The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight on Tuesday, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and offering hope that airlines may one day end their polluting emissions.
Read moreThe European Union has approved $3.5 billion in subsidies from seven member countries that want to develop the electric battery industry and challenge China’s supremacy.
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Researchers in Singapore have created a moisture-absorbent gel that generates its own energy while dehumidifying a room and could provide an efficient and sustainable alternative to conventional air conditioners, according to a study released Wednesday.
Read moreFord is unveiling its first all-electric SUV, marking the start of an avalanche of battery-powered vehicles coming from mainstream and luxury automakers during the next two years that industry analysts say will boost electric vehicle sales.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she wants to drastically increase the number of charging stations for electric cars in Germany to give consumers the confidence to switch over to electric from internal combustion engines.
Read moreAmid power outages affecting 179,000 customers – and another one coming that could affect nearly 900,000 – Pacific Gas and Electric executives were hit with a federal class action Friday claiming they misled investors about the company’s preparedness for pre-emptive blackouts.
Read moreParts of Northern and Central California face another round of voluntary power outages as Pacific Gas & Electric announced Wednesday it will shut off power to approximately 179,000 customers due to warm, windy weather and conditions ripe for wildfires.
Read moreCalifornia regulators lambasted Pacific Gas and Electric’s top executives and board members over its botched handling of planned power blackouts during a 4.5-hour meeting Friday.
Read moreThe Trump administration cannot indefinitely freeze Obama-era energy efficiency standards that are expected to cut carbon emissions and save billions of dollars in energy costs, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreVenezuela’s opposition on Tuesday sought to harness anger over a massive blackout that deepened hardship nationwide, but turnout at a Caracas demonstration was relatively modest as many Venezuelans despair of an imminent solution to their plight.
Read moreThe lights went out across much of Venezuela, reviving fears of the blackouts that plunged the country into chaos a few months ago as the government once again accused opponents of sabotaging the nation’s hydroelectric power system.
Read moreA Manhattan power outage that temporarily turned off the bright lights of the big city only lasted for a few hours, but left plenty of lingering questions and calls for investigations on Sunday.
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The state’s largest electric utility is telling its regulators that two more customers died after their power was disconnected for not paying their bills.
Read moreSetting aside interim rates imposed by the Public Service Commission of Utah, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the state lacks this authority and did so without substantial evidence that the related costs were prudently incurred or just and reasonable.
Read moreA massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday after an unexplained failure in the neighboring countries’ interconnected power grid. Authorities were working frantically to restore power, but by mid-afternoon nearly half of Argentina’s 44 million people were still in the dark.
Read moreThe California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved PG&E’s expansive and costly wildfire prevention plan at its Thursday meeting, along with a set of guidelines to allow utilities to shut off power when fire risk is high.
Read moreFord Motors revealed details of its long-awaited restructuring plan Monday as it prepared for a future of electric and autonomous vehicles by parting ways with 7,000 white-collar workers worldwide, about 10% of its global salaried workforce.
Read moreEngineers at the University of California, San Diego, have designed a wearable patch that offers customizable heating and cooling capabilities in virtually any environment.
Read moreItalian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a state-owned building, pitting far-right Italian politics against Pope Francis’ humanitarian agenda.
Read moreNew York has the right to condition access to its utility infrastructure on so-called energy service companies following the rules, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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