Electric vehicle sales are soaring in Europe — in November, plug-in vehicles accounted for 16% of the overall auto market in the UK, over 20% in Germany, and an oil-slaying 80% in Norway. However, a lack of charging infrastructure threatens to spoil the party. According to a new report by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association […]
European RTOs: accelerating development of electrolysis
Green hydrogen, produced by electrolysis using renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, plays a crucial role in the energy transition. But much remains to be done to produce this clean energy carrier on an industrial scale and at an acceptable cost. Europe has good trump cards to achieve this. At the initiative […]
European EV Platform Everon Rolls Into US in Partnership With Arcadia
Collaboration would make it easier for electric car owners to charge up using renewable energy while keeping their billing simple. Arcadia, a clean-energy access startup, is helping European electric-vehicle charging platform Everon make its first foray into the United States with a new partnership announced Friday. “In general, EV charging is hard for customers, especially […]
European Commission set to approve UK billion-pound power backup plan
The payments were delayed after a European court ordered the Commission to get more details on elements of the British capacity mechanism. BRUSSELS/LONDON : The European Commission is set to give the go-ahead for British power companies to receive a total of roughly one billion pounds to help them bear the cost of maintaining extra […]
Save coal, lose youth vote? Far-right German party faces climate policy revolt
A youth wing of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called on the party to rethink its climate scepticism, which includes defending the coal industry, after a poor showing among young voters in last week’s European Parliament election. A youth wing of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called on the party to […]
URBASOLAR and Swiss electrician AXPO create a European leader in photovoltaic
AXPO and URBASOLAR Group announce the signing of an acquisition contract of 100% of the latter’s securities by AXPO. This operation aims to consolidate and stimulate the growth of URBASOLAR which becomes the photovoltaic operator within the Group with the ambition to create a European leader, and secondly for AXPO group to acquire a new […]
SunMan brings glass-free PV modules to European market
Power provider Stadtwerke Waldkirch has built a 264 kW PV system in Germany with SunMan’s glass-free modules, as a titanium rooftop at the project site made it impossible to use conventional modules. Germany’s Stadtwerke Waldkirch commissioned a PV system with a nominal output of 245 kw in February on the roof of one of its […]