March 9, 2021

China’s green push kicks off with a new $10bn coal project

The decision by Ningxia and its timing is evidence that coal will still play a major role in China’s energy mix for the foreseeable future.

March 4, 2021

US broke record on energy storage deployment in Q4-2020

Over 2,000 megawatt-hours of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4-2020 in the United States.

March 4, 2021

Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies

Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly.

March 1, 2021

New lead battery technology could be lower-cost solution to store solar energy

Engineers are working to incorporate a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries.

February 28, 2021

New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks

The ICLED-based sensor is able to detect methane concentrations as low as 0.1 parts per million.

February 25, 2021

World’s two largest asset managers have invested $170bn in coal

The figure pales in comparison to the $1 trillion in coal investments held by almost 4,500 institutions globally as of January this year.

February 22, 2021

A new commodities supercycle could be powering up after a long freeze

JPMorgan analyst thinks commodities have finally turned after a 12-year down cycle.

February 19, 2021

Germany launches fuel cell fabrication lab

ZSW’s HyFaB initiative received 10.5 million euros in funding and is aimed at accelerating the transition from small-scale to mass manufacturing of fuel cells.

February 16, 2021

Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study

Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%.

February 15, 2021

India’s coal power use may have already peaked – report

The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020.