Emission

Australia

Australia Announces First Low Emissions Technology Statement

In Australia, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources has announced the country’s first Low Emissions Technology Statement.

Australia

ARENA Gets $1.62bn Boost from the Australian Government to Cut Emissions

In Australia, the prime minister and the minister of energy and emissions reduction have announced $1.62 billion in funding for the Australian Renewable Energy …

Coal Production

What Would A Biden Presidency Mean For Coal?

The United States is expected to see an acceleration in renewables development and an effort to reverse the loosening of emission restrictions made by the Donal…

Offshore Wind Power

ENGIE and INEOS Sealed the Largest Corporate Wind PPA for an Industrial in Belgium

The ten-year agreement with ENGIE is expected to avoid 1,150,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of taking 100,000 cars off the road.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

KB Financial is the First Korean Bank to Stop Funding Coal-Fired Power Projects

The bank makes the announcement the week after Korea declared a climate crisis and set a 2050 target to achieve net-zero emissions.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy to Replace Natural Gas at Hospital in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Dutch news portal Gawalo has published an interesting article about efforts by a hospital in the Netherlands looking at replacing natural gas with geothermal en…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Plane Completes Maiden Flight in ‘World First’

A hydrogen fuel-cell plane that's capable of carrying passengers completed its maiden flight this week, in another step forward for low and zero-emission flight…

Clean emission

Climate Targets Unattainable without ‘New Dawn’ for Carbon Capture Says IEA

carbon capture, utilisation and storage “is the only group of technologies that contributes both to reducing emissions in key sectors directly and to removing …

Neste and Shell Sign Agreement to Increase the Supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Anticipating increasing desire from airlines to reduce emissions, Neste and Shell Aviation have entered into a sustainable aviation fuel supply agreement.

United States

California to Ban Sale of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035 to fight climate change and smog-foul…

China

President Xi Tells UN that China Will be 'Carbon Neutral' Within Four Decades

China is targeting peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by the year 2060, according to President Xi Jinping.

Energy Transition

Shell and Microsoft Expand Partnership for Net-Zero Emissions

Shell and Microsoft have jointly announced a strategic energy and technology alliance to support each other in achieving net-zero targets.

United Kingdom

The Electrification Of UK Offshore Oil & Gas

The British government has set a goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Energy Transition

SOUTH AFRICA: The Government has its Plan to Fight Climate Change

Meeting in the Council of Ministers recently, the South African government passed three bills as part of a plan to combat climate change.

Market Analysis

Ambitious EU Emissions Target Needs Nuclear, Says Foratom

The European Commission (EC) has presented a plan to reduce European Union greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.