Climate

Energy Transition

France’s EDF Helping Saudi Arabia Achieve Renewable Energy Targets

Like many executives around the world, Bruno Bensasson hasn’t been on a plane much in the last year.

Carbon Neutral

93% Support Transmission Network Use of System Reform to Deliver Net Zero

While a wind farm in the north of Scotland pays £5.50 per unit of energy, an equivalent wind farm in Wales will get paid £2.80 per unit.

Carbon Pricing

EU Carbon Price Running at Level not Expected Until Next Year

Emissions permits are selling at around €50 per ton, completing a rally from last year’s Covid-driven slump faster than expected by business respondents to th…

Coal Company

Coal India Carbon Emissions Less than 1pc of India's in FY20

Pollution arising out of coal mining operations is not much compared to burning of the fossil fuel, from where major emissions emanate

Energy Storage Battery

South Portland May Become $8M Site for 4,500 Batteries

South Portland planning officials on Tuesday night will consider an unusual project that may help Maine meet its goals for producing climate-friendly energy.

Romania

Romania's Q1 Energy Output Falls 5.7% y/y - Provisional Data

Romania's energy output fell by an annual 5.7% in the first three months of the year, the statistical office, INS, said on Wednesday.

Clean Energy Transition

UAE Set to Double Clean Energy Output in 2 Years As IEA Eyes New Global Record

Renewable power generation grew worldwide at the fastest rate in two decades in 2020, and that trend is set to continue in the aftermath of the pandemic led by …

Carbon Neutral

Beijing 2022 Committed to Achieving Carbon Neutrality

The organizers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics held a workshop on Friday in an effort to honor their commitment of carbon neutralization for…

United States

Biden Wants ‘Clean’ Electricity By 2035. A Pandemic-Driven Fall In Solar Jobs Complicates That

The U.S. solar industry will need to nearly quadruple its workforce by 2035 in order to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of a carbon-free electricity industry, …

United Arab Emirates

First Green Mortgages Issued in UAE Through HSBC Bank

Climate change has become a global pressing issue and governments and private entities are racing to find new ways to incentivise green investment

Energy Investment

UN Chief Urges Banks to Halt Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Financing

Banks should finance low-carbon climate-resilient projects, not big fossil fuel infrastructure that is not even cost-effective anymore, UN Secretary-General Ant…

Carbon Emissions

Carbon Emissions from Energy Dropped 10 per cent in the EU Last Year

Eurostat said in a statement Friday that emissions fell in all of the EU's 27 member nations compared to 2019 as governments imposed lockdown measures to slow t…

Hydrogen Transport

More Hydrogen Pipelines Needed In Europe

If Germany and the rest of Europe are to become climate-neutral by 2050 while maintaining their industrial might, they will have to import vast amounts of hydro…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Can Help States Afford to Meet Net-Zero Emissions Targets by 2050

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently passed a climate bill that sets a target of net-zero emissions for the state by the year 2050.

Carbon Neutral

Vermont Electric Plans for Carbon Neutrality by 2023, Renewable Energy by 2030

Vermont Electric Cooperative plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2023 and transition fully to renewable, carbon-free energy sources by 2030, according to an ann…