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Carbon Neutral

Mobility Company Africa’s First to Become Carbon Neutral

South African-based Planet42 has become the first mobility company in Africa to be certified carbon neutral.

Video: Europe's Plan to Become the First Carbon-Neutral Continent

​With the ambitious goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, the European Union has committed to creating a greener world for future genera…

Carbon Pricing

New Carbon Price Makes Energy Efficiency in the German Building Sector Even more Important

Heating oil will soon become more expensive for consumers in Germany due to the new Fuel Emissions Trading Act.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Chinese Semi-Sub Becomes the World’s First Rig to get DNV’s Smart Notation

A semi-submersible drilling rig from China Merchant Heavy Industry, SHEN LAN TAN SUO, has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notati…

Tidal Energy

Hempel Provides Coatings for Orbital O2 Tidal Turbine

Coatings supplier Hempel has provided coatings to protect the Orbital O2 tidal energy turbine. Hempel’s ambition is to become the leading global coatings solut…

Carbon Neutral

Heineken Targets Carbon-Neutral Value Chain by 2040

Dutch brewer Heineken NV on Thursday announced a goal to become carbon neutral in its own production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040.

China

Video: New Energy Becomes Main Electricity Source in China's Qinghai

New energy has been the main electricity source for the second consecutive month in northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is also China's first province to …

Personnel Appointment

Ex-BP Officer Becomes Energy Institute Chief Exec

Nick Wayth has been appointed the new chief executive of the Energy Institute, the global professional body’s president.

Net Zero Emission

Global CO2 Emissions far Off Net-Zero Trajectory

The global energy system has become greener over the last decade, but most countries are nowhere near on track to achieve net zero emissions by the middle of th…

Hydrogen Project

Sinopec Wants to Become China’s Number One Hydrogen Firm

​Asia’s largest oil refiner Sinopec on Monday announced its plan to build 100 hydrogen refuelling stations this year as the company reaffirmed its aim to set …

Energy Storage Battery

Safe Lithium-ion Energy Storage Begins with Knowing what to do if Things go Wrong

The energy storage industry should be well prepared to deal with failure in lithium-ion battery systems so that thermal runaway in a single battery cell never b…

ITER

Scientists will Test the World’s First Nuclear Fusion Reactor This Summer

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor will, if things go according to plan, move one step closer to becoming the world’s first functioning nucle…

Carbon Neutral

Razer Targets Carbon Neutrality by 2030

Gaming laptops and peripherals maker Razer Inc today pledged to become fully carbon neutral by 2030 and set an objective to use 100% renewable energy by 2025.

Energy Investment

Apple Invests $2.8bn in 17 Renewable Energy Projects in 2020

The projects will cut 921,000 metric tonnes of carbon emissions annually and help the iPhone maker to become carbon-neutral by 2030

Hydrogen Project

Vow for Southern Chile to Become a Global Green Hydrogen Hub

Chile’s ministry of energy estimates that the country’s south has the potential to output 13% of the world’s green hydrogen production.