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  • IEEFA update: South Korea takes further steps away from thermal coal
  • Briefing note: The Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project Briefing note: The Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project
  • Report – No Need for New U.S. Coal Ports: Data Shows Oversupply in Capacity Report – No Need for New U.S. Coal Ports: Data Shows Oversupply in Capacity
  • Report: 20 Fourth-Quarter Questions for Powder River Basin Coal Producers Report: 20 Fourth-Quarter Questions for Powder River Basin Coal Producers
  • Report: ‘A Constellation of Risks’: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar Sands Development Report: ‘A Constellation of Risks’: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar Sands Development
  • Memo: Analysis of Paducah Power System’s Recent and Future Cost of Power from the Prairie State Energy Campus Memo: Analysis of Paducah Power System’s Recent and Future Cost of Power from the Prairie State Energy Campus
  • Briefing note: The Outlook for Financing for Australia’s Galilee Basin Coal Proposals Briefing note: The Outlook for Financing for Australia’s Galilee Basin Coal Proposals
  • Report: How the High Cost of Power from Prairie State is Affecting Bowling Green Municipal Utilities’ Customers (Update) Report: How the High Cost of Power from Prairie State is Affecting Bowling Green Municipal Utilities’ Customers (Update)
  • Report: FirstEnergy Seeks a Subsidized Turnaround Report: FirstEnergy Seeks a Subsidized Turnaround
  • Report: No evidence of a turnaround at Prairie State Report: No evidence of a turnaround at Prairie State
  • Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition & risk, July 2014 Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition & risk, July 2014
  • Report: How the high cost of power from Prairie State is affecting Bowling Green municipal utilities’ customers Report: How the high cost of power from Prairie State is affecting Bowling Green municipal utilities’ customers
  • Memo- Duke Energy and Costs of Coal Ash Cleanup Memo- Duke Energy and Costs of Coal Ash Cleanup
  • Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition & risk Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition & risk
  • Briefing note: Thermal coal outlook Briefing note: Thermal coal outlook
  • Report – NYC and NYS pension funds should divest coal stocks: A shrinking industry, weak upside, and wrong on climate change Report – NYC and NYS pension funds should divest coal stocks: A shrinking industry, weak upside, and wrong on climate change
  • Briefing note: India power prices Briefing note: India power prices
  • IEEFA briefing note: WICET IEEFA briefing note: WICET
  • Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition, and risk Briefing note: Fossil fuels, energy transition, and risk
  • Report- Overpriced power: Why Batavia is paying so much for electricity Report- Overpriced power: Why Batavia is paying so much for electricity
  • Report- Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls For Corporate And Community Leadership Report- Huntley Generating Station: Coal Plant’s Weak Financial Outlook Calls For Corporate And Community Leadership
  • Report- When, Not If: Bridgeport’s Future and the Closing of PSEG’s Coal Plant Report- When, Not If: Bridgeport’s Future and the Closing of PSEG’s Coal Plant
  • Report- Remote Prospects: A financial analysis of Adani’s coal gamble in Australia’s Galilee Basin Report- Remote Prospects: A financial analysis of Adani’s coal gamble in Australia’s Galilee Basin
  • Report- Energy Future Holdings and Mining Reclamation Bonds in Texas Report- Energy Future Holdings and Mining Reclamation Bonds in Texas
  • Report- Coal India: Running on empty? Report- Coal India: Running on empty?
  • Report- Changing course: A clean energy investment plan for Dominion Virginia Power Report- Changing course: A clean energy investment plan for Dominion Virginia Power
  • Memo – Why should the Ohio Attorney General be asked to investigate the Prairie State deal? August 21, 2013 Memo – Why should the Ohio Attorney General be asked to investigate the Prairie State deal? August 21, 2013
  • Report: Mountain State Maneuver: AEP and FirstEnergy try to stick ratepayers with risky coal plants Report: Mountain State Maneuver: AEP and FirstEnergy try to stick ratepayers with risky coal plants
  • Memo- Response to the Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General Audit on Federal Coal Leasing Program Memo- Response to the Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General Audit on Federal Coal Leasing Program
  • Report- Stranded: Alpha Coal Project in Australia’s Galilee Basin Report- Stranded: Alpha Coal Project in Australia’s Galilee Basin
  • Report- Dark Days Ahead: Financial Factors Cloud Future Profitability at Dominion’s Brayton Point Report- Dark Days Ahead: Financial Factors Cloud Future Profitability at Dominion’s Brayton Point
  • Report- Weak PSC oversight benefits Alabama Power at customers’ expense Report- Weak PSC oversight benefits Alabama Power at customers’ expense
  • Report- Why a Forward Capacity Market Won’t Solve Texas’ Resource Adequacy Problem: The Case of Energy Future Holdings Report- Why a Forward Capacity Market Won’t Solve Texas’ Resource Adequacy Problem: The Case of Energy Future Holdings
  • Report- A Texas Electric Capacity Market: The Wrong Tool for a Real Problem Report- A Texas Electric Capacity Market: The Wrong Tool for a Real Problem
  • Report- The Kemper IGCC Project: Cost and Schedule Risks Report- The Kemper IGCC Project: Cost and Schedule Risks
  • Report- The Prairie State Coal Plant: The Reality vs. the Promise Report- The Prairie State Coal Plant: The Reality vs. the Promise
  • IEEFA Report: Almost $30 Billion in Revenues Lost to Taxpayers by ‘Great Giveaway’ of Federally Owned Coal in Powder River Basin IEEFA Report: Almost $30 Billion in Revenues Lost to Taxpayers by ‘Great Giveaway’ of Federally Owned Coal in Powder River Basin
  • IEEFA: China is supporting over 50% of coal power development in largest remaining project pipelines IEEFA: China is supporting over 50% of coal power development in largest remaining project pipelines
  • FirstEnergy to pay $230M fine for nuclear bailout bribery scheme
  • Avangrid-NextEra squabble threatens Massachusetts climate goals
  • Solar deployment likely to top 1-terawatt mark next year, 2TW by 2026
  • Mercedes-Benz latest carmaker to announce transition to all-electric
  • German energy demand possible through renewables alone in next 10-15 years
  • San Miguel plans conversion of 300MW Philippines coal plant to LNG
  • IEEFA: Wyoming’s tough lesson: economic reality can’t be legislated away IEEFA: Wyoming’s tough lesson: economic reality can’t be legislated away
  • IEEFA: Navajo Nation, Hopi tribe advocates push for fair energy transition outcome in Arizona IEEFA: Navajo Nation, Hopi tribe advocates push for fair energy transition outcome in Arizona
  • IEEFA: Understanding India’s latest peak power demand record
  • IEEFA Australia: AGL Energy has lost over 70% of its market value, destroying A$12 billion in shareholder wealth IEEFA Australia: AGL Energy has lost over 70% of its market value, destroying A$12 billion in shareholder wealth
  • IEEFA: Eastern Australia is the 7th most expensive domestic gas market in the world IEEFA: Eastern Australia is the 7th most expensive domestic gas market in the world
  • Renewables on pace to provide only one-third of grid power by 2030
  • EU polluters seeking carbon capture as solution despite poor results
  • Total cost of 2050 net-zero goal pegged between $92T and $173T
  • Startup claims progress on iron-air batteries for grid storage
  • India increases estimate of renewable capacity growth to 68GW in five years
  • Singapore developer plans giant floating solar complex in Indonesia
  • IEEFA U.S.: Arizona should move quickly to approve precedent-setting proposal for coal community transition IEEFA U.S.: Arizona should move quickly to approve precedent-setting proposal for coal community transition
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico has chance to use billions in federal aid for creation of resilient, renewable grid
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico tiene la oportunidad de usar miles de millones en ayuda federal para la creación de una red resiliente y renovable
  • Over 500 organizations say carbon capture hinders energy transition
  • Shareholder activists claim New Hope misled investors on coal future
  • BHP, world’s largest miner, mulls selling multibillion oil and gas assets
  • FERC issues permit for $4.9 billion pumped storage project in Washington
  • Underwriter warns surge in wildfires threatens solar industry
  • BlackRock proxy climate votes against companies rose 502% in 2021
  • Vistra plans to shutter 1.3GW coal-fired Ohio plant five years early
  • Barely 10% of $17 trillion in COVID stimulus spent on green projects
  • Wind industry calls on G20 nations to set more urgent targets for renewables
  • Gales in Australia almost prompt new record for wind energy output
  • BayWa finishes floating Netherlands PV plants, largest outside of Asia
  • Mainstream strikes deal for 1GW hybrid renewable platform in Chile
  • IEEFA: Global investors are moving away from the massive climate-related risks associated with fossil fuels IEEFA: Global investors are moving away from the massive climate-related risks associated with fossil fuels
  • IEEFA: No excuses, India must ramp up solar manufacturing to reduce reliance on imports
  • New York OKs 100MW battery on site of former major pollution source
  • Mexico announces plans to develop Latin America’s largest solar plant
  • Japan plans to hike renewable mix to almost 40 percent by 2030
  • Geothermal-rich Kenya beginning to export expertise across continent
  • Chevron admits failure of $3 billion CCS facility in Western Australia
  • Russian, Belgian joint venture plans 1GW Vietnam offshore wind farm
  • IEEFA: Bangladesh making progress on scrapping coal but LNG is not a wise replacement IEEFA: Bangladesh making progress on scrapping coal but LNG is not a wise replacement
  • IEEFA India: Exiting old coal power purchase agreements could save electricity distributors over US$7 billion per year
  • IEEFA: Pakistan’s new long-term power plan – one step forward, two steps back IEEFA: Pakistan’s new long-term power plan – one step forward, two steps back
  • Greenland cites climate risk in dropping future oil exploration
  • AEP loses bid to keep 50-year-old coal-fired plant operating until 2040
  • FERC rebuffs New Fortress challenge to jurisdiction over Puerto Rico LNG plant
  • Deal for $1.1 billion China-backed coal-fired plant in Bosnia threatened
  • Singh says India will exceed 33 percent carbon reduction goal by 2030
  • Australia under pressure to follow EU lead on carbon taxes
  • IEEFA: Deploying batteries at scale in the Indian power sector IEEFA: Deploying batteries at scale in the Indian power sector
  • IEEFA U.S.: Prices are up—but the oil industry’s return is more complicated
  • IEEFA Australia: From coal to inverters, AEMO’s engineering vision is ambitious and necessary
  • U.S. coal production last year slid to lowest level since 1965
  • Risky oil companies raising money from Wall Street again, with a catch
  • Ground broken on $500 million solar steel rail mill in Colorado
  • Africa records almost 2GW of large-scale solar plans since June
  • El Salvador gives green light to 45MW project, nation’s first wind farm
  • Spark plans 2.5GW wind, solar and battery hub in New South Wales
  • IEEFA Europe: Snam and the hydrogen distraction
  • EC lays out major climate plans to cut fossil use, expand renewables
  • Biggest U.S. companies talking climate talk while lobbying against solutions
  • AEMO head plans for main grids to handle 100% renewables by 2025
  • Enel expands US portfolio to include 3.2GWdc of solar, storage projects
  • Renewables cheapest source of new power in 90% of world markets
  • NTPC wins approval for 4.75GW Gujarat solar project, India’s largest
  • IEEFA U.S.: Surge of coal-fired generation retirements looking like a reverse S-curve IEEFA U.S.: Surge of coal-fired generation retirements looking like a reverse S-curve
  • GE announces plans to curb all carbon emissions created by its products
  • Alliant begins work on 675MW of Wisconsin solar projects
  • World’s largest green energy hub pitched for Western Australia
  • US clean electricity standard could save 317,500 lives by 2050
  • WoodMac estimates Asia Pacific solar PV capacity could triple by 2030
  • Oil- and coal-rich Colombia passes energy transition law
  • IEEFA: Japan still seeking to exploit coal power loopholes
  • PJM, nation’s largest grid operator, pushes rules to encourage renewable projects
  • EPA recommends against Mountain Valley Pipeline crossing permit
  • Australia to appeal coal mine ruling holding it responsible for climate
  • Solatio announces 810-megawatt solar complex in Brazil
  • Major Philippines power generator announces end to new coal projects
  • Vestas set to build world’s largest turbine for German offshore project
  • IEEFA: Uncertainty surrounds U.S. liquefied natural gas export projects in emerging Asia
  • Sustainability metrics midway through 2021 already surpassing 2020 totals
  • Maine blocks offshore wind in state waters but encourages federal sites
  • German coal-fired power plant shut down after only six years
  • Orsted bids for second Maryland offshore wind project
  • Russian finance minister warns transition threatens revenues
  • Saudi-backed ACWA Power plans $16 billion in investments in 2021
  • Large-scale solar capacity growth expected to top wind in 2022 for first time
  • Japan plans to almost double previous solar capacity target by 2030
  • Allianz GI announces new restrictions on coal-related investments
  • UK begins study of using wind power, carbon capture at same site
  • LNG exports reach new high even as Biden policy remains vague
  • Spain to install offshore wind with as much as 3GW capacity by 2030
  • IEEFA U.S.: South Carolina regulators reject Duke’s gas-dependent integrated resource plan IEEFA U.S.: South Carolina regulators reject Duke’s gas-dependent integrated resource plan
  • IEEFA: India’s biggest oil and gas giant takes a leap into clean energy
  • IEEFA India: Overestimated LCOEs of coal-fired power plants create a financial bubble IEEFA India: Overestimated LCOEs of coal-fired power plants create a financial bubble
  • Money talks and demands major banks to exit coal finance before 2040
  • Abbott orders Texas PUC to double down on natural gas, coal
  • AGL plans shutdown of 200MW gas unit, replacement with big battery
  • Banpu announces end to new coal developments, shift to clean energy
  • AES accelerates closure of 1,097MW of coal units in Chile
  • San Juan Generating Station loses unit after cooling tower collapse
  • Plains All American, Valero scrap Tennessee-to-Mississippi Byhalia pipeline
  • Scientists: Binding global treaty needed to ban virgin plastic by 2040
  • Lumea announces plans for first unsubsidized big battery in Australia
  • Vattenfall starts construction on first subsidy-free offshore wind farm
  • Sinopec launches construction of largest carbon capture plant in China
  • Diamond-rich Botswana begins exploiting other leading resource—solar
  • Kentucky clean energy and climate future depends on good energy policies and investment
  • Chinese financing and technology boost Vietnam solar projects
  • White House opens review of nation’s largest proposed wind farm
  • High emerging market bond returns stifling green finance
  • China pushes energy offices to identify areas for blanket rooftop solar
