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Carbon Emissions

Decarbonizing Railways: The Benefits to Our Environment

Transportation as a sector accounts for around 20% of all carbon dioxide emissions globally, with passenger and freight travel emitting roughly 41 kg of carbon …

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall and St1 Form a New Partnership to Produce a Large Volume of Fossil-Free Aviation Electro Fuel on the Swedish West Coast

Vattenfall and St1 have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a fossil-free value chain for production of synthetic electro fuel and the next step is to jointly …

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Wind Industry Sees 21.1GW Additional Capacity in 2021

The GWEC marked this as the industry's “best-ever” year.

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Wind Growth to More Than Double in 2031: Report

It is projected to reach nearly 55GW in 2031.

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction Permit Issued for the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1

On June 29, 2022, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) issued a permit for the construction of the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1.

Energy Investment

UK Invests £162M in Africa’s Energy Industry

British International Investment has partnered with Norway’s Norfund in a joint venture with Scatec to support the initiative, which will meet the power needs …

Pumped Storage

20GWH Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Plant Starting Operations in Switzerland

A pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant with a capacity of 20GWh in Valais, Switzerland will begin operations on Friday 1 July.

Energy Transition

Réunion Island Coal Power Station Converts to Biomass to Reduce Emissions

Global technology and software company Emerson has been selected by French independent energy provider Albioma to help transition its coal-fired Bois Rouge plan…

SSE Thermal and Equinor to Buy UK-Based Triton Power for £341M

Through this deal, the two companies aim to support the decarbonisation of the UK's power system.

Electric Car

VW: EV Battery Output Bigger Challenge Than EU Combustion Engine Ban

​The EU deal to phase out combustion engine cars in just over 12 years is challenging, but a more daunting obstacle will be making enough batteries to power th…

Energy Transition

Australia Swiftly Needs $9 Bln in Grid Investment for Energy Transition

Australia urgently needs about A$13 billion ($9 billion) in transmission investments to jumpstart the transition to renewable energy, the country's energy marke…

Philippines

Solar Philippines Secures 70% Of Government’s RE Auction

It also won 91% of all solar capacity.

Floating Solar Project

‘Floatovoltaics’: Are They the Future of Renewable Energy?

Floatovoltaics is a relatively new, but rapidly growing industry. It stems from the desire to decarbonize global economies by 2050 as a solution to tackling cli…

World Energy Demand Jumped Above Pre-COVID Levels in 2021

BP Statistical Review of World Energy: primary energy in 2021 grew by its largest amount in history.

Oil Shale

Exxon, Imperial to Sell Canada Shale Assets to Whitecap for $1.5 Billion

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp and Imperial Oil Ltd said on Tuesday they will sell their Montney and Duvernay shale oil and gas assets in Canada to Whitecap Re…