Scientists at GE Global Research say they have made it to the next stop in the route to affordable, clean fuel, zero-emission buses. GE has demonstrated a bus powered by its new Durathon™ sodium battery in tandem with a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. Two years after demonstrating a dual-battery system for a zero-emission hybrid […]
As the US and China conclude discussions of trade relations, the Commerce Department has slapped still tariffs on wind towers from China and Vietnam. Wind towers are the steel support structures for utility-scale devices (over 100 kW) that hold the rotor blades and house the engine. At the beginning of this year, the Commerce Department launched an […]
The European Union is still making progress on renewables, with its energy share increasing to 13.4% in 2011, but the UK is still lagging in the league table of nations, according to the latest figures. The independent EurObserv’ER Barometer ranks nations by the share of renewable energy out of their final energy consumption and compares the performance to […]
The European Commission yesterday announced the award of €1.2 billion to 23 innovative renewable energy projects under the NER300 funding programme. But while renewables projects from bioenergy to marine power will be supported by the programme, there was no decision on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The EC says that the €275 million earmarked for CCS […]
The US Department of Energy has appointed an expert committee to report on its activities in energy efficiency and renewables to the Energy Secretary. The 19-strong Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC) will periodically review the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). It will look at the Office’s priorities and strategies, whether long-range plans are […]
Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil has announced that it intends to focus its efforts in renewable energy on offshore wind. But that decision means that the company will gradually divest its onshore wind power projects, which comprise around 18 turbines in two locations in Norway. “We’ve become involved in major offshore wind power projects in recent […]
