…
Hundreds of Dutch farmers sign $560 million wind-farm deal
Monday, June 29, 2020, 6:23 AM MDT
A collective of more than 200 farmers in a rural part of the Netherlands got financing to build one of…
Solar-power costs falling even faster than expected due to virus
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:41 AM MDT
The cost of U.S. solar power is dropping faster than expected as the coronavirus stifles demand, according to a report…
Big Oil’s long bet on hydrogen offers a climate lifeline
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:35 AM MDT
On particularly cold winter days, the vast majority of the U.K.’s energy comes from burning natural gas. That arrangement will…
Saskatchewan to develop plan around small modular nuclear reactors
Thursday, June 25, 2020, 6:13 AM MDT
Saskatchewan is taking another step in its march to bring small modular nuclear technology to the province.The Ministry of Environment…
Third phase to make Capital Power's Whitla Wind project Alberta's largest
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 11:26 AM MDT
Capital Power Corp. says a $92-million expansion of its Whitla Wind power facility in southern Alberta will make it the…
An influx of stimulus cash could turn green tech into a nightmare
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:32 AM MDT
Green industries are about to be flooded with billions from governments eager to simultaneously stimulate economies and fight climate change.These…
Electric car charging stations are finally about to take off
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 6:24 AM MDT
The electric vehicle sector has been stuck for years with a chicken-and-egg problem. Until there were extensive networks of public…
Renewable-energy spending will surpass oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021: Goldman Sachs
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 7 AM MDT
Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean…
The electric car battery boom has screeched to a halt, for now
Thursday, June 18, 2020, 6:40 AM MDT
Three decades of advances took lithium-ion batteries from powering handheld Sony camcorders to propelling Tesla’s popular electric vehicles. The rapid…
