Energy transition

Energy Transition

Indonesia’s Energy Transition Plan to Face Implementation Hurdles

Indonesia and its international partners agreed to mobilise US$20b in financing.

Solar Cell

Breaking With Convention to Develop More Efficient Solar Cells

Photovoltaics, more commonly known as solar cells, are key to securing the energy transition and meeting net zero targets in the coming years.

Energy Transition

Africa’s Energy Trilemma

Africa is disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, though it accounts for just 3% of global emissions.

Energy Transition

COP27 Reaches Key Deal on “Loss and Damage” Funds for Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change

Final COP27 document seen as offering tacit support for natural gas and blue hydrogen amid warnings that energy transition is falling behind Paris objectives. …

Energy Transition

RWE Plans Renewables Profit Share With German Authorities to Improve Local Acceptance of Energy Transition

German utility RWE will offer profits to municipalities where one of its wind or solar farms is located as part of an expansion of the German Renewable Energies…

Energy Transition

ADB Sees ‘Significant Progress' in Energy Transition Mechanism

The ETM was launched at COP26 last year.

Electric Car

New G20 Irritant for Biden: Restrictive U.S. Electric Vehicle Tax Subsidies

Electric vehicles (EVs) shuttled G20 delegations and security forces across the southern tip of Bali this week in a symbolic show of Indonesia's ambitious energ…

Energy Transition

The Energy Transition Will Fail Unless Industry Fixes Wind Power Issues, Siemens Energy CEO Says

Siemens Energy says its “overall performance” has been “held back by the negative development at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy,” a wind turbine manufactur…

Net Zero Emission

COWI to Support Equinor’s Energy Transition

To fulfil the Paris Agreement and become carbon-neutral by 2050, the world has started a decisive global transition to low carbon and renewable energy, with off…

Energy Transition

Just Transition Support Platform for Developing Countries Launched

This forms part of the ADB’s commitment to ensure build capacity of developing countries.

Energy Transition

Indonesia to Get $20B Under Just Energy Transition Partnership

The country’s plans include peaking the power sector’s total emissions by 2030.

Energy Transition

Hydrogen Overuse Could Hamper Renewable Energy Transition, Irena Says

Consumption of hydrogen by G7 countries will grow between 'four and seven times' by 2050.

Energy Transition

COP27 Reignites the Debate About Carbon Credits

Some argue that a carbon credit scheme is an essential form of climate financing for developing countries, others argue that it could easily fall prey to green-…

Net Zero Emission

GE and IRENA Sign Collaborative Agreement at COP27 to Support the Global Climate Change Agenda

GE signed a framework agreement with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to collaborate on a plan which will support both climate change and energ…

Offshore Wind Power

Nine New Countries Sign Up for Global Offshore Wind Alliance at COP27

COP27 has seen nine new countries – including Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the US – join the Global Offsho…