  • Biden administration releases report supporting CCS—with caveats
  • TVA ponders closure of Kingston coal plant, once world’s largest
  • Solar and wind set records in Australia as fossil demand weakens
  • Rainbow Energy buys North Dakota coal-fire plant, plans carbon capture project
  • U.S. liquefied natural gas exports face risks in emerging Asian markets
  • IEEFA Australia: ESB reform of electricity system needs to plan for a zero-emissions future
  • Board gives nod to massive wind farms to power more than 1 million N.J. homes
  • California gas peaker plant replaced by 142-Tesla megapack
  • Equinor, US Steel mull using Appalachian gas for cleaner blue hydrogen
  • Australia ranks last for climate action among 193 nations in UN report
  • Engie to build 1.5GW of solar, wind and battery projects in Chile
  • Africa’s largest emissions source seeks $10B for decarbonization plan
  • IEEFA Australia: AEMO looks to smarter ways of managing abundant solar
  • IEEFA India Podcast: Meet the zero-emissions power couple – solar and electric vehicles IEEFA India Podcast: Meet the zero-emissions power couple – solar and electric vehicles
  • ESG-focused investors get huge boost to force change in ESG-laggards
  • Five Asian countries have more than 600 coal power units in pipeline
  • Funding for $3B Zimbabwe coal plant dumped by biggest China bank
  • Battle of the billionaires: India’s richest set sights on renewable energy sector
  • Las Vegas MGM resorts start up power from 100MW solar farm
  • Indonesia’s carbon neutrality goals face challenges from persistent coal
  • NTPC considers IPO for renewable energy spinoff subsidiary
  • Electric vehicles could hold key to zero-carbon future, would require major attitude shift
  • MS&AD becomes first insurer in Japan to drop new coal power plants
  • Vanguard investment policies risk investor wealth destruction
  • Novatek-led venture mulls wind power for gas-fired Siberian plant
  • SC regulators approve new Dominion IRP to retire coal plants, push renewables
  • Court battle looms over Alabama Power rooftop solar surcharge
  • China bitcoin mining crackdown leads to hydropower plant sales
  • Norway oil bank exec warns fossil fuel divestment ‘dangerous’ for goals
  • Solar bidders awarded 2.2GW of capacity in Poland renewables auction
  • Alinta plans WA solar+battery farm to set new benchmarks for Australia
  • Xcel pulls plug on proposed $800 million natural gas plant in Minnesota
  • Masdar inks deal with Iraq for 2 GW of solar projects
  • Loophole allows North Sea projects to avoid climate impact checks
  • Saudi Aramco outlines plans for blue hydrogen investment
  • Bangladesh announces plans to close 10 major coal-fired plants
  • Kazakhstan plans massive complex for green hydrogen production
  • Future of long-term coal supply contracts in question as demand declines
  • Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa gas field could produce more CO2 than LNG, report says
  • Challenges expected to continue mounting for carbon capture and storage projects
  • Mukesh Ambani: Asia’s richest man puts $10 billion toward green energy
  • IEEFA Energy Finance 2021: Week two in review
  • IEEFA: Indonesia’s state-owned utility PLN’s 2060 net zero ambition not without flaws and gaps IEEFA: Indonesia’s state-owned utility PLN’s 2060 net zero ambition not without flaws and gaps
  • IEEFA: La red eléctrica de Puerto Rico sufre una serie de reveses bajo la gestión de LUMA Energy
  • Coal hits highest level in decade amid global carbon reduction pledges
  • UAE considering becoming first OPEC member to set net-zero goal
  • Adani finally strikes coal at Carmichael, “epitome of a stranded asset”
  • PSEG speeds up net-zero goal by 20 years to reach target by 2030
  • Mitsui plans sale of Indonesia coal plant holdings to cut holdings
  • California PUC orders utilities to add 11.5 GW of clean energy by 2026
  • Financial troubles devastate Alberta coal mine, leave clean up questions
  • Spire STL Pipeline approval tossed out by federal appeals court
  • Japan launches Southeast Asia energy fund to promote clean energy in coal-friendly markets
  • Hydrogen lags behind in power storage efficiency
  • IEEFA: Why India’s solar power tariffs are climbing after hitting record lows last year
  • IEEFA: Gas power plants assuming a constant capacity factor are being financially overvalued IEEFA: Gas power plants assuming a constant capacity factor are being financially overvalued
  • Amazon primes company for rapid shift to renewables
  • More than 200GW of offshore wind projects announced since 2020
  • Enel chief Starace agrees with calls for end to fossil fuels
  • Consumers Energy plans shift from coal to natural gas by 2025
  • India’s Reliance lays out plans to invest $10B in clean energy
  • First private utility-scale solar project in Togo launches operations
  • IEEFA U.S.: Federal appeals court tosses out FERC approval for Spire STL Pipeline
  • IEEFA U.S.: Coal-fired carbon capture projects are waste of tax dollars IEEFA U.S.: Coal-fired carbon capture projects are waste of tax dollars
  • Report finds most new wind, solar to provide cheaper power than coal
  • Major South Korea insurers will stop underwriting coal projects
  • Appeals court rejects FERC authorization of Spire STL pipeline
  • Nordex boosts share in booming Finland wind turbine market
  • New Colorado law requires utilities to offer electrification incentives
  • Hydro-Quebec finishes solar parks for test of diverse energy sources
  • Vanguard faces $300bn fossil fuel exposure, leaves investors in the dark on climate policies
  • Fragmented policies complicate China’s $113 billion green bond market
  • Carbon capture projects burn through tax dollars
  • Torchlight Energy shale production should cause concerns for investors
  • IEEFA: Vanguard funds destroy shareholder wealth with US$290bn in fossil fuels creating a 5.6% performance drag IEEFA: Vanguard funds destroy shareholder wealth with US$290bn in fossil fuels creating a 5.6% performance drag
  • IEEFA: Repowering India’s top wind sites could add 30 gigawatts of capacity IEEFA: Repowering India’s top wind sites could add 30 gigawatts of capacity
  • South Carolina regulators reject Duke Energy IRP, boosting renewables
  • Maine becomes first U.S. state to divest pension from fossil fuels
  • Largest India power generator plans to almost double renewables
  • PTT subsidiary plans $635 million renewable investment in Asia
  • Oil and gas major Repsol opens first solar farm in Spain
  • Asian renewable investments expected to double to $1.3T by 2030
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico’s electric grid suffers series of setbacks under Luma Energy management
  • Illinois coal plant closes, leaves town in potential economic disarray
  • Morrison government blocks Pilbara hydrogen hub despite it being given ‘major project status’ last year
  • European renewable energy stocks eyed for long-term rebound
  • Indiana regulators give green light to 195-megawatt solar project
  • PacifiCorp eyes 19 renewables projects to supply 1M US homes by 2025
  • Australia rejects planned 26GW renewable energy hub
  • Japan pledges $10 billion for decarbonization projects in Asia
  • North Carolina GOP legislation offers something to offend everyone
  • NRG plans closure of PJM coal plants in Illinois, Delaware
  • Puerto Rico grid privatization running into problems early and often
  • Rosneft claims low-sulfur Arctic oil to yield “green barrels”
  • Global heat waves test power grids, lead to potential blackouts
  • Bond investors beginning to focus on ESG benefits
  • Tata Motors, Tata Power launch India’s largest solar carport
  • NSW commits $380 million to boost energy zone infrastructure
  • IEEFA Energy Finance 2021: Week one in review IEEFA Energy Finance 2021: Week one in review
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil investors need to drill deeper to find the truth IEEFA: ExxonMobil investors need to drill deeper to find the truth
  • Majority of ESG funds outshone S&P 500 in first part of 2021
  • Carmichael plans India plastics plant supplied by Australian coal
  • Iberdrola, GS Energy agree to cooperate on Asia renewables projects
  • Puerto Rico labor union denounces Luma Energy, demands company leave the island
  • Blackouts, voltage spikes and higher prices: Luma’s rollout in Puerto Rico is off to a troubled start
  • IEA’s net zero 2050 starts race toward clean energy
  • ExxonMobil missteps lead to disastrous 2020, elimination of one-third of oil reserve estimates
  • Scrapping coal-fired plants would still leave Bangladesh with a power surplus
  • Indian companies target net zero goals
  • Adani targets Australian coal for Indian plastics production
  • EU green bond standards will be voluntary, not binding
  • Volvo plans shift to fossil fuel-free steel for autos by 2026
  • Axian announces plan to double size of Madagascar solar plant
  • Texas passes law banning investments with fossil divesting businesses
  • Britain’s biggest asset manager drops companies over climate response
  • More than half of China overseas coal plant projects nixed since 2014
  • Norwegian major Equinor updates renewable spending plans
  • Aldi becomes first Australia retailer to use 100% renewable energy
  • Norway taken to human rights court over Arctic drilling plans
  • IEEFA: Institutional investors have a major role to play in carbon emissions reduction
  • Enchant Energy commits to finishing San Juan carbon capture project despite delays
  • IEEFA questions the viability of large pipeline projects in comments to FERC
  • South Australia’s energy transition offers valuable lessons to the world
  • White House mulls using financial regulation to raise fossil capital costs
  • U.S. on track for record-breaking growth of solar installations
  • Queensland state-owned coal plants likely to lose money by 2023-24
  • Asia continues to lead in number of 1GW+ solar projects in pipeline
  • Illinois lawmakers to vote in special session on landmark climate bill
  • Mozambique launches construction on first solar+storage project
  • IEEFA: Keystone XL project became another pipeline to nowhere
  • Shell considering sale of Permian Basin assets
  • U.S. and Japan block G-7 effort to set end date for coal
  • White House plans offshore wind leases in New York and New Jersey
  • Philippines considers converting Mindanao coal plants to renewables
  • Canada announces ban on new thermal-coal mining projects
  • Germany and Australia sign accord to boost hydrogen production, trade
  • IEEFA Energy Finance 2021 online conference starts June 14 IEEFA Energy Finance 2021 online conference starts June 14
  • Troubles for Luma as Puerto Rico takeover starts off rocky
  • IEEFA: Global investment is racing to meet the IEA’s Net Zero by 2050 roadmap – how will this impact India? IEEFA: Global investment is racing to meet the IEA’s Net Zero by 2050 roadmap – how will this impact India?
  • IEEFA: Powering up solar irrigation effort will support India’s renewable energy targets IEEFA: Powering up solar irrigation effort will support India’s renewable energy targets
  • IEEFA Australia: NSW Government accepts that thermal coal is set for major decline IEEFA Australia: NSW Government accepts that thermal coal is set for major decline
  • IEEFA Australia: NSW government sensibly resists temptation to tax electric vehicles
  • GenOn to shut down three PJM coal-fired plants next year
  • North Carolina calls for 8 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2040
  • U.S. solar capacity increased 36% in first quarter of 2021
  • Enel starts commercial operations at South America’s largest wind farm
  • Massive offshore wind farms proposed for Australia’s Bass Strait
  • Polish citizens file lawsuit against government over coal emissions
  • IEEFA: Proposed budget for Puerto Rico’s electricity system fails test of balance, compliance and transparency
  • IEEFA: Propuesta de presupuesto para el sistema eléctrico de Puerto Rico no pasa prueba de balance
  • TC Energy finally pulls plug on Keystone XL oil pipeline
  • NSW study predicts possibility of coal jobs vanishing within 20 years
  • White House pushing for world lead in lithium-ion battery race
  • Biggest polluting power plant in Europe to close by end of 2036
  • Investors worth $41 trillion ask G-7 to end fossil fuel support
  • Biggest US solar manufacturer plans to double capacity with Ohio plant
  • IEEFA U.S.: ExxonMobil touts Permian Basin success but achieves mixed results IEEFA U.S.: ExxonMobil touts Permian Basin success but achieves mixed results
  • IEEFA India: Electricity derivatives will offer more certainty of power offtake for renewable investors IEEFA India: Electricity derivatives will offer more certainty of power offtake for renewable investors
  • Bloomberg: 32 of 44 PJM coal plants will be unprofitable in 2023
  • First 40MW completed on 470MW Philippines battery project
  • Delays and costs rise again at troubled Vogtle Nuclear Plant
  • Hydro-solar plant to be built on Liddell coal station site
  • Texas, top U.S. electricity producer, has $20B in renewables pipeline
  • Thai coal giant Banpu acquires two solar farms in Australia for $75.4M
  • Rooftop solar export tax challenged in Australia
  • ExxonMobil underperforming in Permian oil production, data suggests
  • Thungela mine rehabilitation raises questions for investors in South Africa
  • India’s short-term power market bolstered by derivatives
  • ExxonMobil deal leaves Guyana to foot the bill
  • IEEFA: A loss of excise tax revenue should not stall the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia IEEFA: A loss of excise tax revenue should not stall the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia
  • Texas renewable growth at risk because of transmission constraints
  • China heat wave, economic rebound are testing net-zero progress
  • Biden offshore wind plans meet stiff headwinds for major expansion
  • Solar surpasses wind as largest renewable source for Australia
  • US Department of Energy announces green hydrogen cost-cutting goal
  • Norway renewable producer to develop 900MW solar plant in India
  • IEEFA: New U.S. LNG export projects face quartet of stiff headwinds
  • Shale gas producers push ESG goals on investor calls
  • NGOs call for Japan to end Australia coal imports by 2030
  • Funds with $8.8 trillion in assets urge Asia utilities to cut emissions
  • DTE retires last unit of River Rouge coal-fired plant
  • ElectraNet gives final approval for share of link between SA, NSW
  • EU Parliament reps call on countries to stop funding Arctic gas project
  • IEEFA: It’s time for the Biden administration to champion renewable energy in the Philippines, not nuclear or fossil gas
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico community opts for solar-plus-storage resiliency solution
  • SunPower CEO estimates 100 million could add rooftop solar in U.S.
  • Hallador, Hoosier Co-op to develop renewables near closing Ind. plant
  • Even with NSW decline, Australia rooftop solar on pace for record 2021
  • UK offshore wind could lead it to become net power exporter to Europe
  • Romania announces plans to replace coal plants, end mining by 2032
  • IEEFA: Comunidad de Puerto Rico opta por una solución de resiliencia solar con almacenamiento
  • Renewables dominate South Australia’s power grid
  • Experts warn new coal plants
  • Green Swan speakers push for financial industry to tackle climate change
  • IEEFA: New coal-fired power plants in India will be economically unviable IEEFA: New coal-fired power plants in India will be economically unviable
  • Fights over natural gas ban for new buildings spread across U.S.
