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Energy Transition

Siemens Gamesa’s Top S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation Showcases Its Commitment to Energy Transition

The company, the only wind turbine manufacturer to receive this evaluation from S&P, achieved a score of 83/100 and is ranked #2 in Spain and #12 worldwide.

Data From Space to Aid Hydropower Planning

Researchers generally have reliable water level measurements for a few thousand lakes around the world, but little or no data on some of the planet’s important…

Net Zero Emission

Greenpeace to Fight UK Approval of Shell Gas Field in Court

Climate activists at Greenpeace plan to mount a legal challenge against the British authorities allowing Shell to develop the Jackdaw North Sea gas field, after…

Europe Needs Faster Renewables Growth Rate to Reach Climate Goals

Wind and solar energy deployment in the European Union is not proceeding fast enough to meet global climate goals due to a slow permitting process, a report by …

Carbon Emissions

Siemens Partners With Storage Solutions Developer on Next Gen Supercapacitors

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are partnering on a fully automated, digital manufacturing technology to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

Natural Gas

EU Backs €406.4M Dutch Scheme to Support Filling of Gas Storage Facility

The scheme will enable the Netherlands to ensure existing gas storage facilities are filled up to at least 80% of their capacity by 1st November 2022 and comply…

Carbon Emissions

Minimizing Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Cement Production

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are looking into new ways to minimize carbon dioxide emissions from cement production.

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar Announces Transaction With Gresham House

Canadian Solar has announced that it has completed the sale of two fully-permitted solar and battery energy storage projects in the UK to specialist alternative…

Australia

Climate Change in Focus as Australia’s Parliament Opens

Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw the Greens party win record seats, refl…

Coal Price

Back to Black? Germany’s Coal Power Plan Hits Hurdles

High coal prices, supply bottlenecks and aged plants are posing a challenge to Germany's plan to increase electricity production from hard coal-fired power plan…

Natural Gas

Russia to Cut Nord Stream 1 Gas Supplies to 20% Of Capacity From July 27

Move comes after Russia's Gazprom says another key turbine has to be closed due to repairs

Hydrogen Project

Brazil’s Unigel to Build Green Hydrogen Plant With $120 Mln Investment

Brazilian chemical maker Unigel on Monday announced plans to build a green hydrogen plant in the northeastern state of Bahia, with an initial investment of $120…

Net Zero Emission

Saudi Crown Prince Touts Vertical Living in NEOM’s Zero-Carbon City

The zero-carbon city that Saudi Arabia plans to build at NEOM will vertically layer homes, offices, public parks and schools within a mirrored facade stretching…

Energy Storage Battery

Ngos Ask Musk to Not Invest in Indonesia’s Nickel Industry Over Environmental Worries

Dozens of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have sent an open letter to Elon Musk, urging the Tesla Inc's chief to not invest in Indonesia's nickel industry…

Spain

Iberdrola and EU Bank Ink €550M Loan to Boost Renewable Energy in Spain

The loan will support the construction of solar and wind farms with a total capacity of around 1,800MW, generating enough electricity to power around one millio…