Category: World

April 7, 2021

Norway, the world’s leading nation in the clean transport transition, saw 84.9% plugin electric vehicle market share in March 2021, the second highest plugin market share for a single month on record (only trailing December 2020’s plugin share of 87.1%) […]

March 5, 2021

Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom continues to diversify, as one of the group’s subsidiaries has acquired a major stake in a South Korean manufacturer of energy storage products. RENERA LLC, which is Rosatom’s integrator company for the energy storage […]

January 18, 2021

Total has agreed to buy a 20% stake in Indian PV developer Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), as the French oil and gas major ramps up efforts to reach its global clean energy targets. Paris-headquartered Total had previously purchased a […]

January 15, 2021

JA Solar has secured an exclusive module supply deal for an 88MW solar project in Guam that is being constructed by utility Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco). Set to be the US island territory’s largest PV plant, the project will […]

January 5, 2021

After years of slow headway, building design and industry professionals say sharp reductions in the climate impact of concrete are possible now. That is significant because cement, the critical glue that holds concrete together, is so carbon intensive that if […]

December 14, 2020

Foresight Group is providing an initial £80 million in funding to CNG Fuels in a partnership to build a UK-nationwide network of refuelling stations that will see it develop at least 14 public access stations for HGVs on major routes […]

December 8, 2020

In December 2020, Circle K announced its intention to take off 50 million litres of liquid electricity from REintegrate, and European Energy has since signed an ownership agreement with the start-up. This move will ensure the flow of green electricity […]

December 2, 2020

The European energy storage industry has witnessed remarkable growth over the last decade, going from 9MW of project announcements in 2010 up to a total of 5,700MW in 2020 (year to date). Out of these projects, around 1.7GW are operational […]

December 1, 2020

The partnership will deepen existing cooperation to accelerate the commercialisation of ocean energy technologies, by promoting the right policy incentives and innovative business models in Europe and globally. Oceans hold abundant, largely untapped renewable energy potential that could drive a […]

November 16, 2020

Total signed a strategic framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), to explore joint research, development and deployment partnership opportunities in the areas of CO2 emission reductions and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The agreement brings […]

November 9, 2020

TOTAL Deutschland has acquired the business activities in the field of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles from the Munich-based company Digital Energy Solutions, Viessmann Group. TOTAL will be integrating over 1,400 charging stations with over 2,000 charging points at B2B […]

November 5, 2020

Ambitious proposals to ramp up green hydrogen production in Chile and South Australia have been announced this week, as both look to take advantage growing supplies of renewables to help decarbonise their economies and meet green energy targets. Chile plans […]

October 23, 2020

HAM Group and Lipigas Companies will build Chile’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas station. This will be located near the Pan-American Highway in Chile), which is part of the country’s main land communication artery. The project has been possible […]

October 22, 2020

Researchers proved for the first time that when charging and discharging Li-ion battery electrode materials, high power can be produced by significantly reducing the charging and discharging time without reducing the particle size. Methods that reduce the particle size of […]

October 13, 2020

Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, the venture capital arm of European energy giant Total announced a strategic investment led by Total and other specialist hydrogen investors into hydrogen mobility and clean energy company HYZON Motors. Established as a spin-off from Singapore-headquartered […]