  • Corporate climate battles in U.S. and Europe finding way to Canada
  • Northern Sweden emerging as hub for renewable industries
  • Puget Sound Energy signs deal to buy wind power from Montana farm
  • State Bank of India balancing between BlackRock, coal demand
  • Renewables make up majority of Spain electricity, solar hits record
  • Luma Energy begins servicing Puerto Rican power and utilities, privatizing island’s grid
  • Nuclear power supporters target Indonesia’s net-zero plan
  • Carbon-neutral bonds could pay for coal projects due to loophole in Chinese policy
  • IEEFA: Zero to 60% in 14 years – South Australia’s success in transitioning to renewables IEEFA: Zero to 60% in 14 years – South Australia’s success in transitioning to renewables
  • IEEFA: Nuclear power euphoria in Indonesia is all smoke and mirrors with no current technical, financial or market viability IEEFA: Nuclear power euphoria in Indonesia is all smoke and mirrors with no current technical, financial or market viability
  • BP announces deal to purchase 9GW of U.S. solar development projects
  • Gas industry ‘kicking the can down the road’ with green hydrogen
  • MingYang launches China’s first floating offshore wind tower and turbine
  • US cheap offshore wind power could migrate to Canada power grid
  • World’s largest coal miner faces rising labor costs, declining prospects
  • Orsted plans investment push to become leading green supermajor
  • Solar sector grows with government support and lower prices
  • IEEFA: Chinese regulators urged to tighten rules for carbon neutral bonds IEEFA: Chinese regulators urged to tighten rules for carbon neutral bonds
  • Oil companies resisting boom-and-bust cycle as transition accelerates
  • EPA suggests FERC consider gas pipelines as potential stranded assets
  • Offshore wind power to be brought to former Massachusetts coal plant
  • Illinois, Exelon hit impasse over subsidies to prevent nuke closures
  • South Korea pension fund will limit investments in coal-tied sectors
  • Australia largest wind/solar project to launch before end of 2021
  • Memorial Day 2021
  • IEEFA Update: G7 coal finance exit and why it matters for India IEEFA Update: G7 coal finance exit and why it matters for India
  • IEEFA: Pakistan is planning to end coal imports, worsening outlook for South African coal IEEFA: Pakistan is planning to end coal imports, worsening outlook for South African coal
  • U.S. has to exceed pace of solar, wind construction to meet 2050 goal
  • Coal employment continues slide even as production has ticked upward
  • Major banks create climate-aligned finance deal for U.S. steel sector
  • Shell faces accelerated business overhaul in wake of Dutch court ruling
  • NextEra CEO says net-zero targets are ‘disingenuous’
  • Japan establishes $10 billion investment and loan bank for ASEAN
  • FERC weighs changes to pipeline guidelines, opens public comments
  • Tumultuous week for Big Oil shows changing tides
  • IEEFA U.S.: Investors hesitate to fund San Juan Generating Station CCS retrofit IEEFA U.S.: Investors hesitate to fund San Juan Generating Station CCS retrofit
  • Black day for Big Oil as courts, investors hand losses to Exxon and Shell
  • Wall Street hiring political insiders to protect $30 trillion in ESG assets
  • Exxon expansion in Guyana challenged by constitutional lawsuit
  • Successful California solar subsidy faces threat from biggest utilities
  • NZ expands order for financial institutions to expand climate disclosure
  • Oman plans shift to build one of largest green hydrogen plants in world
  • Activist investors hand historic defeat to ExxonMobil in proxy battle
  • White House rolls out plan for California offshore wind projects
  • Singapore task force unveils guide for climate-related disclosures
  • All-purpose sustainability-linked bonds slammed by major fund
  • Serbia orders EPS utility to suspend construction of Kolubara plant
  • Australia court denies water access to Adani for Carmichael project
  • Dutch court hands Shell major loss in grim week for Big Oil
  • Canada federal budget includes ‘wild card’ carbon research, invests in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCS)
  • Asian Development Bank shuns coal investment, cites declining industry, lack of demand and debt worries, may move to gas investment
  • Economic decline spurs Luma Energy’s PREPA takeover on June 1
  • IEEFA U.S.: FERC neglects energy needs in pipeline decisions
  • LBNL: Capacity of wind, solar in pipeline hits record levels
  • Singapore unveils plan to host marketplace for carbon offsets
  • Massive Iceland offshore wind farm viewed as power option for UK
  • Guyanese citizens push back on ExxonMobil expansion, demand right to healthy environment
  • NSW government signs deal for major battery storage with Shell, Edify
  • Pattern Energy agrees to 15-year Western Spirit PPA with Uniper
  • Bangladesh’s drive toward zero carbon must address overcapacity issue
  • Libertad Power Project sets ambitious goal for New Mexico hydrogen plant
  • IEEFA: New power and energy master plan must be designed in Bangladesh’s best interests, not Japan’s IEEFA: New power and energy master plan must be designed in Bangladesh’s best interests, not Japan’s
  • G7 nations plan stop to coal financing by end of this year
  • Investors pouring $3 billion daily into environmental funds
  • PNM sale of Four Corners draws fire as financial, environmental loser
  • Carbon-burning power plants launching despite net-zero promises
  • Oil majors moving into electricity markets with renewables purchases
  • BASF, RWE plan massive offshore wind farm to supply Ludwigshafen
  • NextEra battling clean energy competition from Canada hydropower
  • Nevada becoming hotbed of storage-plus-solar development
  • Qatar LNG production struggling to keep market share amid transition
  • Birthplace of China oil industry turns to renewables to stave off collapse
  • Wood Mackenzie: Uncertain fate for $14 trillion of oil, gas assets
  • AC Energy announces plans for largest wind farm in Philippines
  • Vietnam Bets on Solar as Banks Move Away From Coal
  • IEEFA U.S.: West Virginia can prepare for the energy transition and revive struggling coal communities
  • IEEFA Australia: Why ‘gold-plated’ gas plan makes zero sense
  • Powder River Basin customers burned 42% less coal last year
  • BlackRock may be pivotal vote in next week’s ExxonMobil proxy battle
  • Home of modern oil industry sees renewable jobs booming
  • Origin discloses plan for 2030 Eraring unit shutdown
  • Global demand for super-cooled LNG is becoming cold
  • Engie unveils new corporate strategy including focus on renewables
  • Shell Refinery Closure Spurs Opposition to Formosa Plastics Project
  • Australia to Back Kurri Kurri Gas Plant With $600m Investment
  • Bank financing of renewables outpaced fossil fuel projects through May
  • “Key technological breakthrough” in recyclable wind turbine blades
  • Adani Green acquires SoftBank’s India renewables assets in $3.5B deal
  • Colorado bill debate highlights need for aggressive action on emissions
  • Kenyan geothermal pioneer plans doubling of power output
  • Australia rooftop solar reduced grid pressure during heat wave peak
  • Tom Sanzillo Weighs in on CMD Corp.’s Lower Carbon Plastic Bag
  • Global Energy Agency Warns Australia to Drop Future Coal and Gas Plans
  • IEEFA: IEA’s net zero emissions by 2050 maps the huge increase in global ambition IEEFA: IEA’s net zero emissions by 2050 maps the huge increase in global ambition
  • IEA: Fossil development must stop now to reach 2050 net zero
  • Supreme Court kicks Baltimore lawsuit against Big Oil back to appeals court
  • Twenty companies produce more than half of world’s plastic waste
  • Hunter Valley coal center to be replaced by Australia “Hydrogen Valley”
  • BHP reports record $7.2B write-down on U.S. shale assets
  • Missouri passes bill allowing securitized bonds to finance transition
  • Utilities threatened by transition push back against rooftop solar
  • Batteries threaten to become major threat to natural gas
  • Australia rooftop solar installations set new record in 2020
  • Zephyr plans 1GW wind farm in waters between Denmark, Sweden
  • China-Australia trade spat could prove boon for renewables in both countries
  • Electric vehicles viewed as fastest route to clean transportation in Africa
  • Utility-Scale Battery Storage in India: The Time Is Now
  • Lobbying Pushes for Puerto Rican Statehood
  • Southeast Asian coal project funds drying up as banks pull support
  • IEEFA: Formosa Plastics Louisiana plant poses major financial risks
  • Australia seeking feedback on proposed NSW Upper Hunter gas plant
  • Vietnam PDP8 snag could prove to be boon for renewables
  • U.S. wind, solar and battery storage capacity boomed during first quarter
  • Mizuho becomes first major Japanese lender to stop financing all thermal coal projects
  • British insurer joins investors seeking overhaul of ExxonMobil climate policy
  • MERALCO launches 50-megawatt Bulacan solar plant
  • Stronger German climate law makes fast coal phaseout ‘inevitable’
  • Sun Cable CEO: Carbon border taxes to provide boom for Australian solar exports
  • IEEFA U.S.: The Texas transition gains momentum IEEFA U.S.: The Texas transition gains momentum
  • China energy influence moving into Australia power grid
  • IEEFA: Vietnam’s PDP8 delay is an opportunity to unlock more cost-effective renewable energy IEEFA: Vietnam’s PDP8 delay is an opportunity to unlock more cost-effective renewable energy
  • IEEFA: CMD’s bag initiative raises questions for future of oil, gas and plastics industries
  • Advocates claim new evidence suggests Formosa misrepresented permit information
  • FERC policy update likely to make new pipeline projects more difficult
  • Saudi utility launches work on South Africa’s largest-ever renewable project
  • Top Australia regulator sees no future for coal-fired generators
  • Mitsui plans first major megasolar venture in Philippines
  • Indonesia utility will finish building 20GW of coal capacity before turning to renewables
  • IEEFA U.S.: Poor decisions on LUMA contract put Puerto Rico’s workers and communities at risk
  • IEEFA: NSW is dropping $78m on the Blockbuster of energy when the world has moved to Netflix
  • IEEFA India: Coal-dependent power producers should prepare for climate transition risk
  • EIA: Renewables expected to pick up slack this summer for higher-priced gas
  • Repsol launches construction of 860MW Delta 2 wind complex
  • NYISO chief looks beyond wind and solar for future demand
  • Gujarat reported biggest addition of wind power capacity in 2020-21
  • Middle East oil producers move to maximize oil assets amid grim revenue future
  • Ambitious German net-zero goal may require reliance on carbon capture, green hydrogen
  • Canada continues to pump oil while setting ambitious climate goals
  • PLN plans finish to 20GW coal projects before going to renewables
  • Canada continues to pump oil while setting ambitious climate goals
  • PLN plans finish to 20GW coal projects before going to renewables
  • Asian Development Bank announces end to fossil financing
  • Investors moving faster than politicians in energy transition
  • IEEFA: Global finance is mobilising to meet East Asia’s net-zero ambition
  • Sumitomo announces plans to exit coal mining business by 2030
  • Macquarie Group announces plan to stop financing coal projects
  • Australia fossil export picture looking increasingly bleak
  • IEA: Renewables grew last year at fastest pace since 1999
  • Louisiana concedes climate risks, considers options for becoming carbon neutral by 2050
  • Biden approves Vineyard Wind project, first major U.S. offshore wind farm
  • IEA reports India capable of doubling renewables capacity by 2040
  • IEEFA: QCA increase of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal’s remediation provisions to $850m concerning IEEFA: QCA increase of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal’s remediation provisions to $850m concerning
  • Shell CEO expects renewables to make up half of energy mix by next decade
  • Massachusetts releases RFP for 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind
  • Renewables turn tide of costs in SA, once home of most expensive electricity in world
  • Leaked EC plans show commission plans to push states for more renewables
  • Asian Development Bank announces end to fossil fuel financing
  • Analysis: Hydrogen not as efficient as direct electricity when it comes to powering cars, heating homes
  • Despite funding, carbon capture technology and subsidies not yet viable
  • Asian Development Bank announces end to fossil fuel financing
  • Pakistan CTG, CTL initiatives likely to harm economy and climate
  • IEEFA: India’s battery storage market is a sleeping giant IEEFA: India’s battery storage market is a sleeping giant
  • Colstrip co-owners file suit to block Montana law extending plant life
  • First large-scale U.S. offshore wind farm could open by 2023
  • Sustainability funds benefited from huge influx of Chinese cash in Q4
  • Global asset managers call for uniform climate reporting metrics
  • Shareholders with $2.5 trillion in assets challenge ExxonMobil on governance and lack of vision
  • Only one-third of increase in Africa electricity demand met by renewables
  • Pennsylvania drillers attempt to ease methane concerns with “responsible sourcing”
  • Philippines LNG investments face exposure to $14 billion in stranded assets
  • IEEFA Pakistan: Coal gasification and liquefaction harmful to economy IEEFA Pakistan: Coal gasification and liquefaction harmful to economy
  • Major global insurer announces phaseout of coal financing, insuring
  • Canada clean energy investor plans $2 billion clean production Australia hub
  • IEA recommends stockpiling critical battery metals used in renewables
  • TVA planning to swap retired coal plants with small modular reactors
  • Maybank announces halt to coal financing as part of five-year plan
  • FERC issues compromise order on pipeline construction complaints
  • New Mexico needs to diversify revenue sources from oil and gas
  • IEEFA U.S.: The coal-to-renewables transition takes off IEEFA U.S.: The coal-to-renewables transition takes off
  • IEEFA: LNG-to-power investors in the Philippines risk exposure to $14 billion in stranded assets IEEFA: LNG-to-power investors in the Philippines risk exposure to $14 billion in stranded assets
  • Regulatory hurdles postpone Mountain Valley Pipeline startup even further
  • AEP subsidiary signs deal to buy power from $1 billion Indiana solar project
  • Rapid progress of Australia transition raising issues for electricity market
  • Oil prices set for massive plunge if Paris climate goals met by 2050
  • Rotterdam, major port cities, push to become hydrogen hubs
  • Hawaii gives green light to 185MW storage plan
  • Greenpeace: AGL remains largest source of Australia greenhouse emissions
  • Analysis finds lawsuit over Dutch phaseout involves unviable coal assets
  • Canadian universities winning divestment wins with financial case
  • IEEFA: South Australia’s household solar export a warning to other states and territories IEEFA: South Australia’s household solar export a warning to other states and territories
  • Satellite images show record emissions from Permian Basin
  • BLM approves Crimson Solar Project in California desert
  • Major NSW coal miner warns of waning Asian financial support
  • Goldman: Energy transition needs 11.9B pounds of copper annually by 2030
  • ACWA strikes deal to build 1,500MW wind power plant in Central Asia
  • Ørsted announces expansion into Vietnam offshore wind market
  • Japan slows financing of foreign coal projects
  • FERC focus under Biden shifts to climate risk, environmental justice
  • Tata ponders USD$473 million IPO for renewable business
  • New ERCOT analysis shows lost Texas wind power less than first thought
  • Zimbabwe renewable potential highlights importance of political stability
  • European renewable demand surged during 2020 despite pandemic
  • Victoria targets halving CO2 emissions by 2030
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil reserve portfolio posts small quarterly return despite price increases IEEFA: ExxonMobil reserve portfolio posts small quarterly return despite price increases
  • Tightening ESG policies raise issues for coal-fired plant reinsurers
  • Energy transition threatens Russian exploitation of Arctic fossil wealth
  • Illinois governor pitches coal phaseout by 2030, natural gas by 2045
  • Australia Energy Security Board chairman says Hunter Valley ‘doesn’t stack up’
  • Huge Ugandan oil deposits face development risks from transition
  • Mountain Valley extension rejected again by N.C. regulators
  • Chinese investment driving coal consumption across Southeast Asia
  • Alabama’s James Miller Plant tabbed as biggest CO2 emitter
  • BHP divestiture from coal may be template for other miners
  • IEEFA: Consultants poised to make more than $1 billion from bankrupt Puerto Rico utility IEEFA: Consultants poised to make more than $1 billion from bankrupt Puerto Rico utility
  • IEEFA: Consultores listos para ganar más de $1,000 millones de la corporación de servicios públicos de Puerto Rico en bancarrota
  • Iberdrola announces plan to study large-scale green H2 with BP, Enagas
  • Chile accelerates deadline to shut down coal-fired power plants
  • TVA announces plans to end coal-fired generation by 2035
  • Despite obstacles, renewables gain foothold in Fukushima prefecture
  • Renewables, demand, prices send Australia gas-fired output reeling
  • Saudis eye selling USD$19 billion stake in Aramco to foreign company
  • Fishing industry issues complicate South Korea’s net-zero ambitions
  • IEEFA: Regulatory over-reach in South Australia’s switch-off of household solar IEEFA: Regulatory over-reach in South Australia’s switch-off of household solar
  • IEEFA: Whitehaven’s Vickery coal folly IEEFA: Whitehaven’s Vickery coal folly
  • IEEFA/EMBER: Energy giants demand billions from Dutch taxpayers for stranded coal assets IEEFA/EMBER: Energy giants demand billions from Dutch taxpayers for stranded coal assets
  • Oil and gas-rich Alaska seeking renewable alternatives to fossil fuels
  • Subic coal consortium withdraws from 660-megawatt coal project
  • Latin America possesses potential to become key hydrogen player
  • Total declares force majeure at $20 billion LNG Mozambique plant
  • Q1 daytime wholesale prices plunge to -$12/MWh in South Australia
  • Joint venture cancels last coal project in Japan, citing regulation and finance issues
  • Amid questions, Canada budget pushes carbon capture with new tax credit
  • South Australia solar switch-off in March sets disconcerting precedent
  • Solar, wind replacing nuclear, according to 2021 U.S. power plans
  • Egypt’s largest private solar plant proposal lines up financing
  • Renewable power company set to be China’s biggest IPO of 2021
  • COVID pandemic accelerating demise of Europe refineries
  • Chile takes Latin America lead for early works renewables pipeline
  • Vietnam reducing coal but not taking advantage of renewables
  • Bangladesh balancing renewable transition with electricity demand growth
  • Increased Indonesia palm oil production threatens climate agenda
  • Big Oil deflecting accountability in communities of color
  • IEEFA Guyana: Despite contract terms that heavily favor ExxonMobil, missteps continue to plague productivity and drag down returns IEEFA Guyana: Despite contract terms that heavily favor ExxonMobil, missteps continue to plague productivity and drag down returns
  • Africa at highest risk of instability as oil and gas production wanes
  • China net-zero pledge renews interest in cap-and-trade market
