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Japan

Japan Ups 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal to 46 per cent

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the new target, compared with 2013 emissions levels, hours before the start of a virtual summit on climate change called…

Net Zero Emission

Wipro Aims to Reach Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040

Wipro set an intermediate target of a 55 per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 in absolute emission levels compared to its base year of 2016-17.

Oil Field

L&T Secures Contract to Build Large Oil & Gas Supply Bases in Saudi Arabia

The company said that the project involves constructing industrial facilities of different sizes, an administration building, ancillary buildings, associated in…

Energy Storage Battery

Gresham House Acquires 30MW Scottish Battery

Byers Brae installation began operations in March providing Dynamic Containment services to the grid

Hydrogen Project

US Ammonia Producer unveils green hydrogen project

The largest producer of ammonia in the US, CF Industries Holdings, has signed a contract with Thyssenkrupp for a 20MW green hydrogen project at its factory in L…

Carbon Emissions

Biden Commits to halve US emissions by 2030

Target picks up the pace of reductions while supporting existing goal for a carbon-free power sector by 2035

Coal Production

China to Curb Coal Consumption Below 56% of Energy Use in 2021

China aims to cut coal use to 56 percent of total energy consumption this year, down from 57 percent, while lifting electricity consumption to 28 percent from 2…

Nuclear Power Plant

X-Energy and Kinectrics to Collaborate on Xe-100 SMR

Canada’s X-energy and Kinectrics on 21 April signed a collaboration agreement to advance the design and deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactor …

Energy Storage Project

Energy Storage to See 1.8 GW Growth in Healthcare Industry, Study Finds

Market growth is anticipated to total 1.8 GW of energy storage for both C&I and residential healthcare applications

Energy Storage Battery

Powin Energy Launches Its First High Voltage Battery Storage Stack Product

Powin Energy yesterday officially launched its first high voltage battery storage product, with the Oregon-headquartered battery energy storage solutions provid…

Offshore Wind Power

Australia’s First Offshore Wind Farm on Track to be Ready for 2028

Onshore wind projects are Australia’s biggest source of renewable energy, with enough capacity at present to cover over 7 per cent of our electricity needs.

Wind Power Project

Vestas Offloads 118MW US Wind

Vestas, through its US development arm, has sold a 118MW wind farm to Southern Power.

Joe Biden

President Biden’s 50% Emissions Reduction Target Is Political Theater, Not Serious Policy

At the 2021 global climate summit, President Biden committed the U.S. to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

Coal Trade

Seoul to Strengthen NDC, Suspend Foreign Coal Financing

South Korean president Moon Jae-In has declared Seoul's intention to strengthen its NDCs and to suspend all public financing for new coal plant projects abroad …

Crude Oil

Rystad Energy Sees Oil Demand Peaking In 2026

The accelerating adoption of electric vehicles and electrification in other oil-consuming sectors is set to bring peak oil demand as early as 2026 at 101.6 mill…