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Egypt

Egypt COP27 Climate Summit Activists Concerned Voices Will Be Curtailed

The decision to hold next month's COP27 climate summit in a highly secured tourist resort in Egypt, along with restrictions on access, is curbing civil society'…

Electric Car

Smart Thermostats and EVs Connected in US Demand Response Partnership

A new partnership in the US has concocted a DERMS-powered programme to coordinate demand response via smart thermostats and electric vehicles (EVs).

Natural Gas

Germany Evaluating if Consumer Gas Price Brake Can Be Brought Forward

German finance minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday it was not yet clear whether a gas price brake for consumers and small businesses planned from March co…

Net Zero Emission

Australia Signs up to Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions by 30%

Australia's climate change minister Chris Bowen on Sunday said the government has joined the Global Methane Pledge as part of multilateral efforts to reduce glo…

Hydrogen Project

Asia’s Richest Person Adani Aims for Europe With Huge Morocco Clean Energy Project

Billionaire's conglomerate is considering building wind and solar generation plants in the North African nation and units to produce green hydrogen for export. …

Dewa Appoints Companies to Consult on Hassyan Desalination Plant

Consulting companies on the 120m gallons per day plant include Deloitte, WSP and Addleshaw Goddard.

Carbon Emissions

Global Climate Disclosures to Cover Full Gamut of Carbon Emissions

Planned new global corporate sustainability disclosures will include the full range of carbon emissions, but with 'relief provisions' on measuring greenhouse g…

Energy Transition

S.Africa's Energy Transition Plan Needs $46.5 Bln, Five Times Pledges - Sources

South Africa's plan to kick-start its transition from coal to renewable energy will need $46.5 billion, more than five times the $8.5 billion Western nations ha…

Net Zero Emission

U.S. EPA Begins Work to Set up $27 Bln Green Bank

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday began the process of designing a $27 billion green bank that will offer grants to disadvantaged communities …

Carbon Emissions

Deutsche Bank Sets 2030 Targets to Cut Emissions Tied to Loans

Deutsche Bank on Friday said it aimed to reduce the emissions tied to its upstream corporate oil and gas sector loans by 23% by 2030, as part of a series of tar…

Wind Farm

Ørsted Partners with ECP in the Company’s First-Ever Farm-down of Onshore Assets

Ørsted closed a transaction with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading energy transition-focused investor, to divest a 50 % ownership stake in a portfolio c…

Electricity Transmission

EIB Invests Nearly Half a Billion Euros in Major German Grid Expansion Plan

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing Dutch-German TSO TenneT with a loan of €450 million ($440 million) for the construction of a 185km electricity …

LNG

World’s First Emissions-Reducing Integrated Hybrid Drive System for an LNG Plant

​Northeast Energy Center (NEC) and Chart Energy & Chemicals selected Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant being bui…

Hydrogen Project

Germany Is the Site of the World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project

Fortescue Future Industries and Tree Energy Solutions have agreed to develop the world’s largest green hydrogen integrated project "to help Europe mitigate its…

Natural Gas

EU Leaders to Keep Studying Gas Price Caps

European Union leaders ended another debate on the bloc's response to the energy crunch without agreement on whether to cap gas prices, deciding in the early ho…