  • Pembina announces Jordan Cove LNG, Pacific Connector pause
  • Australia energy transition being driven more by private sector than public plans
  • Honda announces plan to eliminate gas-powered vehicles by 2040
  • Small energy companies betting against quick energy transition
  • Renewable opportunities abundant for post-pandemic Pakistan
  • Colorado legislators miss chance to mitigate pension losses from carbon investments
  • Colstrip co-owner offers plan to cut emissions at plants by 2030
  • Colorado legislators miss chance to mitigate pension losses from carbon investments
  • Colstrip co-owner offers plan to cut emissions at plants by 2030
  • India net-zero pathway needs to combine realism with ambition
  • Corporations added more than 20,000MW of new solar and wind in 2020
  • Orsted, Danish pension fund plan massive offshore “energy island”
  • South Africa plans start of carbon emissions decline in 2025
  • Bank of Philippine Islands plan to cut coal financing by half over five years
  • Victoria government tests “virtual power plants” pilot program
  • India net-zero pathway needs to combine realism with ambition
  • EU labeling system rolled out as possible international standard
  • Gauging ambition of U.S. climate goal depends on the starting point
  • Morrison pushes extra funds for carbon capture, hydrogen production
  • Snam hypes net-zero plan while planning expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure
  • South Korea pledges end to state financing of coal-fired plants
  • Total ahead of other supermajors in moving from oil to energy company
  • Brazilian miner acquires Mozambique coal mine as part of exit strategy
  • IEEFA: Finance needs to be at the centre of India’s ‘net zero’ discussion
  • UAE makes argument for renewables while boosting oil production
  • Queensland energy giant signals switch to renewables, storage
  • Eni Middle East, west Africa operations could be spun off into joint ventures
  • United Mine Workers seeks support for “any jobs that we can create”
  • Carney-led carbon reduction effort joined by companies with $70 trillion in assets
  • PFI: Chinese banks “genuinely trying to exit coal”
  • Operators of half of India’s power generators commit to no new coal plants
  • Questions remain about sincerity of oil and gas company climate pledges
  • NorthWestern Colstrip deal could cost $3,500 per ratepayer
  • Outcome of Trudeau’s carbon capture bet remains to be seen
  • SaskPower Boundary Dam project highlights obstacles to carbon capture
  • Brookings: U.S. can support India transition from coal
  • Indonesian villages struggle to get power from biomass plants
  • IEEFA: Carbon capture goals miss the mark at Boundary Dam 3 coal plant IEEFA: Carbon capture goals miss the mark at Boundary Dam 3 coal plant
  • IEEFA U.S.: Colorado legislature considers bill to divest state pension fund from fossil fuels
  • ASEAN renewable energy capacity to double by 2025—HSBC
  • CIP raises €7 billion for new green energy development fund
  • California utility building three battery storage projects, two hydrogen facilities
  • Amazon backs first solar-plus-storage facility in latest green energy push
  • RioZim moves forward with Zimbabwe solar project; funding woes stall coal plant
  • Formosa Louisiana plant facing significant obstacles to completion
  • SA signs deal to push gas production over ample renewables
  • IEEFA: Fossil fuel pressure and risks mounting for multilateral development banks
  • Stranded asset risks for gas investments climbing quickly
  • Group of U.S. utilities backs proposal to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2030
  • Coal financing costs have surged in past 10 years—University of Oxford
  • CEO of Poland’s PGE utility acknowledges need ‘to move away from coal’
  • Mississippi Power to close last coal plant, three gas-fired facilities by 2027
  • IEEFA: Competitive renewables wipe decades off economic life of Australia’s longest gas pipeline
  • J-Power cancels plans for 1.2GW coal-fired power plant in western Japan
  • Singapore’s DBS Bank to exit thermal coal financing market by 2039
  • Industry experts see offshore wind power costs falling sharply by 2035
  • Lloyd’s insurer Tokio Marine Kiln to back out of Adani’s planned Carmichael coal mine
  • Frost & Sullivan projects massive expansion in global battery storage market by 2030
  • Adani Queensland town turns from coal to renewables future
  • DBS Bank becomes first in Singapore to drop thermal coal projects
  • Bangladesh and Vietnam will lose with pivot from coal to gas
  • Central Asia pushes potential for massive renewables expansion
  • IEEFA U.S.: Colstrip legislation would slam NorthWestern customers with costs topping $1.3 billion over 20 years IEEFA U.S.: Colstrip legislation would slam NorthWestern customers with costs topping $1.3 billion over 20 years
  • IEEFA U.S.: New questions raised about Puerto Rico-LUMA grid privatization contract
  • Polish utility PGE to build 600MW of solar capacity at Bełchatów coal plant by 2025
  • Indiana utility Nipsco continues transition from coal with 200MW solar project
  • First electricity flowing from Windpark Fryslân, world’s largest inland sea wind farm
  • Facebook reaches 100% renewable energy goal
  • Sweden’s Volvo to begin producing first cars with fossil-free steel by yearend
  • LONGi Solar top company among Philippines module manufacturers
  • Batteries increasing losses for coal, natural gas generation
  • IEEFA webinar: Duke Energy’s Carolina integrated resource plans (IRPs) Thursday, April 15
  • IEEFA: Emissions and Qatar are neglected risk factors in Woodside’s Scarborough project IEEFA: Emissions and Qatar are neglected risk factors in Woodside’s Scarborough project
  • Seven European countries end export finance for coal projects, boost renewable funding
  • Wind investment in Europe totaled €43 billion in 2020—trade group
  • U.K. firm Australis proposes 300MW offshore wind farm in Western Australia
  • Talen, Pattern Energy venture planning $2 billion investment in renewables by 2025
  • Xcel proposes 460MW, $575 million solar project in Minnesota
  • Details thin on Scarborough’s Australia LNG development
  • IEEFA: Birchwood coal facility closure/redevelopment highlights transition from coal to renewables IEEFA: Birchwood coal facility closure/redevelopment highlights transition from coal to renewables
  • IEEFA: Bangladesh needs a renewables focus, not a switch from ‘coal to gas’
  • New York state pension fund to divest from six Canadian oil sands companies
  • Battery storage now more cost effective than gas-fired peaker plants, research shows
  • ScottishPower planning solar, storage installation to push green hydrogen development
  • Nebraska utility Omaha Public Power signs contract for state’s first solar project
  • Iberdrola begins construction at hybrid wind, solar project in South Australia
  • Vietnam coal imports boosted by containment of rising COVID-19 cases
  • Navajo Nation finalizes Cameron, Red Mesa leases
  • Biden cleanup plan for wells gets critical reviews
  • Santos gives go-ahead to $3.6 billion Barossa gas investment
  • Australia grid sets new record for green electricity generation
  • BlackRock raises $4.8 billion for new renewable energy investment fund
  • Dutch government to invest $401 million in green hydrogen development efforts
  • Masdar, EDF begin construction of 300MW solar farm in Saudi Arabia
  • Norway’s Statkraft to build three wind farms in Chile
  • LUMA takeover stalled by unfinished business
  • IEEFA webinar: What’s wrong with Duke Energy’s plans for new gas-fired power plants in the Carolinas?  
  • Ireland to close its only coal plant, convert site to offshore wind hub
  • Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power to sell output from 1.5GW solar project for $0.012/kWh
  • Navajo Nation moving forward with two solar projects totaling 270MW of capacity
  • Dutch firm Eneco plans to double solar, wind portfolio by 2025
  • Canadian Solar begins construction on four solar projects in Japan
  • Formosa Plastics isn’t concerned about health of St. James Parish
  • Virginia gubernatorial candidates battling for climate change proposals
  • Puerto Rico faces uphill battle to hit 2025 renewables target
  • India policy encourages private coal mining for COVID recovery
  • IEEFA: India has a record level of stockpiled coal dampening need for new domestic mines
  • IEEFA: Savings from Puerto Rico grid privatization off to a bad start
  • IEEFA EE. UU.: El ahorro de la privatización de la red de Puerto Rico tiene un mal comienzo
  • India’s ReNew Power plans $9 billion investment to triple green energy capacity by 2025
  • Czech utility CEZ to close remaining 600MW at coal-fired Detmarovice power plant
  • Green hydrogen to be cost-competitive by 2030—BloombergNEF
  • Polish regulators back Orsted, RWE offshore wind projects
  • Indonesian steel company to build 40MW floating solar project
  • Anglo demerger displays risks of waiting too long to drop coal
  • Texas government threatens new costs on renewable power plants
  • New Texas wind generation record highlights importance of renewables
  • India coal stockpile hits record 132 million tons
  • IEEFA U.S.: Selection of Puerto Rico privatization contract winner based on identical scores, identical mistakes
  • IEEFA EE. UU.: Selección del ganador del contrato de privatización de Puerto Rico basado en puntuaciones idénticas, errores idénticos
  • IEEFA U.S.: Winds shifting at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • IEEFA: Backlog of unsigned power sale agreements risks slowing India’s renewable energy growth IEEFA: Backlog of unsigned power sale agreements risks slowing India’s renewable energy growth
  • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund makes first direct investment in a renewable energy project
  • Vistra to close Joppa coal plant in Illinois in 2022, three years ahead of schedule
  • Karnataka state government says it will not build any new coal-fired power plants
  • Great Britain posts another green electricity record
  • Wartsila, RWE Renewables developing large solar-plus-storage project in Georgia
  • IEEFA, EWG make case for financial decline of oil industry
  • ERCOT wind power hits 10.4 million MWh, 2 million above old record
  • Duke IRP for Carolina utilities all but ignore solar, wind and batteries
  • Unsigned power agreement backlogs threaten India renewable growth
  • IEEFA U.S.: Wind, solar transition in full view in Texas in March IEEFA U.S.: Wind, solar transition in full view in Texas in March
  • IEEFA webinar: U.S. transition to renewables is likely to accelerate over next two to three years
  • IEEFA U.S.: Testimony shines light on additional problems with Puerto Rico LUMA deal
  • IEEFA EE. UU.: Testimonio arroja luz sobre problemas adicionales con acuerdo de LUMA de Puerto Rico
  • California system operator issues call for 10,000MW of new capacity by 2026
  • Chile expects record 4GW of wind, solar capacity to come online in 2021
  • Rooftop solar installations continue at record pace in Australia
  • Greece officially closes four lignite-powered plants with 1,200MW of capacity
  • Rosendin, Tokyo Gas begin construction of 500MW solar farm in Texas
  • W.Va. panel passes measure to pull pension investments from divesting companies
  • Formosa’s Cancer Alley project tests Biden climate commitment
  • IEEFA U.S.: Duke Energy IRPs for Carolina utilities overlook opportunities for savings from renewables IEEFA U.S.: Duke Energy IRPs for Carolina utilities overlook opportunities for savings from renewables
  • IRENA: Record 260GW of renewable energy capacity added worldwide in 2020
  • Longi, world’s largest solar company, enters hydrogen market
  • Masdar triples size of Uzbekistan wind project to 1.5GW
  • J-Power to convert Virginia coal plant to solar-plus-storage facility
  • NextEnergy begins commercial operation at two subsidy-free solar farms in U.K.
  • Indonesia coal slurry spills spur calls for divestment, sanctions
  • BlackRock report finds divestment yields positive financial returns
  • IEEFA U.S.: ‘New Promise Act’ would help communities transition from coal-based economy
  • Xcel proposes 85% cut in carbon dioxide emissions at its Colorado utility by 2030
  • Germany to close 1,514MW of coal-fired generation in second round of phaseout auctions
  • California aiming to install 1,700MW of new battery storage by summer
  • Siemens Gamesa gets first firm order for new 14MW offshore wind turbine
  • Enel Green Power, Monsson Alma to build 1,000MW of wind, solar generation in Romania
  • Virginia water review likely to further delay completion of Mountain Valley Pipeline
  • Rooftop solar growth pushed Australia’s green electricity generation to almost 28% of 2020 total
  • Mining firm South32 to pay $250 million to close sale of South African thermal coal assets
  • Danish developer expanding into U.S. with 300MW solar project in Texas
  • Apple to link big battery storage unit with existing solar farm to power its California operations
  • IKEA plans EV truck delivery fleet in New York by May 2021
  • IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years
  • IEEFA: What India can learn from Australia’s distributed energy transformation IEEFA: What India can learn from Australia’s distributed energy transformation
  • IEEFA: Santos’ Barossa gas field emissions create major risks for shareholders  IEEFA: Santos’ Barossa gas field emissions create major risks for shareholders 
  • Wind generation sets record in U.S.’ Southwest Power Pool
  • France’s Total to build 1GW of solar projects in Iraq
  • IEEFA outlook: Shift to renewables growing exponentially
  • Neoen gets regulatory approval for big solar-plus-storage project in Australia
  • Japan mulls pulling support for overseas coal-fired projects
  • Barossa gas field has massive amounts of CO2
  • Orsted proposes massive offshore wind, green hydrogen project in North Sea
  • Wisconsin utility continues coal to solar transition of its generation portfolio
  • IEEFA Ghana: Reliance on LNG means increased fuel price risk and further unaffordable generation contracts
  • U.S. sets goal of building 30GW of offshore wind by 2030
  • Global solar installations could hit 180GW in 2021—IHS Markit
  • Australia’s AGL to split coal plants from retail unit in transition-driven restructuring
  • Orsted moves forward with 518MW hybrid wind-solar project in Texas
  • Greenko outlines plans for third renewables-backed pumped hydro storage project in India
  • IEEFA: There’s no way out for India’s stranded thermal power assets IEEFA: There’s no way out for India’s stranded thermal power assets
  • Wood Mackenzie says new global wind capacity could total 1,000GW through 2030
  • Rise in renewable generation pushed coal output down in 2020—Ember
  • Turkey’s Garanti Bank to stop funding coal plants, mines
  • AGL Energy deals with emissions by creating separate entity to not deal with emissions
  • Statkraft begins construction of 519MW wind farm in Brazil
  • Coal state lawmakers planning fight against Biden climate initiatives
  • Appalachia likely to go 0-for-2 between fracking and petrochemicals
  • Simply Blue, Subsea 7 team up on 200MW floating wind project off Scottish coast
  • Coal mining, production poses massive public health risk to Thar
  • Pandemic only exacerbating increasing Bangladesh overcapacity problem
  • Investors increasingly unwilling to fund stressed thermal power assets
  • Controversial Formosa project “financially unviable,” per IEEFA report
  • Schweitzer: Colstrip bill “crony capitalism at its worst”
  • Guyana administration ignores criticism of gas-to-shore project plan
  • Renewables topped fossil fuels in U.K. electricity generation for first time in 2020
  • U.S. Energy Department looks to cut solar PV costs to $0.03/kWh by 2025
  • Australian proposal would charge rooftop customers for sending solar to the grid
  • Ovintiv sells Eagle Ford shale assets at steep discount
  • Hunt Energy unit to develop 500MW of battery storage in Texas
  • Buffett pitches controversial plan to build more Texas gas plants
  • Risks of Appalachian gas fields “are becoming insurmountable”
  • Hopes rise for Biden administration to support anti-plastics bill
  • Grid likely to become less stable as renewables pose inertia issues
  • India “missed the bus” on domestic manufacture of solar modules, batteries
  • Renewables should replace capacity from next retired coal plant in Australia
  • IEEFA: Frackers produce positive cash flows in 2020 with deep capital expenditure cuts IEEFA: Frackers produce positive cash flows in 2020 with deep capital expenditure cuts
  • Study finds Los Angeles can have 98% clean, reliable electricity generation by 2030
  • RWE gives green light to 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the U.K.
  • Invenergy secures financing to build 999MW wind farm for American Electric Power
  • Total installed solar capacity in India hits 40GW—Mercom
  • First of four solar projects due online in Cambodia this year begins commercial operation
  • Bill requiring utility to buy more coal-fired power is “ludicrous”
  • Fracking salesman offers content to newspapers, hopes of jobs to readers
  • Smarter inverters help renewables to restart part of Colorado grid
  • LNG export emphasis threatens rise of renewables in Asia
  • Northern Territory bets economic future on sketchy asset
  • Volatility of LNG prices likely to increase during coming year
  • Canadian CCS proposal gives power plants incentive to emit more carbon
  • Company receives $4 million to study feasibility of Queensland coal project
  • Europe passes milestone with half of coal plants closed or set to retire by 2030
  • Nevada regulators okay major transmission expansion to move 5GW of renewable energy
  • Australia’s AGL plans 2023 operation at 250MW Torrens battery storage project
  • Canadian regulator: Renewable transition picking up speed in oil-producing Alberta
  • Indiana utility signs deals for 404MW of wind, solar as part of coal phaseout plan
  • Billionaire Adani moving past fossil fuel empire to India infrastructure
  • Formosa plastics plant faces same challenges as Appalachian projects
  • IEEFA study questions Morrison government’s fuel plan
  • Largest part of Indian energy stimulus spent on “other energy”
  • IEEFA U.S.: Proposed Formosa, Louisiana petrochemical complex financially unviable IEEFA U.S.: Proposed Formosa, Louisiana petrochemical complex financially unviable
  • Norway’s Scatec to invest $11.8 billion in renewable energy projects through 2025
  • Annova cancels planned LNG export terminal in South Texas
  • Equinor’s floating offshore wind project in Scotland posts 57% capacity factor in 2020
  • Allianz unit Pimco to stop investing in Adani Ports coal export project in Australia
  • Malaysian solar capacity likely to grow fourfold by 2030—Fitch
  • IEEFA: Folly of wasting Australian taxpayer cash on Beetaloo gas 
  • IEEFA: Major investment advisors BlackRock and Meketa provide a fiduciary path through the energy transition
  • IEEFA Update: Proposed switch from coal to LNG threatens renewable energy development in Asia IEEFA Update: Proposed switch from coal to LNG threatens renewable energy development in Asia
  • IEEFA: India’s $122bn stimulus for energy promotes renewables but lacks clarity in additional funding streams IEEFA: India’s $122bn stimulus for energy promotes renewables but lacks clarity in additional funding streams
  • IEEFA Webinar: Puerto Rico can provide resiliency to 100% of homes via renewables IEEFA Webinar: Puerto Rico can provide resiliency to 100% of homes via renewables
  • IEEFA Australia: Are we ready for a power grid without coal?
