Innovation

Electric vehicles could dominate roads in wealthy cities by 2030

Increase in electric vehicles could threaten automotive sector   LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Electric vehicles could account for two-thirds of all cars on the road by 2030 in wealthy cities such as London and Singapore due to stricter emissions regulation, falling technology costs and more consumer interest, research showed on Tuesday. Electric vehicles (EVs) are

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Innogy to push windfarms, electric car charging in US – paper

Innogy has already installed more than 3,100 electric car charging stations in Germany FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Innogy, Germany’s largest energy group, is looking at the United States market to expand its renewable energy and electric car charging business, its chief executive told German weekly Welt am Sonntag. “We want to invest around 6.5 billion euros

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Sensing opportunity, cities seek business backing for climate change efforts

Climate change projects include energy efficiency, retrofitting buildings By Megan Rowling LONDON, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cities around the world, including in developing nations, are increasingly grasping the economic opportunities generated by the need to tackle climate change and are pursuing concrete partnerships with business, a climate research group said. In a report

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Innovation in energy, new kind of moonshot – Todd Staples

Texas’ oil, natural gas producers use innovation drawn from techniques, systems that astronauts, NASA scientists employ By Todd Staples, Texas Oil & Gas Association Back in 1969, the phrase “Houston, the Eagle has landed” affirmed Texas’ place in history and underscored Texans’ contributions to innovative technology and scientific research. Texas has diversified tremendously in the nearly five decades since

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Infratil invests in U.S. renewable energy firm Longroad

Longroad developing solar, wind generation in North America WELLINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – New Zealand infrastructure company Infratil Ltd on Wednesday announced that it would invest up to $100 million in U.S. renewable energy firm Longroad Energy Holdings and own 90 percent of the business in conjunction with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. The remainder of

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