Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard April 29, 2025 By Rachel Morison and William Mathis It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst...
UK Issues Red Warning as Storm Darragh Brings Hurricane-Strength Winds December 6, 2024 By William Mathis and Eamon Akil Farhat Storm Darragh has triggered a red weather warning for the west coast of Wales and the Bristol Channel on Saturday,...
Wind Turbines That Shake and Break Cost Their Maker Billions July 3, 2023 By William Mathis, Wilfried Eckl-Dorna and Rodrigo Orihuela Wind turbines make money when they spin. But when they shake, it can cost billions. Siemens Energy AG is struggling...
London Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing Shell Board of Climate Failures May 15, 2023 By William Mathis A London judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Shell Plc’s board members of failing to manage climate change risks. In a...
Shell Accused of Greenwashing by Climate Group in SEC Claim February 2, 2023 By William Mathis and Austin Weinstein A climate activist group is urging the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Shell Plc’s claims about its...
Update: UK Temperatures Hit Record High of 104°F July 19, 2022 By William Mathis and Tuhin Kar Temperatures in the UK rose above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time as a potentially deadly...
AXA Consortium in Talks to Buy Stake in Orsted’s UK Offshore Wind Farm February 16, 2022 By William Mathis, Dinesh Nair and Francois de Beaupuy Denmark’s Orsted A/S is in talks with a consortium that includes AXA SA and a Credit Agricole SA unit to...
Storms With Hurricane Gusts Set to Batter NW Europe, Driving Wind Power Generation February 16, 2022 By William Mathis and Rachel Morison Storms across northwest Europe are set to drive electricity generation from wind farms to records this week in gusty conditions...
Wind Turbine Maker Vestas’ Shares Drop as Cyber Attack Risks Output Delays November 22, 2021 By Christian Wienberg and William Mathis Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S dropped to a two-week low after one of the world’s top makers of wind...
Danish Wind Giant Finds Unique Solution for Cable Problem Affecting Offshore Farms June 15, 2021 By William Mathis The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms has come up with a unique solution to a potentially expensive problem....