  • IEEFA: What the Texas energy crisis means for Bangladesh’s energy security IEEFA: What the Texas energy crisis means for Bangladesh’s energy security
  • IEEFA Indonesia: Lessons from Texas on extreme weather and power grid resilience IEEFA Indonesia: Lessons from Texas on extreme weather and power grid resilience
  • Study finds methane emissions from planned coal mines pose major threat to climate
  • EDF to complete closure of West Burton A coal plant in Britain by September 2022
  • Construction begins on Australia’s largest solar-plus-storage project
  • South Africa seeking 1GW of solar in latest renewable energy solicitation
  • Mississippi solar-plus-storage project to supply Facebook data centers in southeast U.S.
  • Montana coal falling victim to old plants and cheap natural gas
  • Australia grid requires planning to avoid inertia from flood of renewables
  • Distributed energy resources should be priority for electric vehicles
  • Cost of plugging abandoned wells soaring
  • Study finds renewable stocks posted vastly better returns than fossil fuels in past decade
  • Orsted begins construction of 900MW offshore wind farm in Taiwan
  • U.S. federal regulators tackle climate risks of gas pipelines in major policy shift
  • German utility EnBW building two subsidy-free solar projects in Brandenburg
  • Grocer Coles latest Australian corporation to make 100% green electricity pledge
  • South Korea taking on Europe as leader in hydrogen tech
  • Gas slowly being phased out of Australia mix
  • Puerto Rico could get 100 percent of residential power from renewables
  • IEEFA Australia: Port of Newcastle’s roadblock on the path away from thermal coal IEEFA Australia: Port of Newcastle’s roadblock on the path away from thermal coal
  • Asian insurance company AIA to exit coal sector by 2028
  • NextEra proposes 690MW solar farm at closed Iowa nuclear plant
  • Spain’s Acciona, Korea Zinc teaming up on 923MW wind farm in Australia
  • Wisconsin utilities planning second large solar-plus-storage project
  • Independent power producer to build 175MW solar farm at closed Maryland coal mine
  • IEEFA Australia: Preparing the grid for a future without coal, blackouts or emissions IEEFA Australia: Preparing the grid for a future without coal, blackouts or emissions
  • Hong Kong-based firm AIA to pull all coal investments by 2028
  • Indonesia takes opposite tack by increasing coal exports, consumption
  • Illinois proposal would shut down state’s largest carbon emitter
  • Puerto Rico grid at potentially revolutionary turning point
  • Iberdrola expands presence in Japan’s growing offshore wind sector
  • Australia installed record 7GW of renewable energy in 2020
  • Commercial operation begins at Duke unit’s 350MW Frontier wind farm in Oklahoma
  • Masdar, Ethiopian government to develop solar power in the East Africa country
  • Bechtel, Hexicon team up to develop Swedish firm’s novel two turbine floating wind platform
  • U.S., China, India expected to ramp up coal consumption over next year
  • Snam net-zero on target with help from greenwashing
  • IEEFA Europe: Snam woos investors with net-zero claims, while growing its spending on fossil gas infrastructure IEEFA Europe: Snam woos investors with net-zero claims, while growing its spending on fossil gas infrastructure
  • Wood Mackenzie: U.S. will install 324GW of solar capacity in coming 10 years
  • Swiss Re to exit coal insurance market by 2040
  • Qatari LNG expansion is bad news for higher-price competitors in U.S., Russia, analysts say
  • Renewable energy continuing to push gas off the grid in Australia—Climate Council
  • Wartsila building 200MW of battery storage in Texas
  • IEEFA: Who benefits from MIGA’s sustainable loan guarantee for PLN? IEEFA: Who benefits from MIGA’s sustainable loan guarantee for PLN?
  • Arizona utility to cut output at Four Corners coal plant
  • Green hydrogen project begins operations at Salzgitter steel mill in Germany
  • Eni, state lender CDP to build 1GW of renewable energy in Italy by 2025
  • British pension fund Nest to invest almost $2 billion in green energy in next 10 years
  • Large solar-plus-storage project on tribal lands in Nevada moves step closer to construction
  • Mountaineer storage plan presents serious safety risks
  • Mountaineer storage plan presents serious safety risks
  • French insurance firm Axa drops RWE over coal
  • Judge okays Entergy plan to close two large coal plants in Arkansas
  • South Australia approves plans for massive hybrid wind, solar and storage project
  • Masdar targets Asian solar market in deal with Malaysia’s Petronas
  • LG unit plans significant expansion in U.S. battery storage manufacturing capacity
  • China and Japan pouring billions into coal projects
  • True scope of Guyana revenues from ExxonMobil deal remains hidden
  • Transformers overlooked but essential part of grid modernisation
  • IEEFA: Renewables should be focus of Vietnam’s Draft PDP8, not coal and gas IEEFA: Renewables should be focus of Vietnam’s Draft PDP8, not coal and gas
  • IEEFA: Finance Analyst – Energy Sector (India)
  • France’s Neoen targets 10GW of renewable energy capacity by 2025, double current level
  • Global wind capacity climbed by almost 100GW in 2020—BNEF
  • Washington utility moves forward with 5MW green hydrogen demonstration project
  • Activists renew campaign against half-built, 2.1GW coal plant in South Korea
  • NTPC set to commission India’s largest floating solar project in Telangana
  • MVP permit denial reversed by appellate court
  • West Virginia legislators curb bill designed to prevent coal plant shutdowns
  • More than 60K unplugged wells need cleaning up
  • Latest Vietnam power plan increases focus on renewables
  • China pulls back from Bangladesh coal mines, pollution sources
  • Texas crisis highlights LNG import risks for Asia
  • Greenest mining companies still cleaning up carbon portfolios
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico can provide resiliency to 100% of homes through solar expansion IEEFA: Puerto Rico can provide resiliency to 100% of homes through solar expansion
  • IEEFA: Guyana’s oil future relies on ‘lower-than-average governmental take’ IEEFA: Guyana’s oil future relies on ‘lower-than-average governmental take’
  • IEEFA: India should focus on reducing coal power generation instead of capacity IEEFA: India should focus on reducing coal power generation instead of capacity
  • Federal funds provide Puerto Rico with opportunity for resilient power
  • IEEFA: Australia’s US$40.5 billion clean up bill for its offshore oil and gas industry
  • IEEFA Australia: No amount of government subsidies can halt decline of gas IEEFA Australia: No amount of government subsidies can halt decline of gas
  • EnergyAustralia to close Yallourn coal plant in 2028 as country’s renewable transition gains speed
  • Vietnam coal exports drop for third consecutive month
  • U.S. East Coast states planning for surge in offshore wind projects
  • Marubeni to cut its coal generation capacity in half by 2025
  • Commercial operation begins at 250MW Blooming Grove wind farm in Illinois
  • Wärtsilä moving forward with floating battery storage options for land-short users
  • Yallourn closure accelerated, to be replaced by giant storage battery
  • EnergyAustralia plans to close Yallourn four years early
  • Victoria EPA coal plant review described as “disgrace”
  • First utility-scale offshore wind project in U.S. moves step closer to final approval
  • Renewables, nuclear on track to supply 46% of U.S. electricity by 2030—S&P
  • JERA proposes 600MW offshore wind farm in Japan
  • Neoen pushes forward with hybrid wind, solar and storage project in Australia
  • Tesla subsidiary building 100MW battery storage project in Texas
  • IEEFA U.S.: Financial rationale for Mountain Valley Pipeline has evaporated in changing market IEEFA U.S.: Financial rationale for Mountain Valley Pipeline has evaporated in changing market
  • Japanese trading firm Sojitz to exit coal, oil projects by 2030
  • Hungary to complete coal phaseout by 2025, five years ahead of plan
  • BP: Offshore wind installations to climb significantly in coming 10 years
  • Entergy’s Louisiana utility seeking bids for 500MW of solar capacity
  • Global wind group sees major growth opportunities across Africa
  • Mountain Valley Pipeline loses luster as gas markets change
  • MVP “boondoggle” would add 90 million metric tons of GHG emissions
  • Supermajors spending more on investors than earning from business
  • China climate five-year plan taking ‘baby steps’ so far
  • Electric cooperatives leading charge to green transition
  • Dividend and buyback payments by supermajors top free cash flow by $29.4bn
  • Japan’s Dai-ichi Life to cut CO2 emissions in investment portfolio 30% by 2025
  • Xcel proposes major transmission project in Colorado to boost renewable energy access
  • U.S. oil production not likely to top pre-pandemic levels—Occidental
  • Iberdrola moving ahead with 1.2GW of new solar capacity in Spain
  • First solar-plus-storage project set for construction in Malawi
  • Appalachia’s present could become New Mexico’s future
  • IEEFA: Oil supermajors made $20.5 billion in 2020 but spent $49.9 billion to please investors IEEFA: Oil supermajors made $20.5 billion in 2020 but spent $49.9 billion to please investors
  • U.S. battery storage installations surged in 4th quarter 2020, much more is on the way
  • UN secretary general calls for end to all planned coal projects
  • EIA: Gas supplied 40% of U.S. electricity in 2020, renewables topped coal for first time
  • Enel breaks ground on large wind-plus-storage project in Texas
  • Connecticut regulators give go-ahead for largest solar project in Northeast U.S.
  • Market favors EU Green Deal but increased volatility likely
  • United Nations head calls for end to new coal projects
  • Head of JBIC says the Japanese bank will not fund new coal plant development
  • Pioneer CEO expects ‘very little growth’ in future U.S. oil production
  • U.K. investment manager M&G to phase out coal from its portfolios
  • EDP, Engie team up with Terna Energy to develop floating offshore wind in Greece
  • Vestas, DTEK to build 564MW wind farm in Ukraine
  • Pandemic offers opportunities for developing world LNG exports
  • Coal collapse, clean energy boom spell end for Illinois coal plants
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil’s 2020 financial report: “Re-de-booking” raises questions about actual size of reserves IEEFA: ExxonMobil’s 2020 financial report: “Re-de-booking” raises questions about actual size of reserves
  • Poland planning almost $1 billion hydrogen investment to spur green energy transition
  • Highview Power says its long duration energy storage pipeline totals 400MW/4GWh
  • Britain’s Aviva tightens restrictions on coal, shale gas insurance
  • Thyssenkrupp, Steag planning major green steel project in Germany by 2025
  • Triton Knoll offshore wind farm begins sending first electricity to U.K. grid
  • IEEFA: Lessons from the Texas energy crisis for emerging LNG importers in Asia IEEFA: Lessons from the Texas energy crisis for emerging LNG importers in Asia
  • Asian, U.S. banks still heavily invested in global coal plant lending activities—report
  • Texas freeze forces Brazos cooperative to file for bankruptcy
  • Portugal’s EDP to build 20GW of renewable energy capacity in next five years
  • Neoen secures financing for another big battery in Australia
  • Norwegian firms planning green ammonia project
  • Storage key to integrating renewables into India electricity grid
  • Fracking industry collapsing in Pennsylvania birthplace
  • IEEFA: India needs to be ready to ride the energy storage wave IEEFA: India needs to be ready to ride the energy storage wave
  • IEEFA U.S.: North Carolina regulators need to require revisions in Duke’s demand growth forecasts IEEFA U.S.: North Carolina regulators need to require revisions in Duke’s demand growth forecasts
  • Engie to close its remaining coal plants by 2027
  • Drax scraps plans for massive 3.6GW gas project in U.K.
  • Mitsubishi pulls out of Vinh Tan 3 coal project in Vietnam
  • First wind project in Mississippi gets state go-ahead
  • Plug Power to build U.S.’ largest green hydrogen plant in New York
  • Iberdrola to spend $182 billion to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030
  • Replacing gas peakers could be 100GW market for battery storage in U.S., researchers say
  • HSBC, Barclays challenged over Japanese bond that could fund Vietnam coal plant
  • Wood Mackenzie sees big potential for floating offshore wind in Asia-Pacific region
  • Puerto Rico moves forward with RFP for 1GW of renewables, 500MW of battery storage
  • Global solar installations could top 200GW in 2021—BNEF
  • Arch planning for Black Thunder mine’s closure as U.S. coal demand continues to shrink
  • Dominion to trade coal for gas at its South Carolina utility
  • Solar Philippines moves forward with massive PV development
  • Investment firm CIP pushes ahead with offshore wind driven green ammonia project
  • IEEFA Australia: Coal plant closures imminent as renewable energy surges IEEFA Australia: Coal plant closures imminent as renewable energy surges
  • Santander to exit coal financing by 2030
  • Australia’s Spark Infrastructure buys rights for 1.5GW of new green energy projects
  • China Three Gorges adds to Spanish holdings, purchases 400MW of wind, solar capacity
  • Portugal’s EDP Group targets energy storage, green hydrogen with new business units
  • Construction begins on 448MW Calvados wind farm off the French coast
  • IEEFA U.S.: FERC to reconsider decades-old policy on assessing need for new interstate gas pipelines
  • Installed solar, wind capacity in Texas expected to double by yearend 2023
  • JMK Research: 2021 to be ‘landmark year’ for solar development in India
  • Jobs in offshore wind sector projected to climb sharply through 2030
  • Iraq looking to move forward with 750MW of new solar generation capacity
  • Scatec, Nizam Energy close financing on 150MW Pakistani PV project
  • Colorado avoids blackouts but not pain of future higher fuel costs
  • More delays indicate Belmont County cracker plant on the ropes
  • U.S. added record amount of wind, solar capacity to grid in 2020—BNEF
  • IHS Markit says annual global battery storage installations will top 10GW this year
  • Losses mount for Australian coal miners as global energy transition picks up speed
  • Spain’s Acciona planning to spin off part of its renewables business
  • Borssele offshore wind farm fully operational in Dutch North Sea
  • IEEFA Australia: ANZ divesting from the world’s largest coal export port is ‘pragmatism’
  • IEEFA: India’s new net metering limit risks stalling progress on rooftop solar target IEEFA: India’s new net metering limit risks stalling progress on rooftop solar target
  • New ministry rules will slow meeting India rooftop solar targets
  • IEEFA: Duke Energy’s North Carolina gas IRPs fail to consider battery storage as viable option IEEFA: Duke Energy’s North Carolina gas IRPs fail to consider battery storage as viable option
  • Indiana utility to shutter two units at R.M. Schahfer coal plant by year’s end
  • Australia’s grid operator: 2020 was a record year for renewable energy capacity additions
  • Editorial: Time for Bangladesh to focus on renewable energy, not coal
  • Midwest utility backs coal plant securitization, cites customer demand for clean energy
  • Hydrogen project pipeline tops $300 billion—report
  • Fossil fuel industry focusing disinformation on New Jersey plan
  • HyDeal Ambition project plans massive boost of Green H2 from Iberia
  • Coal’s decline offers lessons for New Mexico oil and gas industry
  • French oil major Total raises 2030 renewable energy goal to 100GW
  • Wisconsin utility proposes large solar-plus-storage facility
  • Fossil fuel exporters face significant stranded cost risks, potential credit downgrades—Fitch
  • AEP unit seeking 300MW of solar, wind generation to help meet Virginia renewable energy rules
  • Japan testing tidal turbine technology as part of renewable energy transition
  • Half-trillion investment needed to meet India’s 2030 renewable target
  • Gates move into climate change raises questions about practices
  • Australia still hit with higher gas prices despite pandemic
  • Cause for optimism in India, despite $500B needed to meet target
  • IEEFA: Global capital mobilising for India’s $500bn renewable energy infrastructure opportunity IEEFA: Global capital mobilising for India’s $500bn renewable energy infrastructure opportunity
  • Coal use in India may have peaked in 2018—report
  • NextEra brings first section of massive California battery storage complex online
  • Iberdrola seeks European recovery funding for major floating offshore wind farm
  • European consortium seeks to make green hydrogen cost competitive by 2030
  • BP, Chevron invest in promising geothermal technology
  • IEEFA: We’re hiring!
