Energy sector

Power Construction

German Energy Regulator Sees Good Progress on Power Grid Expansion

Europe's biggest economy aims to cut carbon emissions by 2030 by 65% from 2019 levels under new targets set last week. It is demanding the energy sector bear mo…

Net Zero Emission

IEA Presents Energy Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050

The International Energy Agency today published a report outlining the essential conditions for the global energy sector to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050…

Net Zero Emission

IEA Report is a ‘Rallying Cry for Governments’

IEA has released its much anticipated 2050 net zero emissions roadmap for the global energy sector, calling for the immediate and massive deployment of all avai…

Net Zero Emission

IEA’s Simple Message for Australia: No Place for Gas-Fired Recovery in Net Zero by 2050

The International Energy Agency’s Net Zero says the world should add “no new oil and gas fields … and no new coal mines or mine extensions if it is to achiev…

Natural Gas

Graham: Biden Needs Natural Gas to Hit Green Energy Goals

In a letter to President Biden released Wednesday, leaders of Pennsylvania’s energy sector and its allies said Biden needs natural gas to help him reach his cl…

Tidal Energy

‘World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine’ Gears up for Operation

A tidal turbine weighing 680 metric tons and dubbed “the world’s most powerful” has been launched from the Port of Dundee in Scotland, marking another signif…

Energy Subsidies

Serbia Adopts New Energy Laws

Serbia's national assembly on 20 April adopted four new laws for the mining and energy sectors, including a law that paves the way for the country to begin hold…

Energy Security

DOE Launches Cybersecurity Plan as Biden Welcomes Chinese-Made Equipment

The US Department of Energy has launched an initiative to enhance the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems and secure the energy sec…

Uzbekistan

Reforms in Uzbekistan’s Energy Sector and Cooperation with Major International Financial Institutions

Since September 2016, when Shavkat Mirziyoyev began his presidency, Uzbekistan has embarked on a process of deep economic and social reforms.

Gas turbine engine

United States Targeting Energy Sector of South Korea

The United States is showing nationalism in the energy industry as well as semiconductor by making an issue of the South Korean government’s gas turbine compet…

Uzbekistan

Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov emphasized that the energy sector had never received such large financing to address the crippling problems that had been accum…

Hydrogen Project

South Africa Partners with ENGIE to Study Hydrogen Valley

The South African Department of Science and Innovation is collaborating with energy sector companies, including ENGIE, to complete a feasibility study for the e…

Energy Investment

Greece’s Recovery Plan to Invest €10bn in Clean Energy

The Greek government has published its plan for a post-Covid economic recovery. The strategy aims to mobilize at least €10 billion towards the green energy sec…

United Arab Emirates

UAE, IRENA Launch The National Integrated Energy Model

The importance of the model stems from the fact that it provides a common framework that brings together the stakeholders in the energy sector

Hydrogen Project

Trinidad and Tobago Launches Green Hydrogen Initiative

Investigations are getting under way on the creation of a sustainable hydrogen economy for Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector.