Dec

Grid-Interactive Buildings Solutions

According to U.S. figures, up to 80% of peak electricity demand comes from buildings. So designing them to be energy efficient, with their own generation (e.g. …

IPPR: UK should pay £20bn into UN Climate Fund

The UK's contribution to global decarbonisation should be more in line with its 'fair share' of responsibility for climate breakdown, think tank says.

Coal Power

Replacing Coal with Gas will Open New ‘Window of Opportunity’

Canada still has only one liquefied natural gas export project under construction, despite more than two dozen separate developments being pitched over the past…

European Parliament Declares Climate Emergency

The European Parliament has today declared an environment and climate emergency, ahead of next week's UN climate talks in Madrid, COP25.

Coal Mine

Coal-Fired Power Is Declining Thanks to a Slowdown in India and China

After more than a century as the world’s dominant source of electricity, coal may finally be losing its importance. Coal-fired power production is projected to…

Coal Power

South Korea Plans to Shut Down Up to 15 Coal-Fired Power Plants for Winter

South Korea will idle up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants between December and February to help limit air pollution, and the remaining plants should …

Microgrid

ACWA Connects Sakaka Solar Plant to Saudi Arabia’s Electricity grid

ACWA Power has successfully connected the Sakaka Solar PV Plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the national electricity grid.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Global Leaders Face Massive Uphill Battle to Meet Paris Climate Targets Says UN Climate Change Report

Greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 7.6% annually for the next decade.

Indonesia Extends Period of Tender for Three Geothermal Working Areas

Not having been able to close the tender for three geothermal working areas in the set time period, the Indonesian government has extended the auction until Dec…

Coal Power

Global Coal-Fired Electricity Production Set for Record Drop

It's only the third time coal power generation has declined since 1985. Electricity produced by coal is on track to decline by 3% globally in 2019 – the larges…

Coal Mine

How to Make Coal Mining Sustainable

Notwithstanding the optimism over renewables displacing fossil fuels rapidly, coal will continue to dominate India’s electricity generation for at least a coup…

Fleets of Low-Sost Single Wave Energy Devices Could Power Millions of Homes

Engineers believe the Dielectric Elastomer Generator (DEG) device could be installed within decades, providing fleets of low-cost, easy to maintain units.

Clean Coal

Coal: Is This the Beginning of the End?

The fuel that powered the industrial revolution may be in decline at last. This year looks set to see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on re…

Scientists See Disaster Looming in World Production of Coal, Oil and Gas

If world governments don't limit the production of coal, oil and gas in the next decade, global warming will exceed the targets needed to ward off the worst eff…

China to Slash Renewables Subsidies by 30%

The government of China has decided to reduce renewable power subsidies by 30%, from $1.15b in 2019 to $807m in 2020.