Environment

In this article TRI-CA The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at the headquarters. Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — OPEC and non-OPEC ministers will reconvene on Friday to discuss the next phase of oil production policy after a preliminary agreement was thought to have been blocked at

This image shows Geothermal Engineering Ltd’s proof of concept power plant on the United Downs Industrial Estate in Cornwall, England. The U.K.’s fledgling geothermal energy sector has reached a new milestone after it was announced Thursday that a “proof of concept power plant” in Cornwall had started to produce geothermal steam. The steam, which can

This is something we used to write about a lot more, but with all the new electric vehicles on the market and the fast EV growth, we now tend to focus much more on the cars than how they’re powered. If you’ve got a house with a roof that is a good resting space for

Lebanon’s economic situation is facing “immediate catastrophe,” according to a top U.S. diplomat, who said the country’s leaders need to demonstrate the will to reform before any external assistance can take place. David Hale, who most recently served as the undersecretary of state for political affairs and is now on detail from the State Department

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review Primary energy consumption totaled 93 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in the United States in 2020, or 7 quads less than in 2019. Fossil fuels — specifically petroleum, natural gas, and coal — accounted for 79% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2020. About 21% of U.S. energy

Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog.By Sameer Kwatra, Co-authored with Nitish Arora India, the world’s fourth-largest renewables market and fifth-largest automobile producer, is also the world’s third-largest oil importer. By transitioning to renewable energy powered electric vehicles, the country can save billions on energy imports, drastically improve air quality in India’s cities, while combating the climate crisis already impacting

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told CNBC on Wednesday that a shortage of truck drivers is causing fuel delivery disruptions at some gas stations. “This is a labor challenge. There’s no fuel shortage,” De Haan said on “Power Lunch,” explaining that refineries are “producing nearly all-time record highs in terms of

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Solar Desalination Prize, a competition designed to spur solutions for water desalination using solar energy, is seeking new and innovative concepts for the Innovation Contest, now through July 15. DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office opened this second round of the competition last April in response to high interest and

In this article @CL.1 Oil prices have made a huge comeback in just over a year. U.S. oil prices turned negative in April 2020, a never-before-seen move. But, this month, West Texas Intermediate crude hit levels not seen in more than two years as a reopening economy and a rebound in demand fueled a surge

In this article VOW3-DE CAP-FR SU-FR RNO-FR An electric car from Renault being charged in Berlin, Germany, on April 10, 2020. Annette Riedl | picture alliance | Getty Images Renault announced Monday it had signed “two major partnerships” related to the design and production of electric vehicle batteries, becoming the latest automotive firm attempting to get

Following the release of the groundbreaking Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study (LA100), the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will again team up with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) on a comprehensive, community-driven effort to achieve a just and equitable 100% carbon-free future for all communities in

What does a future without fossil fuels sound like? What will be on the news? Vattenfall, which is a big player in the wind power market and also the solar power market (especially in Europe), has taken a shot at answering the question. Last week, the company had “Radio Fossil Freedom” broadcasting at some EV

Dry cracked earth is visible along the banks of Phoenix Lake on April 21, 2021 in Ross, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images LONDON — Major companies from across a range of sectors are increasingly concerned about the cost and availability of the world’s ultimate renewable resource: water. The availability and relatively low cost of

Originally published on RMI.org.By Christian Roselund  People pay a lot of attention when the power goes out, but we tend to not notice when the grid remains stable — even under trying conditions. On June 17 and 18, record heat in California led the state’s grid operator to call on residents to reduce electricity usage through issuing

An artist rendering of Oklo’s Aurora powerhouse Image credit: Gensler The face of nuclear energy is changing, and one of the companies working to redefine what nuclear energy looks like is Oklo. The 22-person Silicon Valley start-up has a plan build mini nuclear reactors, powered from the waste of conventional nuclear reactors and housed in

With declining costs for renewable energy technologies, interest has turned to how that might translate into the total system costs of integrating more renewable energy on the U.S. grid. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Wesley Cole, Nathaniel Gates, and Trieu Mai examined how changing the contribution of renewable energy from the optimal solution impacts