ENERGY DAILY

1,902 articles

How will climate change stress the power grid
Oct 01, 2018 (SPX)
The research, published in the journal Risk Analysis, was led by the University at Buffalo and Purdue University. It describes the limitations of prediction mod...
Energy-intensive Bitcoin transactions pose a growing environmental threat
Aug 03, 2018 (SPX)
The study, authored by Jon Truby, PhD, Assistant Professor, Director of the Centre for Law and Development, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, evalu...
Electricity crisis leaves Iraqis gasping for cool air
Aug 01, 2018 (AFP)
"The clients must be comfortable when they eat," said Hussein, who stakes his reputation on ensuring customers are constantly blasted by air conditioning. Outsi...
Germany thwarts China by taking stake in 50Hertz power firm
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
"On national security grounds, the federal government has a major interest in protecting critical energy infrastructure," the finance and economy ministries sai...
Germany buys stake in 50Hertz power firm, thwarting Chinese interest
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
"On national security grounds, the federal government has a major interest in protecting critical energy infrastructure," the ministries said in a joint stateme...
Global quadrupling of cooling appliances to 14 billion by 2050
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
This new report sets out to provide, for the first time, an indication of the scale of the energy implications of 'Cooling for All'. Effective cooling is essent...
China reviewing low-carbon efforts
Jul 09, 2018 (UPI)
An air monitoring report published Monday by the Chinese government showed particulate matter, which contributes to climate change and adverse health, declined ...
Equinor buys short-term electricity trader
Jul 06, 2018 (UPI)
Equinor on Friday agreed to pay $468 million to acquire Danske Commodities. With last year's trade volume in electricity equaling twice what the Norwegian econo...
Path to zero emissions starts out easy, but gets steep
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
In addition to heating, cooling, lighting, and powering individual vehicles--subjects that are often the focus of the emissions discussion--there are other majo...
Green electricity isn't enough to curb global warming
Jun 26, 2018 (UPI)
According to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the continued use of fossil fuels for a variety of industrial processes, to power vehi...
European Commission: Luxembourg tax laws benefited ENGIE
Jun 20, 2018 (UPI)
Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner in charge of competition, said tax measures from Luxembourg reduced the tax bills for the French energy company fo...
Hong Kong consortium makes $9.8 bn bid for Australia's APA
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
APA's assets include gas transmission pipelines and storage, along with wind and solar farms across Australia. The firm's website said its 15,000 kilometres (9,...
'Carbon bubble' coming that could wipe trillions from the global economy
Jun 11, 2018 (SPX)
However, new research suggests that the momentum behind technological change in the global power and transportation sectors will lead to a dramatic decline in d...
Trump readies new plan to aid coal and nuclear power
Jun 02, 2018 (AFP)
The new move comes months after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission terminated an earlier proposal to provide federal aid to the troubled sectors, claiming...
Study highlights environmental cost of tearing down Vancouver's single-family homes
May 29, 2018 (SPX)
"The Zero Emissions Building Plan instituted by the City of Vancouver, which aims to eliminate emissions from the operations of new buildings by 2030, has alrea...
Carbon dioxide emissions drop from U.S. power sector
May 29, 2018 (UPI)
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported total fossil fuel consumption in the national power sector was at its lowest level since 1994. "Changes in t...
Bitcoin estimated to use half a percent of the world's electric energy by end of 2018
May 22, 2018 (SPX)
In the first rigorously peer-reviewed article quantifying Bitcoin's energy requirements, a Commentary appearing May 16 in the journal Joule, financial economist...
Top US court to examine India power plant complaint
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
The plant, owned by the Tata Group in the Indian state of Gujarat, was built with funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister organizatio...
Portugal's EDP rejects Chinese takeover offer
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of the country's largest businesses, said in a statement it would comment at a later date on the other terms of an offer put for...
New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains ...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.