Euro car-charging network planned
Storage
European carmakers are hoping to build a highway network of fast-charging stations for electric vehicles. The idea is to let
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Uzbekistan signs $1.3bn solar deal
Environment
A Canadian business says it has agreed to invest US$1.3 billion developing solar power throughout Uzbekistan, to invigorate the renewable
Electric catamaran launched on fjords
Storage
A Norwegian all-electric, extra-light catamaran called the Future of the Fjords has been launched, linking fjords which are listed as
Norway to ban polluting ships from key fjords
Policy
The Norwegian parliament has adopted a landmark resolution to halt all emissions from cruise ships and ferries in its Unesco
Stanford study hails hydrogen battery
Storage
A Stanford University research team has developed a prototype of a manganese-hydrogen battery for recyclable storage. The study in the
Balearics struggle towards green targets
Production
Spain’s Balearic Islands hope to be running on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050, but the regional government faces
Statoil proposes Irish wind farm
Industry
Ireland has “enormous potential for offshore energy developments”, Norwegian state-run giant Statoil told Dublin’s Department Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Wind-to-hydrogen prices falling: IEA
Transmission
Hydrogen produced by surplus wind and solar energy could be cheaper than natural gas by the 2030s, a study claims.
EU energy dependency on rise: Eurostat
Industry
A downturn in primary productionof fossil fuels, as well as nuclear energy, means that the EU’s energy imports have increased,
EDF diversifies from nuclear
Transmission
The French state-run utility EDF (Electricité de France) is adapting to a market where wind and solar costs have fallen
Swedish turbines built on Scottish coast
Production
The world’s most powerful wind turbine is being built by a Swedish firm off the coast at Aberdeen in northwest
Bosnia-Serb utility board sacked
Industry
The management board of the autonomous Bosnia-Serb region’s largest power utility ERS has resigned over supposedly unaccountable losses. Bosnian-Serb Prime
Dams threaten Balkan fish
Production
Plans for a network of hydropower projects in three Balkan countries will cause “chain reaction” for endangered fish, a report
Activists demand ministers relax renewable policy
Transmission
Environmental activists have demonstrated outside a meeting of EU energy ministers in Sofia to call on governments to stop restricting
Total buys utility in €1.4bn swoop
Industry
French oil giant Total has followed Royal Dutch Shell by extending its exposure to the household energy sector with a