alternative and sustainable energy
Germany’s move to EVs to affect thousands of workers, new study says
The underbody of an ID.3. electric vehicle being worked on at a Volkswagen facility in Dresden, Germany, on January 29, 2021. Matthias Rietschel | picture alliance | Getty Images The shift to electric vehicles could affect thousands of workers in Germany over the coming years, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said Thursday. The Ifo’s study, which …
London’s River Thames set to trial new tidal energy technologies
Andrew Holt | The Image Bank | Getty Images The Port of London Authority has given the go ahead for trials of tidal energy technology on a section of the Thames, in a move which could eventually help to decarbonize operations connected to the river. The mooring for the trials is situated on a part …
Graforce and Berlin Hotel Launch Negative Emissions Technology | Business
BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 12, 2020– The Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin is set to become the first hotel and eventlocation worldwide with a negative CO 2 balance when generating heat. Thanks to the methane plasmalysis technology developed by Graforce, the MOA Berlin will not only generate its heat without any emissions. It will also be able to …
Startups join Google, SpaceX to bring new technologies to space
Space X CEO Elon Musk Photo by Kevork Djansezian For a long time, American space exploration was a closed circle: There was just one customer, the U.S. government (NASA) and a handful of giant defense contractors. Then in 2008 Elon Musk’s SpaceX put the first privately-financed rocket into orbit, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin promised private …
Clean energy technology was thought to be uninvestable. One fund thinks otherwise
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Venture capital funding for clean energy technology companies has declined after years of lackluster performance drove investors to other sectors. But a new fund is making a big bet that it’s possible …
World-famous black cabs go green with launch of fully electric vehicle
A fully electric version of London’s iconic black cab was launched Wednesday. The zero-emission vehicle, called the Dynamo Taxi, is based on the Nissan e-NV200 Evalia. It has a range of as much as 187 miles on a single charge, can carry a maximum of five passengers and is wheelchair accessible. London’s connection to fully …
Wisconsin professor pioneers microgrid technology | Wisconsin
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Proponents of a less centralized electric system envision a future in which residents, businesses and communities own and operate solar panels augmented with batteries and other generators hooked together in so-called microgrids. So what exactly is a microgrid? It’s a self-contained electric system that can seamlessly connect and disconnect from the …
