With its factories and investments in Thailand, China will be increasingly important to the Southeast Asian nation’s transition from fossil fuels In March, Thailand announced it will draft a master plan to reach net zero carbon emissions. Though it has not set a date for net zero, that deadline will proably be announced in November […]

6 สิงหาคม 2564 WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Detroit’s Big Three automakers plan to announce on Thursday that they aspire to have 40% to 50% of new vehicle sales by 2030 be electric models as they call for billions in U.S. government assistance to meet aggressive targets, sources briefed on the matter said. The White […]

President Biden wants half of all new car sales in America to be electric by the end of the decade. It’s a bold goal—and it won’t be easy. It will require a lot of lithium, batteries, EV charging, and EV manufacturing capacity. Most important, it will require billions and billions of dollars.  Wednesday, the White House announced plans […]

Norway is the country with the highest share of renewable energy in the world, according to new data. A study by energy tariff comparison platform Utility Bidder reveals the top 20 countries in the clean energy field, as well as those which rely most on fossil fuels. The fossil fuels measured were coal, oil and […]

In March this year, Volkswagen announced a plan to set up six electric vehicle (EV) battery plants in Europe by 2030. The company aims to mass-produce standardized batteries to reduce costs and increase vehicle profitability. In an effort to materialize its goals, the German automaker recently extended its existing partnership with the Chinese battery maker Guoxuan […]

Energy aggregator’s platform optimise low carbon and renewable energy assets totalling over 80MW BP has acquired energy aggregator Open Energi. Open Energi’s technology optimises the energy use of low-carbon assets, including battery storage and solar plants, to create cost savings. The company’s digital platform uses real-time data to optimise the performance of energy assets. It […]

AC Energy—controlled by Philippine billionaire Jaime Zobel de Ayala’s Ayala Corp.—and Singapore-based Sunseap Group are investing over $2.4 billion in separate renewable energy projects across Southeast Asia as countries around the region accelerate their transition into a carbon-free future. Sunseap—backed by Thai billionaire Isara Vongkusolkit’s energy firm Banpu pcl and Singapore’s state investment arm Temasek—said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of […]

(Bloomberg) — China’s national carbon market, which will become the world’s largest emissions trading system, will finally begin online trading on Friday, according to people familiar with the matter. The system, which will initially cover more than 2,200 companies in China’s power sector, is now ready to commence operations, according to the people, who requested […]

BP’s annual report reveals renewable energy boom in pandemic coincided with slump in demand for oil The world’s wind and solar energy capacity grew at a record rate last year while the oil industry recorded its steepest slump in demand since the second world war, according to BP. The impact of coronavirus lockdowns on the energy […]

This cut-away rendering of the MIT nuclear battery concept shows important components such as the instrumentation and control module, the reactor, and the power module. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe, efficient option for decarbonizing electricity systems. We may be on […]

The research aims to design an integrated solar energy storage system utilizing the potential of gravity with a suspended mass Two researchers from the School of Engineering and Sustainable Development, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, and a researcher from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, have designed a residential solar-plus-storage system based on gravity. Their research […]

Nissan’s ‘gigafactory’ in Sunderland must be the first of many sites if the UK is to compete in the electric vehicle era The British government’s £100m-plus commitment to secure Nissan’s battery gigafactory for Sunderland has been like gadget-shopping on Amazon writ large: splurging on some new technology that has suddenly become essential – and then being immediately […]

The Transition to Renewable Energy Sources Renewable energy sources are at the center of the transition to a sustainable energy future and the fight against climate change.  Historically, renewables were expensive and lacked competitive pricing power relative to fossil fuels. However, this has changed notably over the last decade.  Renewables are the Cheapest Sources of […]