Power
Bulgaria’s turn to gas is a financial trap
After decades of depending on coal, Bulgaria is firmly bidding farewell to the most polluting fuel of them all. Its…
Australian renewables sector facing “alarming” slowdown
Australia’s large-scale renewables industry saw a “significant downturn” in investment in 2023 despite the country’s overall growth in the sector,…
Are solid-state batteries finally ready to live up to the hype?
People are slowly but surely embracing electric vehicles (EVs), but the pace of that transition still needs to accelerate for…
Geopolitics requires decoupling from natural gas
It's déjà vu. Two years into the Russian war on Ukraine, the EU again warns of a winter energy price…
Iceland is closing the circle on geothermal
With the cataclysmic scenes emerging from Iceland recently, it is easy to see why the country’s original settlers coined it…
Aston Uni researchers pave the way for safer and greener lithium-ion batteries
Aston University researchers in Birmingham, England, are embarking on a groundbreaking exploration of gel electrolyte materials to enhance the safety…
Venture capital funding for decarbonisation has stalled since 2022 – report
Funding for decarbonisation projects peaked in 2022 followed by a roughly 90% drop in 2023, a new GlobalData report reveals.…
Data: the missing link for electric vehicles
In one sense, the electric vehicle revolution is about hardware. It requires new kinds of cars to be built, powered…
Is Mexico’s 55% power market nationalisation an anti-business move?
Mexico’s government has consolidated its control over more than half of the country’s power generation market following state utility Comision…
What happened to Tesla’s integrated solar dream?
Tesla has opened orders in the US for its Powerwall 3 home battery, nine years after the first-generation Powerwall was…