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Tag: decarbonisation


News and Policies, World

Second Global Dialogue in Abu Dhabi Explores Action-Oriented Path to Transport Decarbonisation

October 20, 2023

Via: IRENA

With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 6th Assessment Report showing that transport is the 4th largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, and the ‘Synthesis Report’ on the Technical Dialogue of the First Global Stocktake (GST), released in September […]


News and Policies, World

‘Decarbonisation may cause minerals shortage by 2030’

July 6, 2023

Via: reNews

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 […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

Nuclear Power Plants Scale Down To Pump Out Sustainable H2

November 14, 2022

Via: CleanTechnica

The prospects for building a new fleet of full-sized nuclear power plants in the US is growing dimmer by the minute, but a tiny candle of hope has begun to flicker in the emerging area of small modular reactors. In […]


News and Policies, World

Costa Rica and IRENA Sign Partnership to Advance National Decarbonisation Plan

December 6, 2021

Via: IRENA

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Government of Costa Rica have signed an agreement today to work together to strengthen the country’s decarbonisation plans and boost renewable energy project financing. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Carlos […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Gas industry calls on EU for enhancing gas contribution to decarbonisation

October 21, 2020

Via: PetrolPlaza

57 CEOs and associations representing the European gas sector sent a letter on 19 October calling on the EU institutions to ensure that EU financial mechanisms recognize gas as an indispensable part of the energy transition towards a carbon neutral […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Siemens Energy launches energy storage initiative

July 13, 2020

Via: Energy Global

Siemens Energy has launched the ‘Future of Storage’ initiative. The aim of the initiative is to combine knowledge and build an ecosystem of technology partners in order to offer energy storage solutions tailored to customers’ needs. Decarbonising the world’s energy […]


News and Policies, U.S.

US benchmarking analysis shows growing momentum for decarbonisation

July 13, 2020

Via: World Nuclear News

The Benchmarking Air Emissions analysis is a collaborative effort between Ceres; Bank of America; power producers Entergy, Exelon, and Tenaska; and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The current issue is the 16th in a series that began in 1997, […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

Electrifying Heat, Transport And Industry Can Lead To Deep Carbon Cuts

February 13, 2020

Via: Forbes

As decarbonisation of the power sector ramps up in earnest, attention is turning to the other key sectors of the economy that need to cut their emissions – transport, buildings and industry. If these three sectors are electrified at the […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

Nuclear is key to decarbonisation, says head of IAEA

December 11, 2019

Via: World Nuclear News

Grossi was speaking at a high-level UN side event at COP25 on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, to ensure access to affordable and reliable energy. The event – entitled Accelerating the energy transformation in support of sustainable development and the […]