  • IEEFA: India may face unbudgeted energy transition risk of nearly $9 billion IEEFA: India may face unbudgeted energy transition risk of nearly $9 billion
  • Battery storage notches big win in latest New England capacity auction
  • Qatar moving forward with major LNG expansion
  • Developers secure financing for large solar-plus-storage project in Australia
  • U.S. utilities see rising potential for green hydrogen
  • Macquarie raises almost $2 billion for new green energy investment fund
  • IEEFA U.S.: Wind surpassed coal as No. 1 fuel source in 2020 for Southwest Power Pool IEEFA U.S.: Wind surpassed coal as No. 1 fuel source in 2020 for Southwest Power Pool
  • IEEFA Update: Budget 2021-22 is a ‘mixed bag’ for India’s energy transition
  • Shale boom largely a bust for local communities—report
  • Speed of energy transition forces Australia’s AGL to reconsider business strategy
  • Shell says its oil production, carbon emissions have peaked
  • Vistra proposes 600MW battery storage project in California
  • U.S. transmission operator MISO says it can cope with 50% renewable generation
  • IEEFA Africa: Is Angola a cautionary tale for Guyana’s oil wealth hopes? IEEFA Africa: Is Angola a cautionary tale for Guyana’s oil wealth hopes?
  • ANZ Bank pulls funding from Port of Newcastle, world’s largest coal export terminal
  • France’s Total planning $2.4 billion in renewable investments in 2021
  • Orsted buys stake in Polish utility’s offshore wind development project
  • Vestas planning giant 15MW offshore wind turbine
  • City of Mumbai signs long-term deal for 80MW of floating solar capacity
  • German utility Uniper, Port of Rotterdam considering large-scale green hydrogen project
  • IEEFA: Capital markets are shifting decisively towards cleaner investments IEEFA: Capital markets are shifting decisively towards cleaner investments
  • U.S. energy transition hits Powder River Basin as coal production falls, mines close
  • Solar will equal coal generation in India by 2040—IEA
  • Record $31.7 billion earmarked in 2020 for offshore wind development in Europe
  • Spanish government approves strategy to double energy storage capacity by 2030
  • IEEFA Indonesia: Switching coal plants to PLN’s biomass cofiring plan is no magic bullet IEEFA Indonesia: Switching coal plants to PLN’s biomass cofiring plan is no magic bullet
  • U.S. renewable energy capacity additions climbed by record levels in 2020
  • South Australia electric grid averaged 60 percent renewables over last 12 months
  • RWE, BP big winners in latest U.K. offshore wind auction
  • Decker coal mine in Montana closes in wake of Lighthouse Resources’ bankruptcy
  • France’s Total expands U.S. presence with big solar, battery storage deal in Texas
  • Coal economy fading, complicating life in Navajo Nation
  • LNG volatility causes tender cancellations in Bangladesh, Pakistan
  • Wall Street likes ExxonMobil again — for now
  • Companies ask incentives to develop Rajasthan solar projects
  • Study: New pipelines would supercharge CO2 emissions
  • Enel sees no future hope for gas, carbon capture
  • Japanese trading firms rethinking fossil fuel investments as global decarbonization push grows
  • Spanish utility cuts value of gas-fired generation as renewable transition gains speed
  • CEP.Energy planning world’s largest battery storage project in Australia
  • Green hydrogen commercialization coming faster than anyone forecast—Wood Mackenzie
  • South Korea announces plans for mammoth 8.2GW offshore wind farm
  • PTT Global Ohio project continues in limbo
  • Duke IRP gas proposals set unrealistic future growth
  • India budget focusing on economic, not environmental recovery
  • Climate change policy not likely to help struggling oil and gas interests
  • U.S. electricity demand may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2025—EIA
  • Australian investment firm IFM rules out any new thermal coal projects
  • Denmark moving forward with massive artificial island for offshore wind development
  • Installed solar capacity tops wind in India for first time
  • Siemens Gamesa wins turbine supply bid for $9 billion East Anglia offshore wind project
  • Financial institutions face $1 trillion loss in stranded assets
  • Puerto Rico grid privatization costing millions for lawyers, consultants
  • Methane emissions dramatically underestimated in U.S., Canada
  • India green hydrogen budget praised as good start
  • Guyana gets none of ExxonMobil’s $5.6B tax bill
  • IEEFA U.S.: Duke IRPs overstate likely future demand growth IEEFA U.S.: Duke IRPs overstate likely future demand growth
  • IEEFA Update: Why Bangladesh shouldn’t count on a fossil fuel future
  • ExxonMobil posts record loss, cuts value of shale assets by more than $20 billion
  • Wisconsin utilities to close 1,100MW Columbia coal plant by end of 2024
  • New Polish energy plan to cut coal generation, boost renewables
  • Florida utility begins construction of major battery storage facility
  • South African miner Exxaro will not invest in new thermal coal projects
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil 2020 results come as no surprise: still not covering dividends IEEFA: ExxonMobil 2020 results come as no surprise: still not covering dividends
  • Morgan Stanley: End of coal for power ends by 2033
  • Morgan Stanley: End of coal for power ends by 2033
  • Coal capacity to be gone from U.S. power grid by 2033—Morgan Stanley
  • NextDecade cancels plans for second Texas LNG export terminal
  • Australian gas-fired electric generation drops to lowest level since 2006 as renewables climb
  • Indiana utility brings 502MW of wind capacity online as part of 2028 coal exit plan
  • Endesa plans $3.5 billion green hydrogen investment in Spain
  • Guyana to receive nothing from $80M-$90M in Hess global income taxes
  • IEEFA: High credit ratings of China’s state-owned enterprise underplays risk IEEFA: High credit ratings of China’s state-owned enterprise underplays risk
  • IEEFA: Growing risks for US$50 billion of Mozambique LNG projects
  • Enel to phase out gas as part of 2050 net zero pledge, dismisses carbon capture options
  • NRG to mothball gas plant that powered Petra Nova carbon capture project
  • British asset manager Aviva warns oil, gas firms it will divest without climate action
  • Taiwan expected to add 20GW of renewable electric capacity by 2030—Fitch
  • Arizona utility nearing completion of major solar-plus-storage project
  • Question remains if shale will ever work out for investors
  • Risks rise for ExxonMobil, Total LNG projects in Mozambique
  • Energy consultant vouches for ExxonMobil-Guyana deal
  • Tesla’s battery storage shipments topped 3,000MWh in 2020, up 83% from 2019
  • South Australia’s renewable-heavy grid now has the country’s lowest wholesale electricity prices
  • Equinor writes down Tanzania LNG project by $982 million
  • Turkey added 4.8GW of hydro, wind and solar capacity in 2020
  • EDF Renewables planning to add floating turbines at England’s Blyth offshore wind farm
  • Rising Japanese power prices sound alarm for rest of Asia
  • India should use brownfields to bolster transmission infrastructure
  • Australia net-zero debate is over, even if plan hasn’t been developed
  • IEEFA Webinar: How India’s new net metering restriction could impact the rooftop solar market
  • IEEFA Update: Is India ready to compete with China in solar module production? IEEFA Update: Is India ready to compete with China in solar module production?
  • Renewables topped fossil fuel generation in U.K. grid for first time in 2020
  • U.S. will move to end financing for overseas fossil fuel projects—Kerry
  • Macquarie, Siemens planning big wind plus battery storage project in South Australia
  • Shell buys controlling stake in 300MW floating wind farm off the Irish coast
  • First turbine installed at Kriegers Flak, Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm
  • Shale companies see rising cash flows, chance to pay off debt
  • Massive Sun Cable solar project faces multiple hurdles
  • IEEFA U.S.: Biden administration has historic opportunity to rebuild Puerto Rico electricity grid
  • NextEra eyes 30GW of new renewable energy development by 2024
  • Rising climate risks prompt S&P to begin review of oil majors’ credit ratings
  • Corporate renewable energy deals rose to record 23.7GW in 2020—BNEF
  • Spanish auction nets 3,034MW of new solar, wind capacity
  • Lighthouse BP begins construction of two Texas solar farms totaling 316MW
  • Oil industry mobilizes to fight Biden proposals
  • Biden likens climate change to pandemic emergency
  • Supermajors’ financial pain “likely just beginning”
  • Oil industry makes much ado about not much on federal lands drilling pause
  • Having solved problem of power shortages, Pakistan now faces problem of surpluses
  • Alerta de noticias: IEEFA pide a FEMA rechazar financiamiento de nuevas plantas de gas natural en Puerto Rico
  • IEEFA U.S.: Duke IRPs focus on new gas-fired generation, creating serious stranded-asset risks IEEFA U.S.: Duke IRPs focus on new gas-fired generation, creating serious stranded-asset risks
  • News alert: IEEFA calls on FEMA to reject funding new natural gas plants in Puerto Rico
  • Two New York City pension funds to divest fossil fuel holdings
  • Analysts see little likelihood any new interstate gas pipelines will be built in U.S.
  • South Africa planning tenders for 6,800MW of new renewable energy capacity this year
  • Foreign investment expected to bolster India’s renewable energy transition
  • Developers seek to restart permitting process for 800MW offshore wind project in Massachusetts
  • Energy transition will require helping fossil dependent communities
  • Biden’s halt to new oil and gas leasing is more performance than policy
  • Long-term climate pledges need to be balanced with short-term goals
  • Vietnam picking up Australian coal in wake of China ban
  • Sumitomo eyes deals for green hydrogen projects in Australia, Oman
  • Coal’s persistence in Asia threatens planetary climate goals
  • Global coalition calls for cancelling financing of Vung Ang 2
  • Spot LNG prices rising in Asia due to cold snap
  • Green hydrogen viewed as best hope for steel industry
  • Renewable electricity topped fossil generation in EU for first time in 2020
  • Japan’s Sumitomo reportedly will stop investing in new oil development activities
  • Three Polish utilities join forces to develop country’s offshore wind resources
  • China moving forward with 300MW tidal flat solar project
  • Kipeto Energy connects 100MW wind farm to Kenyan power grid
  • Indonesia renewables capacity remains untapped
  • Green Hydrogen eyed as fuel of the future
  • Economic grip of Big Oil loosened over last decade
  • Shenhua likely to abandon Watermark coal mine proposal
  • Bangladesh overcapacity situation bad and getting worse
  • Philippines officials claim they’re prepared for energy transition
  • Vattenfall to turn closed Moorburg coal plant into a green hydrogen hub
  • Wood Mackenzie sees solar as cheapest electricity resource worldwide by 2030
  • Tampa Electric to close 445MW Unit 3 at Big Bend coal plant in 2023, 18 years early
  • Terna Energy proposes three floating solar projects in Greece totaling 265MW
  • Florida city gives final approval to close 360MW McIntosh Unit 3 coal plant
  • Biden revokes permit for Keystone XL pipeline, likely killing project
  • Chinese utility Huaneng charts course for major renewable energy construction effort
  • Iberdrola, Danone move forward with 590MW solar project in Spain, Europe’s largest
  • Norwegian electrolyzer firm seeks price parity for green hydrogen by 2025
  • Study finds significant methane leakage from abandoned oil, gas wells in Canada, U.S.
  • Interconnected gas markets likely to lead to long-term LNG volatility
  • Interconnected gas markets likely to lead to long-term LNG volatility
  • Coal declining but still king of Indian energy
  • Vietnamese coal imports absorbed some Asian COVID excess
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil must change direction to thrive IEEFA: ExxonMobil must change direction to thrive
  • IEEFA: Bangladesh’s power system overcapacity problem is getting worse   IEEFA: Bangladesh’s power system overcapacity problem is getting worse  
  • IEEFA: Is oil giant Total an emerging leader of the energy transition?
  • BNEF: Global energy transition spending topped $500 billion for first time in 2020 despite pandemic
  • China reports installing record 72GW of new wind capacity in 2020
  • Federal regulators deal potentially fatal blow to planned Oregon LNG export facility
  • BHP to cut book value of money-losing Australian thermal coal mine by up to US$1.25 billion
  • Norwegian, Belgian firms to build 800MW of wind capacity in Serbia by 2026
  • Japanese bank used environmental preservation loans used to finance Vietnamese coal plant
  • LNG investments in Vietnam far from “smooth sailing”
  • IEEFA: There will be no smooth sailing for LNG investors in Vietnam 
  • IEEFA India: The false promise of ‘second life’ coal
  • IEEFA: Nhiệt điện khí LNG không dễ để bùng nổ ở Việt Nam IEEFA: Nhiệt điện khí LNG không dễ để bùng nổ ở Việt Nam
  • French central bank to exit coal sector, limit gas and oil investments
  • Total continues renewable expansion, buys stake in Adani Green Energy
  • Japanese corporate sector urges government to move faster on green energy transition
  • UAE begins producing aluminum with solar power in world first
  • Hydro-Quebec, Thyssenkrupp team up on major green hydrogen project
  • Emerging Asian markets at highest risk of gas-fired plant cancellations
  • Total buys 20 percent stake in Adani Green
  • NTDC won’t reduce electricity prices until it focuses more on renewables
  • N.M. Legislature should address overreliance on oil and gas
  • IEEFA U.S.: Colorado’s newest coal plant, needing extensive repairs (again), was idle for a year IEEFA U.S.: Colorado’s newest coal plant, needing extensive repairs (again), was idle for a year
  • Equinor considering sale of money-losing U.S. shale operations
  • Spain’s Naturgy enters U.S. renewable market, plans $1.8 billion investment over five years
  • EDP shutters Sines power plant in Portugal, country to be coal-free by November
  • Florida Power & Light closes its last coal-fired power plant in the state
  • BHP Group invests in startup aiming to produce steel without coking coal
  • Analyst defends ExxonMobil-Guyana deal
  • Fluctuating LNG costs threaten $50 billion of Asian projects
  • Struggling with power costs, aluminum smelter cuts deal to stay open
  • World may be at end of stable gas prices
  • Volatile LNG prices likely to drive electricity prices up
  • EV rise likely to put pressure on rare earth prices
  • IEEFA: Over US$50 billion in gas power projects and LNG import facilities at risk of cancellation in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam IEEFA: Over US$50 billion in gas power projects and LNG import facilities at risk of cancellation in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam
  • Japan’s Itochu Corp. sets 2024 thermal coal exit date
  • New York awards 2.5GW of offshore wind projects to Equinor and BP
  • Polish Parliament passes offshore wind act, sets stage for major buildout through 2030
  • Total takes first big step into U.S. utility-scale solar market
  • Linde announces major green hydrogen investment
  • Balance sheets focusing on bottom line of climate risks
  • Australian coal continuing to do well, recovery predicted
  • IEEFA Australia: Energy Security Board reforms need to be ambitious to secure a low emissions future
  • EIA: Record 15.4GW of utility-scale solar capacity to be added to U.S. grid in 2021
  • Canada Infrastructure Bank to fund 250MW battery storage project, country’s largest
  • Minnesota Power sets retirement dates for last coal plants, aims for 2050 carbon-free generation
  • Small-scale rooftop solar installations in Australia set record in 2020
  • Russia’s largest wind farm begins commercial operation
  • Consumers call on Cleveland City Council to protect residents from high power rates
  • Massive Puerto Rico loan will be needed to fund LUMA agreement
  • Actualización IEEFA: Las centrales de gas natural con financiación federal siguen estando en el punto de mira de la autoridad responsable de la energía eléctrica en Puerto Rico
  • IEEFA: Puerto Rico power authority continues end-run attempts around regulators with federally-funded natural gas plans
  • IEEFA: Vietnam’s extraordinary rooftop solar success deals another blow to the remaining coal pipeline IEEFA: Vietnam’s extraordinary rooftop solar success deals another blow to the remaining coal pipeline
  • Kentucky utilities seek replacement power for three retiring coal units
  • Engie, Neoen to build 1GW, subsidy-free solar project in France
  • Lighthouse Resources bankruptcy likely the end for proposed Washington coal export terminal
  • Australia’s Origin Energy unveils plans for 700MW battery at Eraring coal plant
  • Nigerian solar firm gets investment infusion to expand across West Africa
  • Despite PLN green push, Indonesian government taking different approach
  • Energy experts warn Guyana-ExxonMobil deal is fool’s gold
  • Washington state charts path for 2025 coal-free electricity, 2030 carbon-neutral electricity
  • Investors pressure HSBC to take stronger action to phase out coal financing
  • National Grid: Britain’s 2020 electricity generation was greenest on record
  • Neoen plans 500MW ‘Great Western Battery’ near Sydney, Australia
  • Massachusetts legislature backs bill raising state’s offshore wind goal to 5.6GW
  • Wind now bigger than coal in Texas
  • PRB coal exports take blow from bankruptcy of terminal project owner
  • Democratic Senate control means dark times ahead for Wyoming coal
  • Philippines battery energy storage system capacity climbs to 13 Luzon projects, 320 MW
  • Lack of progress in solar manufacturing setting India back
  • Getting rid of coal-fired power in Asia remains tall order
  • New year brings hope for positive climate developments
  • IEEFA: After a terrible 2020, the oil industry’s story has turned political IEEFA: After a terrible 2020, the oil industry’s story has turned political
  • IEEFA: Neglecting renewables could cost Indonesia’s energy edge, independence
  • Enel, Qatari sovereign wealth fund to develop renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • EU funds Ørsted pilot project to produce green hydrogen with offshore wind
  • Financing secured for first utility-scale, privately developed solar project in Uzbekistan
  • Portuguese grid operator says renewables supplied 59% of nation’s electricity in 2020
  • Encavis connects 300MW Talayuela solar farm to Spanish electric grid
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: la AEE recibe apoyo en forma de un crédito, ¿una estrategia sensata u otro ardid inútil?
