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08 03 2020 | 10:33

Why a significant global price on carbon is critical.

Oil companies have set long term carbon emissions targets but the scale of their ambitions means near-term action is required  Like New Year’s resolutions, oil companies are promising to go on…

08 03 2020 | 10:10

Carbon Brief: UK carbon emissions have fallen by 29% in last decade.

New data from Carbon Brief has found that UK carbon emissions have dropped by 29 per cent in the last decade. In 2019, Carbon Brief found that the UK’s CO2 emissions fell by 2.9%, bringing the total…

08 03 2020 | 10:03

Germany hits record 61 per cent renewables for month of February.

Renewable energy sources provided a record 61.2% of Germany’s net public electricity generation in February, according to figures provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE),…

05 03 2020 | 07:17

JPMorgan Chase expands sustainability commitment as they put end to Arctic oil financing.

JPMorgan Chase has expanded its sustainability commitment with a new announcement that they will end Arctic oil financing. In 2017, JPMorgan Chase made two sustainability commitments: facilitate $…

05 03 2020 | 07:04

Fear? Cost? Fame? What’s turning on Asian businesses to renewable energy?

Businesses hardly ever adopt renewable energy for altruistic reasons, but does that matter? In this interview with Eco-Business, Lionel Steinitz, CEO of LYS Energy, talks about why firms go green,…

05 03 2020 | 06:37

'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen.

'It's not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It's much harder here.' NAIROBI…

05 03 2020 | 06:29

UK lags behind in €124bn European low-carbon investment table.

Britain contributed only 3% of continent’s 2019 green spending, report says British companies are lagging far behind their European neighbours in low-carbon investment after contributing only 3% of…

05 03 2020 | 06:25

Australia's carbon emissions fall just 0.3% as industrial pollution surges.

Emissions from electricity generation and agriculture decline, but tiny overall decline shows shortcomings of Coalition policy Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have dipped slightly on the back…

04 03 2020 | 17:06

The Real Reason The Middle East Is Pivoting Towards Renewables.

The oil-rich Middle East is boosting investments in renewable energy generation at home and abroad.   Watch the video here. Just a few years ago, this notion would have raised a few eyebrows. But…

04 03 2020 | 16:24

Is the world in the midst of an energy crisis?

Azem Hoti, Engineering Recruitment Specialist at VHR Global Technical Recruitment, explores the extent to which the world is in the midst of an energy crisis. One area explored concerns Taiwan’s…

01 03 2020 | 13:24

Energy Storage—A Trillion-Dollar Holy Grail.

The science of renewable energy is remarkable—the ability to harness nature to magically power our modern world is a seductive vision. And yet, the actual business of renewable energy is late to…

01 03 2020 | 12:25

Jobs: Renewable energy sector can employ 42 million people globally by 2050.

Asia could account for 64 per cent of jobs in renewables by 2050.

01 03 2020 | 11:56

Ukraine citizens demand a fast transition to renewable energy by 2050.

Ukraine’s climate activists clamor for the speedy transition to carbon-neutral sources of energy. Activists assembled in front of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy in Kyiv. Ukraine’s…

01 03 2020 | 10:02

Togo banks on solar power.

Watch the video Here . Not so long ago in the village of Tababou, 600 kilometres off Lome, Togo’s capital, Ousmane Kantcho had to travel miles and miles outside the village in order to charge his…

01 03 2020 | 09:14

Renewable energy investment is taking big strides in sub-Saharan Africa.

Africa’s leading economies are increasingly looking to wind energy to power homes. It’s part of a trend towards varying forms of clean energy across the continent.

27 02 2020 | 07:44

Renewables industry has wind in its sails.

With generation records tumbling and a State support scheme on the way, wind power's time has arrived. As Storm Ciara was bearing down menacingly on Ireland two weeks ago, not everyone on the island…

24 02 2020 | 05:19

Portugal's Galp plans 10GW renewables gold rush.

Portugal-headquartered oil and gas company Galp is targeting 10GW of installed renewables capacity by 2030 as part of its strategy to diversify its business into more clean energy generation. The…

24 02 2020 | 05:11

UGANDA: Chinese CEEC to supply 500 MWp of photovoltaic solar energy.

China Energy Engineering Corp (CEEC) will develop 500 MWp of solar photovoltaic energy in Uganda. Its megaproject is expected to require an investment of at least $500 million. New solar power…

23 02 2020 | 16:05

How Battery Storage Maximizes Renewable Energy Investment.

Three ways battery storage technology use renewable resources more effectively and bring additional value to renewables, according to Jeremy Niederjohn of Con Edison Battery Storage.

23 02 2020 | 11:43

Why the world’s third-largest economy is still betting on coal.

Japan is pushing ahead with a fuel source that’s exacerbating climate change. Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, is leaning into coal power, a striking move at a time when the climate crisis…