Archive for 2018
Bulgaria is set to revive its once-moribund nuclear project
During long years of communism, Eastern European countries burned coal to power their struggling economies as if there was no tomorrow. Coal was cheap and readily available. Yet it was also highly pollutive. The environmental legacies of such policies are
Electric car batteries are on the up
Electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but certain things are still holding them back from going truly mainstream. One of those things is the current generation of car batteries. These batteries are expensive and have a rather limited drive range.
Solar power is on the rise in Europe due to climate change
As climate change raises average temperatures across the continent of Europe, the number of sunny days is bound to grow. And more sunny days means more potential for solar power. That’s one of those ironies of climate change: at times
From toxic caterpillars to grey squirrels. The cost of invasive species
Caterpillars may seem like harmless creatures, but some of them are anything but. Certain subspecies can be highly toxic in a byproduct of evolution that has equipped these largely powerless larvae with a self-defense mechanism. Londeners are learning this to
Billions of euros have been spent on wind power. Here come billions more
Last year the EU’s energy industry invested a whopping €51 billion in wind power. This year the EU will spend even more on harnessing the power of winds. In other words, wind power is definitely a growth industry in Europe.
Is there a place for nuclear energy in Europe?
Despite the bad rep that nuclear power tends to get in the popular imagination and in Hollywood movies ...