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Net Zero Emission

New Action Plan Comes Into the Limelight to Accelerate Decarbonisation

With COP27 in full swing, governments have set out an action plan to make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible in a bid to scale up decarbonisation ef…

Nuclear Reactor

Finland Introduces Scheme to Prevent Power Blackouts

Finland's national power grid operator said on Friday it will introduce voluntary procedures for companies and the public sector to help prevent electricity sho…

Hydrogen Project

Portugal Seeks to Become Major Exporter of Green Hydrogen

Portugal expects to become a major producer and exporter of green hydrogen with 70 private investors or groups planning to spend 10 billion euros ($10.2 billion…

Natural Gas

Persistent EU Rifts Seen Delaying Any Approval of Gas Price Cap

Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland on Friday threatened to block a new set of European Union steps to alleviate an acute energy crunch.

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Awarded 700MW Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

A subsidiary of RWE won the permit for one of the two wind farms in the Hollandse Kust West Wind Farm Zone in the Dutch North Sea.

Energy Transition

Global Investment Firm KKR Invests $400m in India’s Serentica Renewables

Serentica Renewables seeks to enable the energy transition by providing clean energy solutions for energy-intensive, hard-to-abate industries.

Carbon Emissions

COP27: Biden Says US Will Meet 2030 Emissions Targets

During his speech at the climate summit, he said the government has put its money where its mouth is on climate change.

Carbon Emissions

Global CO2 Emissions in 2022 ‘Remain at Record Levels’

Projected emissions from coal and oil are above their 2021 levels, according to a new report.

Energy Transition

IRENA’s Energy Transition Platform Bags $1b Investments

The platform aims to ramp up funding for renewable projects in developing countries.

Energy Storage Battery

AGL Breaks Ground for 50MW Grid-Scale Battery

It is expected to start operations by mid-2023.

Wind Farm

RWE and Koehler Paper Sign Green Power Agreement

RWE Supply & Trading and Koehler Paper have agreed on a long-term green power supply of up to 175,000MWh per year.

Nuclear Power Plant

These Four U.S. Nuclear Plants Will Start Producing Clean Hydrogen

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with utilities on four hydrogen demonstration projects at U.S. nuclear power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US Coal-Fired Power Retirements to Slow From 2023 – Report

Competition from natural gas and renewable resources will likely lead to the retirement of 23% of the 200,568MW of coal-fired capacity currently operating in th…

Electric Car

Indonesia Doubles Down With Downstream EV Push

Indonesia’s state-owned electric utility PT PLN (Persero) has announced extensive infrastructure rollout to accelerate the country’s EV uptake and use.

Bentley’s Open-Access Digital Twin Integrates Carbon Calculator

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, an infrastructure engineering software company, announced at COP27 expanded workflows for embodied carbon calculation in the Bent…