  • IEEFA: India could compete against China in solar module production with the right government support IEEFA: India could compete against China in solar module production with the right government support
  • IEEFA: NYS Comptroller DiNapoli’s bold divestment plan may inspire investors to follow suit
  • Vistra begins commercial operation of world’s largest battery storage system in California
  • South Korea’s SK Group makes big bet on fuel cell maker Plug Power
  • Xcel seeking bids for 500MW of solar at Sherco coal plant in Minnesota
  • Latest South Korean electricity plan aims to cut coal-fired generation 23 percent by 2030
  • Clearway Energy begins construction of 345MW wind farm in Texas
  • India polycrystalline PV tech highlights solar R&D shortfalls
  • Adani 600MW wind-solar hybrid planned by subsidiary
  • Expert: Guyana gas-to-shore project must be affordable
  • Units of South Korea’s Hanwha Group to stop financial support for coal projects
  • Florida municipal utility moving forward with March closure of McIntosh coal plant
  • Offshore wind expected to meet 10% of Belgium’s electricity needs in 2021
  • Siemens Gamesa to supply turbines for 100MW wind farm in Ethiopia
  • Largest floating solar project in Southeast Asia begins producing power in Vietnam
  • Future of Asian coal dims as pandemic progresses
  • Coal, deforestation pose risks for Southeast Asian banks
  • Guyana asked for U.S. aid even while giving millions to ExxonMobil
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: Credit support for PREPA, a sensible tool or another wasteful gimmick? IEEFA Puerto Rico: Credit support for PREPA, a sensible tool or another wasteful gimmick?
  • Fitch forecasts doubling in Asian wind, solar capacity by 2029, topping 1,500GW
  • NextEra moving forward with Montana’s largest wind farm near Colstrip coal plant
  • Poland plans for 2GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030
  • Pattern Energy begins construction of 1,050MW wind project and transmission line in New Mexico
  • Xcel to close two-unit, 441MW Hayden coal plant in Colorado by 2028
  • Despite long-running political battle, industry interest in ANWR is weak
  • International lawyer suggests ExxonMobil-Guyana deal illegal
  • ExxonMobil deal ‘becoming very costly for Guyana’
  • Time running out for Wyoming coal port in wake of bankruptcy ruling
  • S&P: U.S. renewable energy pipeline totals 172.5GW through 2024
  • Enel, AES unit close coal plants in Chile
  • Adani Green Energy to build 600MW solar-wind hybrid project in India
  • Minnesota regulators okay $750 million Xcel plan to repower 651MW of wind capacity
  • U.K. gives final approval for Orsted’s 2.4GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm
  • Getting rid of coal-fired power in Asia remains tall order
  • Blame previous government for ExxonMobil-Guyana deal fiasco
  • Public funding for Beetaloo raises questions about viability
  • Industry experts believe ExxonMobil deal not fair to Guyana
  • India doubles down on bad environmental bets
  • Off-grid solar viewed as solution for post-typhoon brownouts
  • Adani Green plans major solar plant in Gujarat
  • Green hydrogen remains Holy Grail of renewable energy
  • FERC providing ‘blank check’ to pipeline developers
  • Green consumption exceeded coal for first time in more than a century
  • Peabody debt refinancing ‘kicking the can down the road’
  • Indonesian government trying to boost domestic coal demand
  • Australian renewables likely to be beneficiary of 2021 IPOs
  • Southeast Asian coal demand doubled in last decade
  • Ohio River Valley residents demand Biden battle plastic pollution crisis
  • Indiana coal-fired electricity generation falls by almost half in five years
  • Costs of Guyana tax exemption outstripping profits from oil deal
  • Indonesia’s PLN working on green plans to build investor credibility
  • Green hydrogen, clean stocks looking like best bets for 2021
  • Rajasthan schools benefit from hybrid solar plus battery systems
  • Pandemic likely to accelerate sustainability trends
  • Pandemic, strained finances creates crisis for Indonesian power demand
  • IEEFA U.S.: Investors would best avoid two proposed Virginia combined-cycle gas plants IEEFA U.S.: Investors would best avoid two proposed Virginia combined-cycle gas plants
  • Special event: Guyana debates offshore oil contracts with ExxonMobil-led consortium
  • U.S. Energy Department aims for 90% reduction in long-duration battery storage costs by 2030
  • Scotland earmarks £100 million for green hydrogen development efforts
  • Enel Green Power brings 436MW of wind generation online at two sites in U.S. Midwest
  • Australia testing possibility of reusing underground coal mine as a pumped hydro project
  • Greek government approves 2.8GW of new renewable energy capacity
  • Small Philippine islands stand to benefit from renewable projects
  • Fracking revolution eats its own, killing oil and gas industry
  • AIA’s $6 billion in coal investments drawing fire
  • IEEFA Indonesia: PLN has ‘Green Ambition’ but is short on renewable energy credibility IEEFA Indonesia: PLN has ‘Green Ambition’ but is short on renewable energy credibility
  • IEEFA Update: Coking coal’s decline likely to follow the path of thermal coal’s progressive demise IEEFA Update: Coking coal’s decline likely to follow the path of thermal coal’s progressive demise
  • Desjardins, largest financial cooperative in North America, to stop coal industry investments
  • GenOn to close Morgantown coal-fired station, support Maryland just transition legislation
  • Dominion files construction plan for 2.6GW, $7.8 billion Virginia offshore wind project
  • Ohio judge blocks $1 billion nuclear bailout bill
  • Financing secured for 2GW Al Dhafra solar project in Abu Dhabi
  • Renewable projects may push post-COVID economic recovery
  • Shale business likely to be slow to recover after last quarter’s spending cuts
  • IEEFA: AIA too important to lag global insurers in coal investment, divestment, and exclusion IEEFA: AIA too important to lag global insurers in coal investment, divestment, and exclusion
  • IEEFA Australia: Beetaloo is a sink-hole which the gas industry itself isn’t even investing in IEEFA Australia: Beetaloo is a sink-hole which the gas industry itself isn’t even investing in
  • Shell plans $3.5-$4.5 billion writedown, raising yearly total to more than $22 billion
  • Renewable energy has provided 43.6% of Spain’s electricity year to date—grid operator
  • Regulators tell Mississippi Power to plan for early retirement of 950MW of fossil fuel generation
  • Upgraded 14MW Haliade-X turbine tapped for third phase of Dogger Bank offshore wind farm
  • Pacifico Energy building 77MW solar project on former golf course in Japan
  • New Mexico regulators deny permit for utility gas project, cite state’s 2045 100% clean power law
  • Iberdrola makes big buy into Poland’s developing offshore wind market
  • Rockefeller Foundation to divest fossil fuel holdings from $5 billion endowment
  • Spanish firms Naturgy and Enagas team up for green hydrogen project
  • Indonesia begins construction of 145MW Cirata floating solar project
  • IEEFA U.S.: FERC gives blank check approval to pipeline builders, while investors and consumers pick up costs IEEFA U.S.: FERC gives blank check approval to pipeline builders, while investors and consumers pick up costs
  • Lloyd’s of London to stop issuing new insurance for coal projects, oil sands and Arctic energy exploration
  • IHS Markit: Global renewable energy investment from 2021-2025 to hit $1.3 trillion
  • Con Edison, 174 Power Global sign contract for big battery storage project in New York City
  • Xcel Energy completes construction of 522MW Sagamore wind farm in New Mexico
  • Industrial gas giant Air Liquide plans major investments in hydrogen production
  • IEEFA U.S.: Virginia coal plant’s future isn’t bright: preparation for transition should commence now IEEFA U.S.: Virginia coal plant’s future isn’t bright: preparation for transition should commence now
  • IEEFA: Repurposing coal plants into solar and battery can pay up to 5 times more than decommissioning IEEFA: Repurposing coal plants into solar and battery can pay up to 5 times more than decommissioning
  • IEEFA: Increasing competition in India’s intra-state transmission sector will drive renewables progress IEEFA: Increasing competition in India’s intra-state transmission sector will drive renewables progress
  • EU proposes end to gas infrastructure funding, shift to hydrogen and renewables
  • Korea sets 42% renewable energy target by 2034
  • U.S. Federal Reserve joins network of central banks focused on financial risks of climate change
  • Tilt Renewable moving forward with largest wind farm in Australia’s New South Wales
  • Arizona utility APS issues RFP for additional solar and battery storage
  • IEEFA: China’s ban is less of a threat to Australia’s coal industry than international climate ambition IEEFA: China’s ban is less of a threat to Australia’s coal industry than international climate ambition
  • IEA: Global electricity generation from coal will drop by largest amount on record in 2020
  • Renewable energy will supply 46.3% of Germany’s electricity this year—utility group
  • Japan planning major expansion in offshore wind, up to 45GW by 2040
  • Trade group estimates U.S. solar capacity installations will top 19GW in 2020
  • U.S., Vietnam to cooperate on rooftop solar expansion efforts in the Southeast Asian nation
  • IEEFA: European gas pipeline companies mislead investors by underreporting CO<sub>2</sub> IEEFA: European gas pipeline companies mislead investors by underreporting CO2
  • IEEFA: Pakistan announces ‘no new coal-fired power’
  • Pakistani prime minister says country will not approve any new coal-fired power plants
  • Anglo American to exit thermal coal sector by mid-2023
  • Wood Mackenzie: Renewables, green hydrogen to limit growth of global LNG market
  • Avangrid Renewables proposes 2.5GW wind farm off the coast of North Carolina
  • Swiss firm Leclanché begins construction of largest solar-plus-storage project in the Caribbean
  • Green H2 enthusiasm gathering steam
  • China emissions reduction goal for 2060 is tall order
  • Once provable reserves now becoming stranded assets
  • Canadian policy fails to realize LNG no longer ‘bridge’ fuel
  • Tar sands, fracking would be dropped first under NYS pension plan
  • Luzon coal plants could double premature deaths in Manila, elsewhere
  • Adani Green, world’s most expensive stock, surged 717% in one year
  • IEEFA: Australia should be a net-zero emissions leader
  • Terra-Gen, Mortenson plan world’s largest solar-plus-storage project in California
  • Philippine bank RCBC to stop lending for new coal-fired power projects
  • Minnesota’s Great River Energy to replace 1,151MW Coal Creek plant with wind power
  • Battery storage project queue in Australia climbs to almost 7GW
  • Enel to produce green hydrogen at one of its U.S. solar sites
  • Will China follow coal exit plans by Japan and South Korea?
  • Pro-shale publisher calls fracker third-quarter results ‘troubling’
  • NY pension fund warns of potential divestment from carbon
  • Illinois Rep. Casten calls for cross-agency energy policies
  • Appalachian shale gas companies continue losing string
  • Petra Nova offers lessons for future?
  • IEEFA: New York State Comptroller DiNapoli takes the lead on fossil fuel divestment
  • Indian state of Maharashtra sets goal of adding 17GW of renewable energy capacity by 2025
  • Industry group says Chinese solar installations could average 70GW annually through 2025
  • Amazon signs global deals for 3.4GW of new renewable energy generation
  • Norway’s Equinor, Scatec team up to build 480MW solar project in Brazil
  • South Africa’s Standard Bank takes first step away from coal, will stop funding new power plants
  • IEEFA: New York State pension fund sets net-zero carbon emissions target
  • New York’s state pension fund to divest most fossil fuel stocks in coming five years
  • Japanese government to invest $19 billion to support 2030 hydrogen commercialization goal—report
  • Analysis shows rooftop solar saved New England ratepayers $1.1 billion from 2014-2019
  • GE, Veolia wind turbine blade recycling effort could cut CO2 emissions from cement production
  • Oregon utility PGE, NextEra complete wind component of hybrid Wheatridge renewable complex
  • New York pension fund announces plan to decarbonize by 2040
  • Pertamina signs Indonesian gasification deal with Adaro, Indika
  • Glencore outlines plan to slowly exit coal
  • Slashing spending doing little to boost Appalachian frackers
  • Carbon companies becoming estranged from financial world
  • Tri-State plan not likely to position utility for transition
  • Australian coal exports to China halted by trade tensions, unofficial ban
  • CIMB Group becomes first SE Asian bank to commit to coal exit
  • Dalrymple IPO plunges on IEEFA warning
  • IEEFA U.S.: Frackers cut capex to $5.8 billion during third quarter, lowest level in a decade IEEFA U.S.: Frackers cut capex to $5.8 billion during third quarter, lowest level in a decade
  • IEEFA: Malaysia’s CIMB announces coal financing phase-out by 2040 as Asia’s fossil fuel divestment drive accelerates IEEFA: Malaysia’s CIMB announces coal financing phase-out by 2040 as Asia’s fossil fuel divestment drive accelerates
  • Leading global miner Glencore announces ‘managed decline of its coal business’
  • Southern California Edison signs contracts for another 590MW of battery storage
  • Malaysian bank CIMB to exit coal sector entirely by 2040
  • San Jose, Oakland are latest California cities to enact bans on gas in new construction
  • Leading European companies push for green hydrogen commercialization by 2026
  • Banks picking up on shift to become more environmentally friendly
  • Orlando utility comes in for criticism over gutting residential solar
  • IEEFA: Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure overvalued, overleveraged, over-promised, likely to under-deliver IEEFA: Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure overvalued, overleveraged, over-promised, likely to under-deliver
  • New Mexico regulators approve utility’s replacement power plans for closing San Juan coal plant
  • Equinor, RWE join Dutch green hydrogen development effort
  • Massive Moorabool wind farm begins sending power into Australian electricity grid
  • New Jersey gas utility takes delayed PennEast pipeline out of financial outlook through 2024
  • France moves forward with 1GW offshore wind development effort off Normandy coast
  • BlackRock background of Biden top economist draws concern
  • China has tall order to meet carbon neutrality by 2060
  • Wyoming trying to fight budget woes with coal promotion
  • Swapping diesel for renewables has potential to save P13.5 billion
  • Low interest rates, high capacity, new tech pushes India tariffs to record lows
  • IEEFA U.S.: Appalachian frackers report $504M in negative free cash flow despite capex slashing IEEFA U.S.: Appalachian frackers report $504M in negative free cash flow despite capex slashing
  • Denmark, European Union’s largest oil producer, to phase out production by 2050
  • U.S. coal companies White Stallion and Lighthouse Resources file for bankruptcy
  • Neoen, Tesla begin construction of 300MW battery, to be biggest in Australia
  • Italian oil major Eni buys 20% stake in U.K.’s Dogger Bank offshore wind project
  • Dominion cancels plans for $200 million, 500MW gas peaking plant in Virginia
  • Going carbon-free for electricity might not be as costly as imagined
  • India rail network offers fast-track for energy transition
  • Poland faces consequences of too much reliance on coal
  • Report: Fossil fuel production must be cut by 6% annually
  • IEEFA Europe: COVID has exposed Polish energy company’s continuing coal dependence IEEFA Europe: COVID has exposed Polish energy company’s continuing coal dependence
  • IEEFA: India’s new record-low solar power tariff demonstrates investor confidence despite the pandemic IEEFA: India’s new record-low solar power tariff demonstrates investor confidence despite the pandemic
  • IEEFA: By facilitating electricity transmission routes, could Indian Railways fast-track the energy transition? IEEFA: By facilitating electricity transmission routes, could Indian Railways fast-track the energy transition?
