Tech Innovation
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035
Thursday, January 28, 2021, 1:18 PM MST
General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and…
Total gets fastest start on clean energy among Europe oil majors
Monday, January 25, 2021, 7:08 AM MST
Total SE has had the fastest start in the race between oil supermajors to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. Europe’s three…
Shell bulks up EV charging network with Ubitricity acquisition
Monday, January 25, 2021, 7:03 AM MST
Royal Dutch Shell plc has agreed to buy Ubitricity, which operates the largest public electric vehicle-charging network in the U.K.,…
Spending on global energy transition hits record $500 billion
Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 6:56 AM MST
The world spent a record $501.3 billion in 2020 on renewable power, electric vehicles and other technologies to cut the…
Are too many companies are banking on carbon capture to reach net zero?
Friday, January 15, 2021, 6:48 AM MST
As governments and companies jostle to show how committed they are to fighting global warming, plans to take carbon dioxide out…
Qatar raises carbon capture ambitions, touting green credentials
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 6:45 AM MST
Qatar Petroleum will build facilities capable of capturing and storing more than seven million tonnes per year of carbon dioxide…
Total, Engie seek aid for France’s biggest green hydrogen plant
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 6:36 AM MST
Total SE and Engie SA plan to build France’s largest green hydrogen facility to feed the oil company’s biodiesel plant…
BitCrude delivers on commercial demonstration shipping process
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 6:42 AM MST
Calgary-based BitCrude Energy has successfully completed its commercial production demonstration that delivers a cost-effective, ecologically enhanced, and safe bitumen transportation process. The company’s…
World’s biggest battery race gets new contender in Australia
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 6:23 AM MST
Another big battery project has been announced in Australia, as energy storage developers rush to profit from the nation’s abundant…
New campaign, and logo, for GM in a bid to electrify image
Monday, January 11, 2021, 6:12 AM MST
General Motors is changing its corporate logo and launching an electric vehicle marketing campaign to reshape its image as clean…
Canada’s Magna in electric-car parts joint venture with LG Electronics
Thursday, December 24, 2020, 6:44 AM MST
LG Electronics Inc. plans to spin off some its electric-car components business into a new joint venture with Canada’s Magna…
Acceleware receives support from second producer for Marwayne RF XL pilot
Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 7:20 AM MST
A second major oilsands producer will provide financial and technical support for a commercial-scale pilot test of its RF XL…