renewable energy

Bioo is generating electricity from the organic matter in soil and creating biological batteries to power agricultural sensors.

The importance of ports to the sector was illustrated by a number of announcements this week.

Lime, Tier and Dott have been selected to run e-scooter trials in London, starting from June 7.

Indian Uber rival Ola will waive its commission until Aug. 13 for drivers in London that own an electric vehicle.

Renewable energy is becoming a larger part of the grid, and IEA said 2020’s 45% jump in additions to poised to become the “new normal.”

Rachel Kyte, who served as a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general, says “coal has no place in the race to net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050. 

There’s huge economic incentive for China to move away from coal, according to a report by financial analytics company TransitionZero.

Phineas Glover of Credit Suisse says countries that have set targets to reach carbon neutrality now account for more than 60% of emissions.

Huibert Vigeveno, downstream director at Shell, said the company intends to grow its global electric vehicle charging stations network worldwide.

Assets managed with environmental, social and governance considerations have soared and are set to double in Asia this year, said Elaine Wu of JPMorgan.

Volkswagen’s U.S. unit will not change its name even after the German automaker issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would.

The White House on Monday designated a portion of the Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey and New York as a “wind energy area,” assuring hundreds of wind turbines will be coming this decade. Here’s what it really means.

Algeria, Chad, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first countries to experience political instability if the “energy transition” occurs, says Verisk Maplecroft.

American offshore wind farms, of which there are 17 in the works for the Atlantic Ocean, are no longer far off on the horizon. The overall magnitude of this emerging renewable energy industry is starting to take shape.

New solar installations jumped 43% year over year to a record high during 2020, even as the pandemic weighed on operations.

The USPS awarded the first part of the 10-year, multibillion-dollar contract to update the postal delivery vehicle fleet to Oshkosh Defense. 

Tesla is expected to continue having the lowest costs in the EV industry through the end of this decade, with General Motors closing the gap, Cairn ERA said.

Logistics giant FedEx said on Wednesday that it aims to replace all of its parcel pickup and delivery vehicles with a sustainable electric fleet by 2040.

The project could provide power to over 2,000 homes in Kingston upon Thames.

According to Bloomberg Green’s recent analysis, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest of the billionaires who made his fortune with green tech.