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Renewable Heat Needs to Be Prioritised to Deliver EU's Zero-Carbon Target

In order for the proposed Just Transition Mechanism that is to ease the energy transition of the European Green Deal, renewable heat needs to be prioritised. Th…

Ukraine to Boost Renewables And Energy Efficiency with EU's Help

Ukraine can focus in developing the country’s renewable energy sector and improve the much-delayed energy efficiency now that the former Soviet republic has co…

EU Wants to Spend 1 Trillion Euros for “Sustainable Investments” Across The Coming Decade

Financing for this will come from the EU budget, co-financing from EU member states, and contributions from the European Investment Bank and InvestEU, a major f…

Coal Power

Germany Plans to Phase Out The Use of Brown Coal

Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing abou…

Power Construction

Ghana, Siemens Sign 250m-euro Deal to Upgrade Power Grid

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany.

Carbon Neutral

Towards Carbon Neutrality with Geothermal District Heating in Germany

With funding from the European Regional Development fund of the EU, the city of Schwerin in Germany is developing a geothermal district heating system that woul…

Solar Power for Home

Austria Pledges to Fit 1 Million Roofs With Solar By 2030

Austria’s new government has promised a 1 million photovoltaic roofing program as part of its plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. The country pledged t…

Crude

China’s Top Oil Firm Sees Demand Growth Cut in Half in 2020

The world’s biggest oil import market could see demand growth in 2020 of just half of last year’s levels as the trade war’s ripple effects continue to be fel…

AfDB Approves €8 Million Grant to Support Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) …

Offshore Wind Power

Wind Farms in Africa Aim to Power New Era of Clean Reliable Energy

Senegal is preparing to take a large step in the emerging market of African renewable energy with the construction of the 340 million euro Taliba N’diaye Wind …

Coal Power

Georgia Power Requests Proposals for Beneficial Reuse of Coal Ash

Georgia Power has announced it is requesting proposals for the beneficial reuse of coal ash stored at active and retired coal-fired power plants across the stat…

​Nord Stream 2 Is An Economic Project to Benefit Germany And Europe, Washington’s Stance Is Wrong - Merkel

Speaking to journalists in Moscow alongside Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Merkel argued that that “sanctions are a wrong way to go.” Both leaders vowed …

Oil & Gas Trade

Woodside JV Approves Senegal's First Oil Project

Oil and gas major Woodside Petroleum on Friday announced that the joint venture (JV) partners have approved the development of Phase 1 of the Sangomar field dev…

Energy Storage Project

Google Inks Huge Corporate Solar-Plus-Storage Deal in Nevada

NV Energy will provide 350 megawatts of solar and as much as 280 megawatts of battery storage for a new Google data center.

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas Aims to Become Carbon Neutral by 2030

The turbine manufacturer seeks to ditch carbon offsets and instead deliver CO2 reductions only through direct actions.