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Older turbines could be replaced to boost wind power generation and reach renewable energy targets
India’s wind power sector is ailing. Wind capacity commissioning has been moving at a snail’s place in the last four years with less than 2 gigawatts (GW) of annual capacity additions. This is significantly off-track from the 11-12GW needed annually to reach the target of 140GW of wind power capacity by 2030, to drive the […]
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PV Magazine: African conglomerate Axian Group has announced plans to double the size of its 20 MWp Ambatolampy solar field, in Madagascar. The Antananarivo-based business, which operates in the real estate, telecoms and finance, as well as energy sectors, said it will start work on a €17 million project to double the scale of the […]
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Politico: At a global summit meant to showcase their efforts to rescue the climate, the leaders of the richest, most advanced countries on the planet were left stuck on the rock that fueled the 19th century. Days of negotiations at the G7 leaders summit in Cornwall failed to set an end-date for coal after the […]
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Reuters: Germany and Australia on Sunday signed a bilateral alliance on hydrogen production and trade to try to facilitate a renewable energy-based hydrogen supply chain between the two countries. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier and Education and Research Minister Anja Karliczek signed a letter of intent to set up a “Germany Australia Hydrogen Accord” with Australian […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The U.S. Department of Energy on June 7 unveiled a hydrogen initiative geared towards cutting the fuel’s cost by 80% to $1 per kilogram within one decade. The initiative, dubbed the Hydrogen Shot, is the first of the DOE’s newly-launched “Energy Earthshots” initiative series that aims to advance the development […]
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Arctic Today: Members of the European Parliament from France, Germany and Italy are calling on those countries’ governments to stop their state-backed investors from chipping in to fund the second natural-gas plant located on Russia’s northern coast on-line. “It seems unreasonable to send a contradictory signal by the support of our governments to the Arctic […]
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Bloomberg ($): Britain could become a net exporter of electricity to Europe as soon as 2026, according to S&P Global Platts. The U.K. imports about 7% of its electricity from Europe now, but that’s set to reverse, in part due to new cables that will boost links with the continent. With Britain aiming to quadruple […]
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Renew Economy: ‘Group of Seven’ nations have agreed to halt the funding of unabated coal-fired power projects before the end of 2021, ahead of a major meeting in June that is likely to pile more pressure to the Morrison government’s inaction on climate change. In a communique released on Friday, environment ministers from G7 countries […]
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Reuters ($): Chemicals giant BASF (BASFn.DE) and German utility RWE (RWEG.DE) on Friday announced a potential 4 billion euro ($4.9 billion) offshore wind power project to cut emissions at Germany’s most energy-intensive industrial site. As part of the project, which depends on more favourable legislation, RWE plans to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind […]
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Science Alert: Australia, one of the world-leaders in household rooftop solar panel uptake, has once again broken its own record for the number of solar panels installed in a year. In 2020, installations were up nearly 30 percent from the year before, according to an analysis from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. The data, compiled […]
IEEFA: European gas pipeline companies mislead investors by underreporting CO2
Reporting loophole means midstream operators aren't following the same guidelines as upstream or downstream sellersDecember 14, 2020 (IEEFA) — European pipeline companies are using a loophole to market themselves as low-carbon businesses and avoid reporting on the climate effects of the natural gas they transport, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report, Hiding in Plain Sight—European Gas Pipeline Companies’ […]