Climate

SMR

Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?

Regulators have approved designs for 12 small reactors to be built in Idaho, but opponents say the project is dangerous and too late to fight climate change.

Crude Oil

Biden's Warning on Oil Tests Voter Resolve on Climate Change

The plan implied that he would wean the U.S. off oil and gas, but Biden wasn't so explicit about the industry's fate - until Thursday night.

Energy Transition

Cooling Labeled a Blind Spot in Addressing Climate Change

Past research suggests that growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emission…

Hydropower Plant

Amazing Hydropower Technology and Hydroelectric Power Plants

​As our planet changes, finding new sources of energy has come to the forefront of our battle against climate change.

Energy Transition

Bulgaria Asks Help from European Commission to Phase Out Coal

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has asked the European Commission to help countries in Central and Eastern Europe to phase out coal.

Clean Energy Transition

Pilot Project to Support Queensland Industry’s Switch to Clean Energy

ERM Power, a subsidiary of Shell Energy Australia, has secured funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to help Queensland manufacturing businesses b…

Carbon Neutral

EU Ministers to Agree to Make Climate Neutrality by 2050 Binding

Its longer term goal is net zero emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases by 2050, which the executive European Commission says will drive the economic reco…

United States

GE Announces Plan to be Carbon-Neutral by 2030

American multinational conglomerate General Electric has announced its plan to become carbon-neutral across its facilities and operations by 2030.

China

China Moves to Explore Path Toward Carbon Neutrality Goal

Following Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent announcement that China aims to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060

CCS

Equinor and Microsoft Collaborate on Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage Value Chain

Equinor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft to explore ways to support the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project as a technolog…

Energy-Eficient Building

EU Adopts Renovation Wave Strategy to Make Buildings Energy Efficient

Commission adopts strategy to reduce methane emissions, assesses 27 National Energy and Climate Plans.

Australia

IKEA Australia goes Green with Clean Energy Storage Initiative

IKEA Australia has announced the launch of a clean energy storage initiative that will support the South Australian power grid, in addition to powering its Adel…

Energy Transition

IRENA and CDF to Accelerate Energy Transition in the Caribbean

The International Renewable Energy Agency and the CARICOM Development Fund have partnered to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean.

Singapore

Construction Begins on Hyundai’s Innovation Center in Singapore

Hyundai Motor Company today broke ground on its Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center in Singapore during a virtual ceremony.

World Energy Outlook

World Energy Outlook 2020 Says Covid Response Can Reshape the Future of Energy, with Renewables Taking Centre Stage

The acceleration of clean energy transitions, and how quickly energy and climate goals are reached, will depend on how governments respond to today’s challenge…