Low Carbon Energy
A road can now charge electric vehicles on the go
First came news, earlier this year, of a brand-new electric car that could recharged itself on the go. Lightyear One is an electric car in development by a Dutch startup that can charge itself through solar panels installed in it.
Here comes ecofriendly solid and coal-like biofuel
Coal is still one of the most commonly used fossil fuels in parts of Europe, yet it’s also one of the most pernicious. Each coal-fuelled power plant releases millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, thereby worsening climate change.
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
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.