Low Carbon Energy
India’s solar capacity will be ‘well short’ of its 100GW target in 2022
Much of the Indian subcontinent is ideally suited for solar power with lots of sunshine all year round. In its efforts to harvest much of the inexhaustible energy of the sun, India’s government has pledged to have 100GW of solar
Heatwaves will intensify owing to climate change
Much of Europe is experiencing abnormal heat waves with locals doing their best to cool down in shades and swimming pools. The situation is the same across much of Asia with unusually high temperatures in places like Hong Kong. Nothing
A technological breakthrough is a boon to hydrogen-fueled cars
Hydrogen-fueled cars are powered by the same kind of propulsion as rockets. They produce no greenhouse gas emissions and are more efficient than electric cars. As a result, they’ve long been touted as the cars of a greener future. Yet
From Olkiluoto to Hanhikivi, Finland forges ahead with nuclear ambitions
By September next year, Finland’s largest nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3, should be up and running. Just about time too. The reactor, constructed by a consortium led by state-owned French nuclear group Areva, was supposed to have begun operating in 2009,
CO2 emissions may turn the planet into ‘Hothouse Earth’
We may be about to turn our planet into “Hothouse Earth,” scientists say, and the results won’t be pretty. Ice sheets at the poles will melt, causing rising sea levels to inundate low-lying coastal areas. Aridity will increase across much
Wind power in Europe is undergoing a slowdown
In the first half of 2018 Europe added 4.5 gigawatts of new wind energy capacity, according to WindEurope. As much as 3.3GW of that came from new onshore wind farms installed in such major wind energy markets as Germany (1.6GW), France