Carbon

Net Zero Emission

Fossil Fuel Registry Launched to Help Spot ‘Stranded Assets’

Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor said on Monday they had launched the first global registry of oil and gas reserves, production and emissions with data …

Hydrogen Project

Four GB Blue Hydrogen Projects Get Go Ahead

Four northern England low carbon blue hydrogen projects have been given the go ahead by government as part of an industrial decarbonisation drive.

Carbon Emissions

Swiss Could Hit CO2 Target With $156 Billion Package-Study

Switzerland could hit the target of halving carbon emissions by 2030 via a package of measures that would cost around 150 billion Swiss francs

Net Zero Emission

US Invests $178M to Advance Bioenergy Technology

A total of 37 projects will develop new technologies that engineer plants and microbes into bioenergy and improve carbon storage

Nuclear Reactor

US Study Assesses Potential for Coal-To-Nuclear Conversion

Hundreds of coal power plant sites across the USA could be converted to nuclear plant sites, providing huge decarbonisation gains as well as bringing tangible e…

Carbon Emissions

Changing Weather Patterns Aggravate Conflict and Displacement in Africa

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has stated that climate change in Africa could destabilise countries and entire regions based on findings in their S…

Electric Car

Dutch Students Devise Carbon-Eating Electric Vehicle

The sporty all-electric car from the Netherlands resembles a BMW coupe, but is unique: It captures more carbon than it emits.

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Farm Agency to Triple Investment in Climate-Friendly Farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest nearly $3 billion in projects to reduce climate-harming emissions from farming and forestry, tripling the funding…

Net Zero Emission

Renewables Can Accelerate Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia – Wärtsilä Study

Net zero by mid-century is technically and commercially feasible with a clear roadmap for decarbonisation in Southeast Asia, Wärtsilä states in a new study. …

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency Needs Priority in Hungary’s Energy Policy – IEA

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European coun…

Energy Transition

Oxford Group: Decarbonizing Energy Would Save $12 Trillion

A new study from business and environmental researchers at Oxford University disputes the notion that a strategy to transition global power generation toward re…

EU

EU Approves €1.5BN Romanian Scheme to Compensate Energy-Intensive Firms

It will cover part of the higher electricity prices arising from the impact of carbon prices on power generation costs, i.e. indirect emission costs, incurred b…

Net Zero Emission

Singapore Bank DBS Sets Decarbonisation Targets for Key Sectors

Singapore's DBS Group has set decarbonisation targets for nine industry sectors, including power, oil and gas, aviation and shipping, and reinforced its commitm…

Carbon Emissions

New Method to Transform CO2 From Exhaust Into Ethylene

Meenesh Singh and his team at the University of Illinois Chicago have found a means to transform the carbon dioxide extracted from industrial exhaust into ethyl…

CCS

Direct Air Carbon Capture Project Planned for Wyoming

Direct air capture provider CarbonCapture Inc is partnering with Frontier Carbon Solutions to develop a project in Wyoming to try to remove five million tonnes …