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Smart City

Spain’s Fuengirola Embarks on Smart City Transformation

The primary objective of the project is to accelerate urban innovation, drive the digital transformation of city services and improve the citizen experience for…

Hydrogen Project

Exploring Green Marine Fuel and Hydrogen Production in Egypt

Integrated logistics company Maersk and Egyptian authorities have signed a partnership agreement to explore Egypt-based hydrogen and green marine fuel productio…

Oil & Gas Supply

Russia Appears to Be Softening Its Gas-For-Rubles Demand, Easing Supply Risks to Europe — for Now

Russia appears to have walked back demands that European companies pay for gas supplies in rubles from Thursday, temporarily alleviating the risk of supply disr…

Offshore Wind Power

NZ Super Fund and CIP Explore New Zealand’s Offshore Wind

NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are working in partnership to explore the potential for large scale offshore wind energy in the South…

Net Zero Emission

No G20 Government Is Delivering on Their Promises, Says Report

No G20 government has implemented sufficient and concrete policies to match their promises to tackle climate change made at COP26 in Glasgow last year, accordin…

Paris Climate Agreement

Wind and Solar Energy Generate 10% of Global Electricity

Ember research found 50 countries generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar energy in 2021, up from 43 in 2020.

Hydropower Plant

China-Built Hydropower Station Begins Electricity Generation in Nigeria

The first unit of Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest hydropower station in Nigeria built by Chinese enterprises, has officially generated electric…

Nuclear Fusion

Australia’s HB11 Energy Demonstrates Laser-Powered Nuclear Fusion

Australian fusion start-up HB11 Energy has reported demonstrating non-thermal fusion of hydrogen and boron-11 using high power lasers.

Natural Gas

Putin’s Isolation From Europe Could Usher in Natural Gas Opportunities for Africa

With the U.S., EU and U.K. looking to phase out Russian gas imports, Western leaders could look to liquified natural gas projects in sub-Saharan Africa to softe…

Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 Cost $11 Billion to Build. Now, the Russia-Europe Gas Pipeline Is Unused and Abandoned

One of the early casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a massive energy project that took several years to build …

Energy Transition

How Hackers and Geopolitics Could Derail the Planned Energy Transition

Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underway at all, have become major talking points in recent years.

United States

U.S. Renewable Energy Production in 2021 Hit an All-Time High and Provided More Energy than Either Coal or Nuclear Power

U.S. production and consumption of renewable energy reached an all-time high in 2021, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. …

Carbon Emissions

Emissions Trading Covers 37% of Emissions Under Net-Zero Targets – ICAP

Carbon markets hit record prices and revenues globally in 2021, reports the International Carbon Action Partnership.

Russian Federation

Is Russia Obstructing the Iran Nuclear Deal?

Addressing the Iran nuclear deal, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell noted "sometimes they think they’re almost there. And other days not."

Thermal Plant

Uzbekistan Commissions 240MW Thermal Power Plant

Alongside the thermal power plant, built by the Turkish company Cengiz Enerji, Uzbekistan is to build a 220MW piston gas power plant.