In 2020, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totalled $501.3 billion, up from $458.6 billion in 2019 and just $235.4 billion in 2010. This figure includes investment in projects, such as renewable power, energy storage, EV charging infrastructure,... 

The European offshore wind sector attracted over 26 billion euros (around $31.7 billion) of investment last year, a record amount, according to the latest figures from industry body WindEurope. In an announcement Monday, the Brussels-based organization... 

Elon Musk says the No. 1 way to decrease carbon dioxide emissions would be to levy a tax on carbon. “My top recommendation, honestly, would be just add a carbon tax,” Musk told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Thursday. “The economy... 

Europeans got more of their electricity from renewable sources than fossil fuels for the first time last year, according to an annual report from Ember and Agora Energiewende. The report, which has been tracking EU’s power sector since 2015, found... 

Artificial intelligence (AI) can distinguish a dog from a cat, but the billions of calculations needed to do so demand quite a lot of energy. The human brain can do the same thing while using only a small fraction of this energy. Could this phenomenon... 

Hydrogen has swept onto the world’s energy stage as the solution to decarbonization. As the clock ticks fast towards the 2050 carbon neutrality deadline and as global warming accelerates, the pressure to act is palpable. Indeed, hydrogen will play... 

General Motors said Thursday it plans to be carbon neutral by 2040 in its global operations and hopes to offer only zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. The largest US automaker, GM had previously announced that it was working towards an “all electric... 

The global economy could be on the brink of a new commodity “supercycle” as governments prepare to use a green industrial revolution to kickstart growth following the coronavirus pandemic. The price of commodities, such as energy and metals, have... 

Improving the efficiency with which energy is consumed by end-users is a central theme of the European Union’s energy policy. Energy efficiency constitutes one of the five dimensions of the European Commission’s Energy Union Strategy, designed... 

Even though the United States has achieved the long-sought goal of energy self-sufficiency, energy security remains a strategic and economic challenge. Despite “self–sufficiency,” the U.S. still imports significant quantities of oil and natural... 

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday delivered a speech via video link at the Climate Ambition Summit. Your Excellency Secretary-General António Guterres, Dear Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to join you in... 

Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded, marking the end of the warmest decade on record, while CO2 concentrations continue to rise. The Copernicus Climate Change...