Fuels

China

China's 2050 Power Could Be Zero Carbon For Under 1% of GDP: Study

A new study in Nature Communications; Cost increase in the electricity supply to achieve carbon neutrality in China calculates the total new expenditure needed …

Net Zero Emission

EU Agrees Law to Make Airlines Pay More to Pollute

The European Union reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday on a law to increase the price that airlines have to pay when they emit planet-heating carbon …

Energy Investment

Canadian Banks Slammed for Continued Fossil Fuel Investments

Canadian banks are receiving backlash from investors for their continued investments in fossil fuels.

Energy Transition

COP27 Climate Summit Missed Chance for Ambition on Fossil Fuels, Critics Say

Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in r…

Carlyle Launches European Clean Energy Developer: ‘We Would Rather Build’

Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc has formed a unit to build solar and other renewable energy plants as part of a push into creating infrastructure to addre…

Net Zero Emission

COP27: India Lays Out Plan for Long-Term Decarbonization

India will prioritize a phased transition to cleaner fuels and slashing household consumption to achieve net zero emissions by 2070.

Hydrogen Production

COP27: US and Ukraine in Deal for SMRs to Produce Hydrogen and Ammonia

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, and Ukraine Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, announced at COP27 in Egypt a Ukraine Clean Fuels fr…

Carbon Emissions

New Biofuels Can Boost Fuel Economy and Slash Carbon Emissions in Cars and Trucks

Argonne collaborates with U.S. laboratories on research to identify promising biofuels for different engine types.

CCS

Capturing CO2 and Repurposing It Into Neutral Chemicals

A new study performed by the University of Surrey has shown that Carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the encircling atmosphere and reprocessed into benefi…

United States

U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Launches Carbon Offset Plan

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday announced the creation of a carbon offset plan meant to help developing countries speed their transition away from fo…

Carbon Emissions

S&P Global to Launch Carbon Intensity Assessments for Diesel, Gasoline and Jet Fuel

S&P Global Commodity Insights said on Wednesday it would launch the first carbon intensity assessments and daily carbon offset premiums for transportation fuels…

Net Zero Emission

The Biofuel Boom Needs Greater Oversight

Biofuel has incredible potential to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Electric Car

Autos Giant Renault Is Betting the Market for Gasoline Cars Will Continue to Grow

Renault’s focus on the internal combustion engine comes at a time when some big economies are looking to move away from vehicles that use fossil fuels.

United States

Chevron and JERA Jointly Pursue Lower-Carbon Solutions in the US and Asia Pacific

Chevron New Energies, Chevron’s unit focusing on low-carbon fuels, and Japanese energy giant JERA have agreed to collaborate on multiple lower-carbon opportuni…

Energy Transition

Panama, Uruguay, and Norway Join Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative at COP27

The governments of Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative, a worldwide cross-sector initiative aimed at catalyzin…