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2017 Volkswagen e-Golf Preview
The 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car gets a number of notable updates this year, including considerably increased range and a more powerful electric motor. Unveiled at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show, the e-Golf gets similar styling and content changes…
Is Small-Scale Hydro the Answer To India’s Clean Energy Needs?
In the western Himalayas, the entire village of Hamal is powered by a small hydroelectric plant on the edge of the Shalvi river. Producing 2MW per hour, the plant provides enough power to light up 100 homes at a time,…
Swiss Pilot Plans To Fly Solar Airplane To The Edge Of Space
It might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a Swiss pilot is preparing to fly to the edge of space in a solar-powered aircraft. According to Wired, Raphël Domjan is planning to fly his plane, SolarStratos, higher than…
Report: China Risks Wasting $500bn On Unneeded Coal Plants
China is at risk of wasting almost half a trillion dollars on new coal plants which could quickly become stranded assets as a result of the country’s pursuit of a lower carbon economy. That is the conclusion of a new…
IEA Executive Director receives Carnot Prize from the University of Pennsylvania
Dr Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, was awarded the second annual Carnot Prize from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design for his “distinguished contributions to energy policy.”…
Gazprom and Russian producers of pipes and steel sign scientific and technical cooperation programs
Two scientific and technical cooperation programs for the period 2016 through 2021 were signed few days ago at the Gazprom headquarters, with one program inked by Gazprom, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, and TMK, and the other by Gazprom, Magnitogorsk…
Costa Coffee Launches In-Store Cup Recycling Scheme
The UK’s largest coffee chain Costa Coffee is to launch a recycling scheme in all of its stores to ensure that as many as possible of its own takeaway cups – and those from its competitors – are recycled. In…