An image of the £4.6 million FastBlade facility. Scotland has a long association with North Sea oil and gas production, but in recent years it’s also become a hub for companies and projects focused on tidal power and marine energy in general. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images A £4.6 million ($5.64 million) facility that can …
In 2021, Volvo Cars said it planned to become a “fully electric car company” by the year 2030, a move which will require it to have a consistent and secure supply of batteries for its vehicles. Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The new CEO and president of Volvo Cars has predicted that scarcity of battery supply …
Travelers booking luxury trips to Europe have not canceled amid the Ukraine war, says travel advisor Jessica Griscavage of Runway Travel. Pictured, Grignan, France. Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, how are Americans’ European vacation plans being affected? It depends on whom you ask, but overall the answer …
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of water between England and Wales, to harness tidal energy. The commission will be set up by the pan-regional Western Gateway Partnership, which covers western …
A wind turbine in an energy park operated by EDP’s renewables unit, EDP Renovaveis, in Maunca, Portugal, on June 18, 2018. Daniel Rodrigues | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of Portuguese utility EDP has linked the rapid adoption of renewables to Europe’s energy independence, telling CNBC that investment in the sector needed to be “much faster.” “These are [indigenous] …
The COP26 climate summit, held in the Scottish city of Glasgow last year, made headlines around the world. After days of painstaking and at times fraught negotiations, countries agreed upon a deal which sought to build on 2015′s Paris Agreement and curb the worst effects of climate change. Things weren’t all plain sailing, however. The Glasgow Climate Pact, as it’s …
Offshore wind turbines in waters near Aberdeen, Scotland. Gannet77 | E+ | Getty Images The Scottish offshore wind sector received a boost this week after a program to lease areas of Scotland’s seabed for wind farm developments raised just under £700 million (around $952 million). According to Crown Estate Scotland — a public corporation which manages the country’s coastline and …
A car is fueled with hydrogen at the Frankfurt Auto Show IAA in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on September 13, 2017. TOBIAS SCHWARZ | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a history of expressing strong opinions about hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells. A few years ago, when the subject came up during a discussion with reporters at …
Lignite mining taking place in Germany with wind turbines in the background. delectus | iStock | Getty Images The International Energy Agency issued a sobering warning Wednesday, claiming that clean energy progress remained “far too slow to put global emissions into sustained decline towards net zero.” The Paris-based organization made its remarks in an announcement accompanying the release of its …
Travel planning usually involves booking a trip to one place at a time. Now a growing number of people are booking two or even three trips over the same travel period in case Covid-related problems ruin their preferred plans. The trend is called “trip stacking,” and it involves booking a more aggressive trip — say, going abroad or taking …
