Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, has for years been doing preliminary work for what would be one of the world’s largest offshore wind complexes, in the North Sea off eastern […]
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Back to news homeChina’s Addiction to Coal Deepens in the Heat
China has an answer to the heat waves now affecting much of the Northern Hemisphere: burn more coal to maintain a stable electricity supply for air-conditioning.Even before this year, China […]
North Sea Sees Potential Shift from Oil and Gas to Renewable Energies
The North Sea has long been host to some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes and hundreds of rigs for producing oil and natural gas. Now, if European leaders have […]
Danish Wind Pioneer Keeps Battling Climate Change
The contemporary wind power industry, which has spawned hundreds of thousands of spinning rotors generating electricity without putting greenhouse gases into the air, was to a great extent born in […]
As Oil Companies Stay Lean, Workers Move to Renewable Energy
Emma McConville was thrilled when she landed a job as a geologist at Exxon Mobil in 2017. She was assigned to work on one of the company’s most exciting and […]
Why Are Energy Prices So High? Some Experts Blame Deregulation.
New transmission lines in deregulated markets often get limited review by state or federal officials, which means they are less likely to be rejected on the grounds that they are […]
Giant Wind Farms Arise Off Scotland, Easing the Pain of Oil’s Decline
The pilot of the nearly 80-foot work boat gunned its powerful engines, pinning the bow against the base of a towering wind turbine in the smooth North Sea. Three men […]
Europe’s Wind Industry Is Stumbling When It’s Needed Most
These should be great times to be in the wind energy business, especially in Europe. Governments here have long promoted offshore wind projects, and those efforts have accelerated since Russia […]
China Is Burning More Coal, a Growing Climate Challenge
China is poised to take advantage of the global urgency to tackle climate change. It is the world’s dominant manufacturer and user of solar panels and wind turbines. It leads […]
Shell, the Oil Giant, Will Sell Renewable Energy to Texans
HOUSTON — Shell said on Tuesday that it would begin selling electricity generated from renewable sources to residents and businesses in Texas, a move that brings the European oil company’s […]