The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been hammered by low oil and gas prices.
Tag: Electric Light and Power
Storm Ciara, or Sabine, Leaves 5 Dead in Europe
A powerful winter storm battered Europe on Sunday, leaving power outages, transportation chaos and at least five deaths in its wake.
Transformative? New Device Harvests Energy in Darkness
It doesn’t generate much power, but it works during the one time of day that solar cells can’t: night.
One Thing We Can Do: Switch Light Bulbs
Also this week, the tricky business of tracking hurricanes.
What ‘Victory’ Looks Like: A Journey Through Shattered Syria
On an eight-day visit, New York Times journalists given rare access to Syria found ruin, grief and generosity. What was missing after eight years of civil war? Young men and a middle class.
Major Power Outage Hits Britain, Causing Rush Hour Chaos
Members of the public posted images on social media, which showed the underground tube network in the darkness and people having to use their mobile phones as torches.
A Power Plant Fiasco Highlights China’s Growing Clout in Central Asia
Beijing is using its financial might to expand its influence, eroding centuries of Russian dominance in a vast, resource-rich region.
Wired Bacteria Form Nature’s Power Grid: ‘We Have an Electric Planet’
Electroactive bacteria were running current through “wires” long before humans learned the trick.
U.S. Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran
The push against the Iraqi groups by top American officials has fueled tensions between the two nations and within the Trump administration.
Venezuela Was Crumbling. A Blackout Tipped Parts of It Into Anarchy.
Maracaibo, the 2nd largest city, was without electricity for more than a week and saw mobs of looters, deteriorating bodies in morgues, abandoned patients in hospitals.