Category: World

September 14, 2023

Ukraine is planning a fossil-free future and it is not letting the grass grow under its feet, despite Russia’s unprovoked war. The nation is relying partly on its nuclear facilities but it is also calling on its considerable wind and […]

September 11, 2023

G20 leaders agreed to accelerate efforts to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, aligning with recommendations from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on how the world can move in line with the Paris Agreement targets. In a declaration […]

September 11, 2023

Blackrock-owned developer Akaysha and Japanese conglomerate Itochu have entered into a strategic alliance to develop battery storage projects in Japan. The pair have entered into a strategic alliance agreement to collaborate in the area of utility-scale energy storage, they announced […]

August 31, 2023

What if they gave an offshore wind party in Texas and nobody came? That’s what happened last week, when the Biden administration tempted the global wind industry to compete for two new offshore lease areas along the Texas coast. Nobody […]

July 6, 2023

Minerals and metals required for current decarbonisation trajectories may not meet demand and could require $4tn of investment by 2030. Latest analysis from McKinsey reveals in The net-zero materials transition: Implications for global supply chains report the supply of many […]

June 6, 2023

The International Energy Agency has released new data that shows the recovery from the slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the response to the global energy crisis provoked by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine have provided a significant […]

June 6, 2023

Japan’s government on Tuesday adopted a revision to the country’s plans to use more hydrogen as fuel as part of the effort to reduce carbon emissions. The plan sets an ambitious target to increase the annual supply by six times […]

June 5, 2023

The government of New South Wales has approved plans to increase the maximum sizing of a battery storage system at what could be Australia’s largest project of its type. New England Solar is a large-scale solar PV power plant project […]

June 2, 2023

BlueFloat Energy, a prominent player in the field of floating offshore wind, made an exciting announcement in May 2022 about its entry into the Taiwanese market. Taiwan leads in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of planning and implementation of offshore […]

June 1, 2023

Despite the move towards decarbonisation, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles are still prevalent in most markets. Up to 2020, nearly 80% of all passenger vehicles sold in the leading European markets were petrol or diesel, with the average lifespan of […]

May 31, 2023

Renewable energy technology firm Entech has won a framework contract in France with four public utilities to deploy 50MWh of battery storage. The framework contract is with four public energy companies located in the departments of Isère and Savoie in […]

May 23, 2023

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) convened Members in Abu Dhabi today for its twenty-fifth Council meeting to outline actionable steps to accelerate a just and inclusive energy transition, six months out from the 28th Climate Change Conference (COP28), which […]

April 28, 2023

Australia’s oldest coal-fired power plant was shuttered Friday, as the country—a once-notorious climate straggler—prepares for a seismic shift towards renewable energy. The Liddell power station, a three-hour drive north of Sydney, was one in a series of aging coal-fired plants […]

April 27, 2023

Government-owned oil marketing company BPCL has announced plans to add 240 megawatts of renewable energy capacity before April of 2024. According to media reports, the company plans to invest Rs 16 billion ($195 million) to set up this capacity. The […]

April 26, 2023

New rules requiring airlines to use more sustainable fuels across the European Union have been agreed by negotiators from member countries and the EU Parliament in a bid to help decarbonize the sector. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, […]

April 19, 2023

Australia’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, released today, details the government’s long-awaited plans to accelerate the adoption of these vehicles. Consultations on the strategy began last September. The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, then promised the strategy would […]

March 31, 2023

Partners Enel X and Magaldi Group have begun construction in Salerno, Italy, on a 13MWh thermal energy storage (TES) plant based on a patented technology. Called Magaldi Green Thermal Energy Storage (MGTES), the storage tech was developed by ultra-high temperature […]

March 30, 2023

Canada will introduce tax credit incentives and invest in developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme. The Government of Canada has released its 2023 budget, which positions growing the […]

March 30, 2023

The European Union reached a deal Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc’s energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. The provisional political agreement, which was reached […]

March 30, 2023

Enefit Green has acquired the 1GW Liivi offshore wind farm project from Eesti Energia and will continue development work to start large-scale renewable electricity production before 2030. Enefit Green snapped up the project company, Liivi Offshore OÜ, for €6.2m. The […]