Earth News Euroviews. Why solar power is the greenest renewable we have at our disposal "We have still barely even scratched the surface of solar’s true potential to revolutionise the global power system," says Dr Harald Överholm. 11/05/2022
Earth News There could be solar panels on all buildings in the EU by 2025 Solar costs have plunged by more than 80% over the last decade, but the technology produced only 5% of EU electricity in 2020. 11/05/2022
Ecotech Largest solar car park in the world opens at Dutch music festival Spanning 350,000 square metres, this solar-powered car park can generate green energy and help grass grow. 11/05/2022
Earth News Portugal is opening Europe's biggest floating solar park this year The solar park will be the size of 4 football pitches and be made up of 12,000 panels. 09/05/2022
Ecotech ‘Lego blocks’ of solar energy could power all homes by 2030 'Power Blox' are a simple solution for electrifying the world’s most remote areas, and a quick tool during disasters. 05/05/2022
Tech News Data centres are now using more electricity than rural Irish homes Data centres in the Republic of Ireland used 14 percent of the country’s electricity in 2021, a higher share than that used by rural homes. 05/05/2022
Climate Now How do we boost Europe's wind sector and meet EU climate goals? In partnership with Copernicus With new EU initiatives increasing the wind power targets to be met by 2030, there is a huge discrepancy between current wind power production and the EU's goals. How Europe will face up to the challenge is to be discussed in a new Euronews Debate. 02/05/2022
Earth News Euroviews. View: Why Europe cannot decarbonise without African hydrogen The CEO of Hydrogen Europe hits back at criticism that investing in green hydrogen production in Africa is a form of colonialism and explains why Europe cannot decarbonise without African support. 29/04/2022
Earth News Europe cuts Russian gas imports: So what are the energy alternatives? If coal plants are reopened in the EU, we can say goodbye to reaching the net zero targets the bloc has promised to reach. 27/04/2022
Earth News Euroviews. View: Why Marine Le Pen’s environmental agenda is greenwashing With just a few days to go before the final round of the presidential elections in France, do the two finalists, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, have proposals that adequately address and tackle the climate crisis? 22/04/2022
Earth News Italy orders gas from three African nations in boycott against Russia Natural gas is a fossil fuel used to generate electricity, heat and cool homes and power industry. 22/04/2022
Earth News Switzerland’s largest city is switching off natural gas for good Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more of Zurich’s citizens are supporting a plan to shut down natural gas networks. 22/04/2022
Climate Le Pen's 'climate sceptic' policies attacked in French election debate Climate change is important to voters in France’s presidential election, but activists say candidates’ climate policies are underwhelming. 21/04/2022
Earth News Is the EU about to up its renewable energy target to 45% by 2030? The renewable share varies widely between EU countries, ranging from more than 50% in Sweden to below 10% in Luxembourg. 21/04/2022
Earth News Turning Turkey’s coal mines into solar farms would power 7m homes Converting open-cast coal sites would significantly lower energy costs, which are surging due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 13/04/2022
Earth News Renewable prices soar as Ukraine war is 'last straw' for the sector These kind of market disruptions have worsened since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reversing a decade of cost declines for the renewable energy sector. 13/04/2022
Earth News Greece opens the largest double-sided solar farm in Europe The 204-megawatt solar park in the northern Greek town of Kozani was built by Greece's biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum. 07/04/2022
Earth News UK doubles down on nuclear power despite fierce opposition The British government plans to go ahead with nuclear power expansion - but some worry that accidents can happen and radioactive materials persist for thousands of years in the environment. 03/04/2022
Earth News More solar panels to be made in Europe to cut reliance on Russian gas Currently there are only a small amount of panels made in Europe. The countries currently producing solar cells are Italy, France and Slovenia. 31/03/2022
Earth News Why is Turkey being given a green loan of €300 million? Turkey is the fastest growing OECD economy with rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions, but a green loan could make a big difference to the environment. 31/03/2022