Brown Coal

Just over half of electricity used in Germany was created by renewable energy sources at the start of 2020. But some wind and solar advocates warn investment is needed for that to remain the case. Germany's target for renewable energy sources to deliver 65% of its consumed electricity by 2030…

Fiddler's Ferry Power Station, Warrington, Cheshire.Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA coal-fired power station in the U.K., which had a capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW) at its peak and could power roughly two million homes, officially closed on Tuesday.The shutdown of Fiddler's Ferry Power Station, which is…

The former coalfield of Geiseltal in Saxony-Anhalt has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into the evolution of mammals 47 million years ago. A team led by the University of Tübingen and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has shown that the body…

Window into the 47 million year old ecosystem of the Geiseltal fossil locality with the small-sized horse-ancestor Propalaeotherium on the left, the ancient tapir Lophiodon in the middle, and a young terrestrial crocodile Bergisuchus in the background. Credit: Márton Szabó The former coalfield of Geiseltal in eastern Germany has yielded…

IMAGE: Exceptionally-well fossilized skeletons of the ancient tapir Lophiodon (top) and the ancestral horse Propalaeotherium (bottom) from the middle Eocene Geiseltal locality (Germany, Saxony-Anhalt). view more  Credit: Oliver Wings/MLU The former coalfield of Geiseltal in Saxony-Anhalt has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into…

Last year, Toyota teamed up with Kenworth Truck company to build a bunch of fuel cell tractors to haul goods around Los Angeles. Now the company is cementing its commitment to fuel cell powertrains with an agreement to jointly develop a heavy-duty fuel-cell truck with Hino Motors.Part of the Toyota…

Natalya Danko | EyeEm | Getty ImagesA major Swedish pension fund announced that it will "no longer invest in fossil fuels." Första AP-fonden (AP1), which is one of five pension funds in the country's national income pension system, outlined the reasons for its decision in a statement issued Monday.The Stockholm-based fund…

Updated March 11, 2020 06:14:14 More than a thousand people from a community west of Melbourne have turned out to protest a proposal for contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project to be stored in a former coal mine. Key points:The Bacchus Marsh Community Coalition is concerned about the…

Updated March 10, 2020 15:51:56 It's a chilly winter's day in Berlin when I meet Salomea Genin, an Australian woman whose life was indelibly shaped by the Cold War.She was spied on for being a communist in Melbourne, before becoming a spy herself for the Stasi, the feared secret police…

As the world decarbonises, hydrogen may have a big role to play as a way of turning renewable electricity into energy that can be sent abroad.Australia wants a stake.But the hydrogen on the Suiso won’t come from the sun – it will come from brown coal. Making it releases greenhouse…