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Still Enormous Coal Use & Growth In China & India

August 30, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The World Coal Association recently published a chart on Linkedin showing very graphically how China’s coal consumption dominates the world’s CO2 emissions targets. It is not only China but also India and other emerging economies that are heavily reliant on […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Nuclear Power, Electrification, and Carbon-Free Fuel Are Key to INL Achieving Net-Zero by 2031

August 23, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

In 2021, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Director John Wagner set a lofty goal for the lab to achieve net-zero carbon emissions within 10 years. An uninformed observer might think that would be an easy task for an organization as focused […]


Energy Consumption, Global

The POWER Interview: Addressing the Challenge of Electrification

August 22, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The International Energy Agency says electrification “means replacing technologies or processes that use fossil fuels, like internal combustion engines and gas boilers, with electrically-powered equivalents, such as electric vehicles or heat pumps. These replacements are typically more efficient, reducing energy […]


Energy Consumption, Global

IRENA and Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce COP28 Partnership to Help Accelerate the Global Energy Transition

May 22, 2023

Via: IRENA

Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) announced a new COP28 partnership to turbocharge clean energy deployment and capital mobilization in emerging markets and developing economies. The official announcement took place in the presence of His Excellency […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Mapping the inequalities of low-carbon electricity

May 2, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Greenhouse gas reduction, new jobs, new investment opportunities: the benefits of decarbonizing the electricity sector—one of the most polluting—are obvious. However, a transition to lower-carbon electricity production could have a negative impact on some regions, depending on their vulnerabilities and […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Europe Ramps Renewables, Looks for New Gas to Reduce Reliance on Russia

May 1, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Energy storage also is making inroads across Europe. Technology group Wärtsilä in early March announced it had brought online a 25-MW/100-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Belgium, in a collaboration with Japan’s Nippon Koei Energy Europe and Aquila Clean […]


Energy Consumption, Global

UK wind farms set record production in 2022

March 31, 2023

Via: reNews

UK wind farms hit a new annual electricity generation record in 2022, according to statistics from the UK Government. The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, reveal that wind generated 24.6%of the country’s electricity last […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Energy Sustainability: The Emerging and Effective Use of Hydrogen

March 9, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Climate change and the dangers posed to the environment by increasing levels of CO2 have led to a greater focus on a non-polluting energy source: renewable hydrogen. Described as the “most abundant clean fuel in the universe,” the application of […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Renewables Beat Coal In US, Surpass Gas For First Time In Europe

February 1, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The renewable energy juggernaut is gathering strength in virtually every nation on Earth. There are two reports out this week that highlight the extent to which renewables are outperforming coal in the US and methane gas in Europe by almost […]


Energy Consumption, Global

How solar surge saved Europe from the energy crisis

January 31, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

This was one of the key findings in the European Electricity Review released by the independent energy think tank Ember. According to the report, wind and solar generated a record fifth of EU electricity in 2022, for the first time […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Mozambique To Step Up Electricity Exports To Its Load-Shedding Stricken Neighbors

January 23, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

Mozambique currently has a low electrification rate with only 40% of its population having access to electricity. 36% of the population has access from the grid and 4% via off-grid projects. Mozambique wants to accelerate its access to electricity projects […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Report: World’s coal use creeps to new high in 2022

December 19, 2022

Via: Power Engineering

Coal use across the world is set to reach a new record this year amid persistently high demand for the heavily polluting fossil fuel, the International Energy Agency said. The Paris-based agency said in a new report that while coal […]


Energy Consumption, Global

A Global Look at Residential Solar Adoption Rates

July 29, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Solar technology is advancing at a rapid rate, making solar easier to adopt. However, there is still a large potential of growth when it comes to the solar market. Looking at global data, solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has steadily increased […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Prospects for wind energy in Africa

July 20, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

Energy is a strategic factor for economic development. Morocco is still largely dependent on energy imports, more than 90%. To reduce its energy dependence, in 2009, Morocco adopted a strategy to increase the share of renewable energies in the installed […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Europe May Need Temporary Coal, Oil Power Increase to Ready for ’Hard’ Winter, IEA Warns

July 18, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

European leaders should minimize gas use in the power sector and temporarily ramp up coal- and oil-fired generation while accelerating low-carbon sources to guard against energy market turmoil that has grown “especially perilous,” the head of the International Energy Agency […]


Energy Consumption, Global

European Council reaches agreement on its Renewable Energy Directive, includes faster permitting for renewable projects

June 28, 2022

Via: PV Resources

The European Council (EC) yesterday reached an agreement on a revision to its Renewable Energy Directive (RED) as part of its ‘Fit for 55’ package that has increased its renewables targets and called for accelerated permitting for clean energy projects. […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Is Carbon Management the Key to Reaching Net Zero?

May 23, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions last year announced plans to develop a new carbon capture and storage project across the Midwest. The project seeks to capture carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be emitted into the atmosphere from biorefineries, such as […]


Energy Consumption, Global

IRENA Members Advance Global Agenda on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation

May 4, 2022

Via: IRENA

The world will need to manage more seismic shifts in the global energy system, including a quadrupling of renewable power capacity by 2030, to forge a pathway toward the 1.5°C goal, said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera at the opening […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Energy-thirsty Bitcoin miners seek ways to dump fossil fuels

April 26, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

For the past year a company that “mines” cryptocurrency had what seemed the ideal location for its thousands of power-thirsty computers working around the clock to verify bitcoin transactions: the grounds of a coal-fired power plant in rural Montana. But […]


Energy Consumption, Global

Scorecard ranks countries on energy efficiency⁠: Who’s ahead of 10th place U.S.?

April 8, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands all ranked as the world’s most energy-efficient countries, according to a report card from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The U.S. ranked 10th. The report card, ACEEE’s first since 2018 […]