Offshore wind opponents in Australia, Europe look to U.S. for advice
LOS ANGELES/SYDNEY – Bill Thompson’s fight to stop offshore wind farms was once confined to the tiny U.S. state of Rhode Island where he lives. Today, he is part of …
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How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
As the Japanese government begins the process of reviewing and updating its basic energy plan, calls are growing for the country to expand the role of renewables like wind and …
Clean energy spending set to reach twice that on fossil fuels, IAEA reports
Investment in clean energy technologies will climb to $2 trillion this year, almost double the amount spent on fossil fuels, according to the International Energy Agency. Two-thirds of the record …
Turbulence Really Is Getting Worse, You’re Not Just Imagining It
Singapore Airlines made international news earlier this month when severe turbulence left one person dead and more than 30 injured. Then, just a few days later, a flight attendant broke …
Communications breakdown exacerbated Maui fire
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia Lauer | Associated Press HONOLULU — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his …
Japan’s top power producer Jera considers IPO to fund green push
Japan’s biggest utility, Jera, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) to help fund a massive rollout of renewables. The Tokyo-based company plans to develop 20 gigawatts of renewable generation …
Japan’s annual emissions drop as industrial pollution shrinks
Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector. Emissions from the world’s fourth-largest economy slipped 2.3% in the year ending March 2023 to 1.085 …
Japanese firms join forces to promote floating offshore wind
A group of Japanese energy firms, including Mitsubishi’s wind power unit, JERA and Tokyo Gas, have set up an association to boost the development of floating offshore wind farms and …
Recycling wind turbine blades can solve the industry’s biggest problem
Growing up in a poor village in the mountains of central Taiwan, Robert Tsai would have to walk more than two hours to bring buckets of clean drinking water back …
Category 6 Hurricanes Will Have Wind Speeds Faster Than Ferrari
Hurricanes are becoming deadlier as a result of climate change, and scientists are proposing that we should add another category to the scale used to measure storm intensity. Hurricanes are …