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Carbon Emissions

Japan, US Exposed as UN Chief Urges G7 to Commit to 2030 Coal Exit

At a summit on “powering past coal”, António Guterres called on rich countries to lead, putting pressure on Japan and the US to produce exit plans

Wind Power in China

China Installs 52GW of Wind in 2020

China installed 52GW of new wind power capacity in 2020, double the country’s annual installations compared to the previous year, according to the Global Wind …

Energy Security

South African Municipalities to Launch R69m Energy Security Project

In South Africa, the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier through a media statement announced the six municipalities that …

Battery Recycling

Nigerian Solar Systems Provider Commits to Recycling Batteries

Nigerian solar systems provider, Lumos, has announced its environmental commitment to recycling the company’s batteries in partnership with Hinckley Recycling.…

Energy Investment

Apple Invests $2.8bn in 17 Renewable Energy Projects in 2020

The projects will cut 921,000 metric tonnes of carbon emissions annually and help the iPhone maker to become carbon-neutral by 2030

Hydrogen Production

BP Plans to Build Britain's Largest Hydrogen Plant by 2030

The Teesside plant in northern England will have capacity of up to 1 gigawatt of so-called blue hydrogen, about a fifth of Britain's target of 5 GW of hydrogen …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

C-ALPS Receives £2m New Lab Investment for Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The Centre for Advanced Low-Carbon Propulsion Systems has received an investment of over £2m to establish a new hydrogen fuel cell development facility in Cove…

Power Construction

AfDB Offers $530m Funding for Power Transmission Project in Angola

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to provide $530m funding for the construction of a transmission line in Angola.

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

Energy Storage Project

GE to Provide DC-Coupled Solution to 123MWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New York

Energy storage project developer Convergent Energy + Power has contracted GE Renewable Energy to supply key equipment to a three-site large-scale solar-plus-sto…

Crude Oil

EIA: OPEC+ Cuts To Lift Oil Prices Through April

Oil prices will likely remain at the current high levels in March and April, with Brent Crude prices averaging between $65 and $70 per barrel, after the OPEC+ g…

Qatar

Qatar To Build A Luxury Floating Hotel That Generates Electricity

Qatar, one of the richest countries in the Middle East thanks to its massive LNG exports and oil reserves, plans to build a floating eco-hotel that would spin v…

Solar Power Plant

Poland to Add Another 11 GW of PV Over the Next Five Years

The Eastern European country is expected to add around 2 GW per year over the next five years, according to Polish research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawi…

Hydrogen Project

Vow for Southern Chile to Become a Global Green Hydrogen Hub

Chile’s ministry of energy estimates that the country’s south has the potential to output 13% of the world’s green hydrogen production.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Plant Closures Loom Large As NSW Backs Hydrogen for the Hunter

The future of NSW’s coal-fired power plants is under increasing threat from cheap renewable energy, which this week forced Victoria’s Yallourn coal plant to b…