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Acciona Supports Banco Santander’s Carbon Neutrality Target Through Its Oaxacas Wind Farm in Mexico

With this transaction, ACCIONA is contributing to Banco Santander’s goal of becoming carbon neutral in 2020 by offsetting approximately half of the entity’s o…

Climate Policy

Global CO2 Emissions Continue Upward Trend Despite Pandemic

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell by 5.8% in 2020, primarily due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and economic activities, acc…

Video

Belt and Road Initiative Thrives Despite Pandemic

Watch this video to review the global progress made by the BRI last year.

Solar Power Plant

Global PV Installations to Surpass 150 GW in 2021

Despite pandemic-induced impacts, the PV market was bigger than expected last year. In particular, an installation rush in Vietnam and China took place in Decem…

Combined Heat and Power

Wärtsilä Completes 100MW Combined Heat and Power Plant for German Utility

Technology firm Wärtsilä has announced that it has completed and handed over a 100MW combined heat and power plant to German utility Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbade…

Thermal Plant

Construction of $600m Power Plant in Indonesia Resumes

The pandemic has halted the construction process.

Bolivia

Bolivia’s Largest Solar Plant Begins Commercial Operation

The 100MW Oruro solar plant in the Bolivian Andes is ready to enter commercial operation with the inauguration of the second phase.

Wind Power Project

South Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan for World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant by 2030 as part of efforts to foster an environmentally-friendly re…

Solar Cell

Hybrid Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell with 18.04% Efficiency

South Korean researchers claim to have developed a PV cell with a higher efficiency rate than any other tandem cell based on perovskite and organic materials.

Cooperation case

Chinese, Pakistani Staff of CPEC Power Plant Strive for Energy Supply of Pakistan Amid COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the electricity generated by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor energy projects accounted for about one-third of Pakista…

LNG

Russia's Rosneft Looks to Arctic to Ramp up LNG Output

The projects were considered as part of its LNG strategy at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak last month

Solar Power Plant

Rooftop Solar Booming in Hawaii as Ytility Launches ‘Quick Connect’

Hawaiian Electric has announced that rooftop solar installations increased by 55% in 2020 despite the global pandemic.

Energy Saving Products

IKEA Lowers Climate Footprint helped by Pandemic and Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs

Brand owner Inter IKEA said carbon emissions throughout the value chain - from the production of raw materials to customers' use and disposal - fell in its fisc…

Wind Turbine

European Turbine Orders Hit Record 15GW

Wind turbine orders across Europe surged to 15GW in 2020, up by 74% year on year despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden

Mexican President Endorses Key Biden Policies

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador supports US president Joe Biden's goals of economic revitalization, immigration policy reform and controlling the …