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Carbon Neutral

Carbon Neutrality "Still Allows for Carbon Emissions" Says Google Sustainability Lead

Google continues to emit greenhouse gases despite claiming to be carbon neutral, Dezeen has learned.

Carbon Neutral

Lidl Commits To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2022

Part of the Schwarz retail group and one of Europe’s leading food retailers, Lidl has announced ambitious climate targets to become carbon neutral by 2022.

Offshore Wind Power

Doosan Heavy to Develop 8-MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

South Korean power plant builder Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. has announced the development of an 8-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine.

Solar Power Plant

Construction Begins on the Sonnedix Los Frailes Solar PV Plant

Sonnedix, the global solar independent power producer, has started the construction of a 50 MW solar photovoltaic plant, Sonnedix Los Frailes, located in Badajo…

Geothermal Power Plant

World Bank Funds Geothermal Exploration in Saint Lucia

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $21.9 million for the Renewable Energy Sector Development Project for the Caribbean island nation Saint…

Thermal Plant

South Africa’s 4,764MW Medupi Coal Plant Completed

South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom has announced that Unit 1, the last of six generation units of the Medupi Power Station Project, has attained commerci…

Electric Car

Kuwait Ports Plans Region's First City for Electric Car Makers

KPA noted that electric car makers do not use local distributors or dealers and sell their vehicles directly to consumers, adding that it was common for ports t…

Electric Car

Kia Launches 1st All-Electric EV Sedan, Starts from $40K

Kia, South Korea's second-biggest carmaker, on Monday launched an all-electric EV6 sedan in the domestic market ahead of its overseas launches later this year.

Oil Field

China’s First Deepwater Oil Project Reaches Full Capacity

China has launched full-capacity production at its first independently developed deepwater oil project, which is located in the eastern section of the South Chi…

Hydrogen Production

Andritz and MAN Energy Solutions to Produce Hydrogen from Hydropower

Andritz Hydro and MAN Energy Solutions are teaming up to develop projects that will produce hydrogen from hydropower, with a pilot project in Europe set to mark…

China

China Starts Up Turbines at 16-GW Hydro Project After Four-Year Construction Period

China in late June began operating two of the world’s first 1-GW hydropower turbines at the Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China.

Solar Power Plant

Thailand: Floating Solar Farm Launch Set for October

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand is preparing to start commercial operation of what it claims is the world's largest hybrid power gene…

Hydrogen Project

AmmPower to Provide Green Ammonia Energy Solutions to Brazil’s Porto Central

Vancouver-based AmmPower Corp. has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Porto Central in Brazil’s state of Espírito Santo, for the development of a…

Energy Storage Project

Rio Tinto Readies to Ship Trial Lithium Plant to Serbia

The work, undertaken at a science hub on the outskirts of Melbourne, has found a way to economically extract lithium from jadarite, a mineral that has only been…

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Slide on Worries over China Economy and Higher Crude Output

Brent crude oil futures skidded 81 cents, or 1%, to $74.60 a barrel by 0116 GMT.