Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by ‘crazy’ temperature rises
Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak occurrence, but experts warn the warming event is unprecedented
At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system
Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough. Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add about a nuclear power plant’s worth of clean-energy capacity every day between 2000 and 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change. Recently,
National Grid plans to install superfast electric car chargers across the UK’s network of motorways
The plans would put 90% of drivers within 50 miles of an EV charger that would give cars a boost in just five minutes The National Grid plans to roll out a network of superfast electric vehicle (EV) chargers across Britain’s motorway network, tapping directly into its transmission infrastructure to provide charging rates of up
Green light for hundreds of new electric car charging points
Councillors have unanimously agreed a radical programme to install more than 700 new charging points on lampposts. The move will boost air quality and turn Wandsworth into a borough where electric cars are the ‘norm, not the exception.’
Shadow chancellor rebukes government for ‘destruction’ of UK solar industry
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has strongly rebuked the government for its treatment of the domestic solar industry.
PSA Group could end diesel production
PSA Group could be about to end its involvement with diesel and instead focus on electric and hybrid technology, according to reports in France.
Australia’s first big grid-connected solar-storage plant pioneers ‘islanding’
The first large-scale solar and battery storage project to be connected to the grid in Australia has started providing power to 3,000 homes and businesses in Far North Queensland (FNQ) while forming a test case for deliberate ‘islanding’.
Tesla confirms having produced its 300,000th electric car
Tesla is often seen as the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer and it is in many ways, but not based on total vehicles produced – though it could soon take the lead.
Parliamentary group to push post-Brexit opportunity of electric vehicles
The UK is at risk of letting the “major industrial shift” posed by the take-up of electric vehicles pass it by as Brexit negotiations draw the government’s focus, according to the chair of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on electric and autonomous vehicles.
The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water – like Cape Town
Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water.