  • IEEFA Philippines: NPC-SPUG shift can drive savings to P13.5 billion per year
  • IEEFA update: Orlando Utilities Commission IRP plan may fall short of carbon reduction goals
  • Wood Mackenzie: U.S. battery storage installations set to soar to 7.5GW by 2025
  • Corporate demand in Australia for green energy expected to hit record level in 2020
  • Ørsted moves forward with 430MW solar project in Texas
  • Enel, Eni form green hydrogen partnership in Italy
  • Greek utility PPC to invest $4.1 billion in renewable energy, grid modernization through 2023
  • Vietnam coal traders think coal demand likely to continue rising
  • Sustainability series finds cause for optimism in Philippines
  • ExxonMobil $20B write-off indicates gas becoming a stranded asset
  • IEEFA: Japanese and Korean investment in risky PJM gas-fired power calls for strategic decisions IEEFA: Japanese and Korean investment in risky PJM gas-fired power calls for strategic decisions
  • Oil industry writedowns top $80 billion mark in past year
  • Polish government moves forward with plans for 10.9GW of offshore wind development
  • U.K. government okays country’s largest battery storage project
  • Vistra to close 648MW Coleto Creek coal plant in Texas by 2027
  • Bank of Montreal to exit U.S. shale industry
  • Pandemic deepened oil and gas woes, but didn’t cause them
  • Philippines moratorium will scrap 10GW of new coal-fired plants
  • PEMR sending mixed signals on coal exit
  • Bukit Asam coal gasification plant to receive Indonesian incentives
  • First German coal closure auction oversubscribed as utilities look to exit uneconomic sector
  • ExxonMobil to take $20 billion writedown, cut development spending
  • Indonesia considering closing 3,400MW Suralaya coal plant
  • Orsted completes construction on 752MW Borssele offshore wind farm, largest in the Netherlands
  • Concentrated solar, molten salt storage featured in next phase of Dubai green energy project
  • Queensland royalties collapse as $2bn disappears from state budget
  • Guyana vice president warns ExxonMobil of potentially criminal behavior
  • Australia remains on an island when it comes to climate policy
  • Low solar tariff estimates may create problems for renewable developers
  • Oil bust hits home in Carlsbad, N.M.
  • Government policies, green strategies lead to skyrocketing H2 stocks
  • IEEFA: Does Guyana pay when ExxonMobil drills a dry well? IEEFA: Does Guyana pay when ExxonMobil drills a dry well?
  • Investor groups up pressure on Mitsubishi, other Japanese backers of planned Vietnam coal plant
  • Financing complete for 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, world’s largest
  • Australia’s Origin Energy plans major green hydrogen, battery storage projects
  • Repsol’s new strategic plan earmarks 5.5 billion euros for low-carbon generation
  • Leading green bond firm threatens State Bank of India over support for Australian coal mine
  • Transparency advocates call for truth about ExxonMobil-Guyana deal
  • Cricket pitch invaded to protest potential SBI loan to Carmichael project
  • New Mexico oil and gas collapse could cause ripples for years
  • ADM carbon capture project falling woefully short of promises
  • Philippines shift to majority renewables seen beyond 2040
  • Indonesian downstream coal target of emissions reduction efforts
  • WoodMac: Renewables cheaper than coal for Asia-Pacific by 2030
  • IEEFA Australia: National Electricity Market reform agenda provides path to a flexible decarbonised decentralised grid
  • Solar auction in Rajasthan nets 1,070MW of capacity at record low prices for India
  • HSBC: Annual Chinese solar installations could top 75GW by 2025
  • Asian Development Bank approves $600 million loan for renewable energy development in Indonesia
  • Vietnam moves forward with 350MW Ca Mau offshore wind project, largest in the country
  • Gore Street energizes 50MW battery in Northern Ireland, a second is due in December
  • Adani’s Godda plant likely to be left behind in transition
  • Rio Tinto destruction of sacred sites spurs calls for oversight
  • Transition offers LIC opportunity to curb India’s coal obsession
  • IEEFA South Korea: Why leading ESG investors didn’t buy KEPCO’s green bond [KOR]
  • IEEFA Australia: NSW sets out a clear path to sustainably lower cost electricity
  • IEEFA: Adani’s Godda power project ‘left behind’ by changing energy policy in India and Bangladesh
  • IEEFA: The Australian government is holding out on setting a net-zero emissions deadline
  • IEEFA Australia: Narrabri gas project’s lack of social licence will make pipeline approval problematic
  • Report shows continued, sharp decline in coal plant financing in India
  • Global uncertainty clouds future of planned U.S. LNG export terminals
  • Australian utility AGL identifies second big battery site amid rapid energy storage scale-up
  • Significant potential to expand existing German wind power generation via repowering–study
  • French firm Akuo commissions 50MW solar project in Mali, largest in West Africa
  • Trump White House trying to block divestment with new banking rule
  • DME used to reduce LPG imports likely to require Indonesian subsidy
  • Colorado emissions rules may force Tri-State, others to close coal plants early
  • Mixed reaction for green light to Narrabri gas project
  • Sumitomo reports $251 million loss on WA Bluewaters coal investment
  • Neoen financed green hub with international effort
  • IEEFA U.S.: Decline in coal exports adds to Navajo-owned company’s problems IEEFA U.S.: Decline in coal exports adds to Navajo-owned company’s problems
  • Houston likely to suffer fallout from ExxonMobil’s decline
  • Arctic drilling prospects likely to be less attractive than in previous years
  • Guyana caught in debt trap by ExxonMobil deal
  • IEEFA South Korea: Why leading ESG investors didn’t buy KEPCO’s green bond IEEFA South Korea: Why leading ESG investors didn’t buy KEPCO’s green bond
  • IEEFA Japan: ¥26 billion loss on Australian coal power plant raises questions for Sumitomo and its investors IEEFA Japan: ¥26 billion loss on Australian coal power plant raises questions for Sumitomo and its investors
  • Enel to invest $190 billion on green energy, electrification in coming 10 years
  • Coal India moving forward with plans to install 3GW of solar capacity by 2024
  • Coal financing quickly drying up worldwide—analysts
  • Orsted to develop 1.6GW of offshore wind in South Korea
  • Major Australian industrial firm Sun Metals commits to 100% renewable energy
  • Australian holdout on net-zero may be resolved by states, private sector
  • IEEFA U.S.: Coal plants close as renewable energy construction rises IEEFA U.S.: Coal plants close as renewable energy construction rises
  • State judge’s ruling raises another hurdle for planned $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics plant in Louisiana
  • South Korea’s Doosan Heavy, SK E&C link up to target floating offshore wind projects
  • Chinese bank pulls out of proposed Lamu coal-fired power plant in Kenya
  • Western Australia green hydrogen project moves a step closer to reality
  • Bayer signs corporate PPA for output from Iberdrola’s 590MW Pizarro solar project
  • IEEFA U.K.: Smart tariffs can cut electric vehicle charging costs by one-fifth IEEFA U.K.: Smart tariffs can cut electric vehicle charging costs by one-fifth
  • Europe plans massive expansion in offshore wind: 60GW by 2030, 300GW by 2050
  • Invenergy begins construction on 1.3GW solar project in Texas, largest in U.S.
  • Origin Energy planning 300MW solar, 30MW storage project in South Australia
  • Venture Global delays final investment decision on Plaquemines LNG export project
  • RWE unit starts work on its largest U.S solar-plus-storage project, in Georgia
  • IEEFA Australia: Snowy Hydro gas plant expansions likely to be fuelled with taxpayer funds IEEFA Australia: Snowy Hydro gas plant expansions likely to be fuelled with taxpayer funds
  • Thai company delays decision on $10 billion petrochemical complex in Ohio
  • Equinor sees peak oil coming by 2028
  • U.K.’s SSE plans significant expansion of renewable energy capacity by 2030
  • San Francisco bans natural gas use in new construction projects
  • Chinese developer begins construction of 2GW hybrid renewable project in Inner Mongolia
  • IEEFA U.S.: Colorado electric wholesaler is alienating cost-conscious co-ops with its fossil commitments IEEFA U.S.: Colorado electric wholesaler is alienating cost-conscious co-ops with its fossil commitments
  • IEEFA Australia: It was a gas while it lasted but the love affair is over IEEFA Australia: It was a gas while it lasted but the love affair is over
  • Renewable energy brightens outlook for RWE, EDF
  • British firms plan massive underwater power link to bring Scottish wind to English markets
  • Xcel to convert 1,018MW Harrington coal plant in Texas to gas by 2025
  • Long-duration storage firm Form Energy gets $70 million investment infusion
  • Danish investor CIP signs on to Western Australia green hydrogen project
  • AGL to build 250MW/1,000MWh battery in South Australia
  • Analysts see rising likelihood of ‘Chapter 22’ bankruptcies in U.S. oil and gas sector
  • Ovo, Sonnen to offer rooftop solar, storage package for residential customers in Spain
  • EDF, steelmaker Nucor sign deal for 250MW solar project in Texas
  • South Africa’s 140MW Kangnas wind farm begins commercial operation
  • Financial alliance warns big investors to stay away from thermal coal
  • Coal gasification plant may do more harm than good for Indonesian economy
  • Coal replaced wood, but question now is what will replace coal?
  • PTT Global delays final decision on Ohio plant—again
  • Samsung’s insurance units to stop investing in coal-fired power projects
  • EIA: U.S. on track to add record-setting 23GW of wind capacity in 2020
  • South African solar-plus-storage facility sets mark for continuous power
  • BP, Orsted team up on German green hydrogen project
  • Petra Nova failure yielded valuable insights about carbon capture technology
  • Peabody could be facing second bankruptcy in less than four years
  • First solar-plus-storage project planned in Senegal
  • IEEFA update: Peabody Energy flirts with bankruptcy—again IEEFA update: Peabody Energy flirts with bankruptcy—again
  • Declining coal economy prepares Peabody for another bankruptcy
  • Utilities mull nuclear possibilities for electricity market turmoil
  • Exodus from coal continues across planet
  • Green H2 catching attention of oil supermajors
  • Adani needs to lead India’s energy strategy by example
  • IEEFA: Solar is the new ruler of the Indian electricity market IEEFA: Solar is the new ruler of the Indian electricity market
  • Mining giant Fortescue plans massive global renewable energy buildout
  • Talen to stop burning coal at three plants with 3.6GW of capacity in Pennsylvania and Maryland by 2025
  • Marubeni withdrawal may kill planned 630MW coal-fired project in South Africa
  • German utility to test feasibility of transporting pure hydrogen in existing gas pipelines
  • Offshore wind potential in Louisiana, California attracting developer interest
  • Rebound in coal, CO2 emissions likely to welcome new White House
  • Documents show Adani never scrapped plans for huge Queensland mine
  • IEEFA: High fossil fuel costs and unnecessary power developments like Lamu will lead to expensive electricity bills for Kenyans IEEFA: High fossil fuel costs and unnecessary power developments like Lamu will lead to expensive electricity bills for Kenyans
  • IEEFA U.S.: Bankruptcy of Oakland project marks a bellwether moment for U.S. coal export ambitions IEEFA U.S.: Bankruptcy of Oakland project marks a bellwether moment for U.S. coal export ambitions
  • IEEFA: As owner of India’s most valuable energy company, the Adani Group should lead the country’s energy strategy IEEFA: As owner of India’s most valuable energy company, the Adani Group should lead the country’s energy strategy
  • ExxonMobil’s refusal to invest in renewables has significant financial perils
  • IEEFA Indonesia: DME coal gasification project could lose US$377 million annually IEEFA Indonesia: DME coal gasification project could lose US$377 million annually
  • Siemens to stop selling turbines for new coal-fired power plant projects
  • Arizona utility proposes $144 million transition fund for communities hit by coal power plant closures
  • Toshiba says it will not take new orders for coal-fired power plants
  • IEA: Global renewable energy capacity will climb by 200GW in 2020, more in 2021
  • Peabody warns of possible second bankruptcy in five years as coal industry declines
  • Australia has limited time to lower costs of green projects
  • Australia’s New South Wales unveils major renewable energy transition plan
  • Irish, Chinese firms partnering to develop 1GW Scottish offshore wind farm
  • U.S. developer Sunrun expects residential solar-plus-storage to be the new standard
  • Japanese firms see rising risk of stranded investment as tide turns against coal worldwide
  • Massachusetts regulators okay contracts for 804MW Mayflower offshore wind project
  • Effect of low New Mexico oil prices could last years
  • Despite challenges for Vietnamese coal, outlook for fossil fuels good through 2021
  • East Asian net zero pledges likely to reshape regional energy mix
  • Platte River Power accused of watering down carbon reduction plan
  • IEEFA South Africa: Coal market conditions have ‘deteriorated materially’
  • Draft EU energy plan calls for 60GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030
  • American Electric Power to take 1,633MW of coal capacity in Texas offline by 2028
  • South Australia government backs $250 million green hydrogen project
  • Scottish Power shows black start capability of wind power in world-first demonstration
  • Eos Energy, Hecate sign deal for 1,000MWh of battery storage across Southwest U.S.
  • New Mexico can’t continue to rely so much on oil and gas revenue
  • IEEFA update: New solar energy plan for Bangladesh provides solutions to overcapacity, energy security and rising costs
  • Iberdrola launches five year, €75 billion investment plan targeting renewables, grid improvements
  • Trade group expects a record 78GW of new wind capacity worldwide in 2021
  • French developer Neoen to build 300MW/450MWh battery storage unit in Australia
  • Wisconsin utility to close four unit, 1,135MW Oak Creek coal-fired station by 2024
  • TransAlta to convert its Canadian coal-fired plants to gas by yearend 2021
  • Tesla, Neoen partner for one of world’s largest lithium-ion battery
  • ExxonMobil plans 14,000 job cuts amid strong ‘fundamentals’
  • Philippine ban on new coal projects expected to add $30B to renewable projects
  • IEEFA U.S.: Idaho Power IRP should be required reading for Wyoming regulators, politicians
  • France’s Engie pulls out of $7 billion deal to import U.S. LNG
  • Developer Equitrans raises cost of contested Mountain Valley Pipeline to $5.8 billion
  • Enel begins commercial operation at 140MW wind farm in South Africa
  • Abu Dhabi Fund for Development backing 500MW solar development effort in Sudan
  • Poland planning to build solar, wind capacity at Bełchatów, Europe’s largest coal plant
  • Shell plans shift in business at largest oil refinery on planet
  • Utilities mull nuclear possibilities for electricity market turmoil
  • Trump coal promises did little to help coal
  • PLN plans to issue energy transition bonds next year
  • Four major Vietnamese coal projects may be delayed as result of new law
  • Adani dominates India first commercial coal mine auctions
  • IEEFA: Philippines coal moratorium highlights dramatic pivot to renewable energy investment for lower prices and power system resilience
  • IEEFA update: Australia’s gas-led recovery is flogging a dead horse
  • IEEFA report: Foreign investors face tough times closing Vietnam’s remaining coal power deals IEEFA report: Foreign investors face tough times closing Vietnam’s remaining coal power deals
  • Norway’s Statkraft buys Solarcentury and company’s 6GW project portfolio
  • FirstEnergy filing says Ohio bribery probe could pose risks to utility’s financial status
  • Insurance company seeking collateral from Peabody to cover the coal miner’s cleanup bonds
  • Dominion Energy moving forward with 498MW of new solar projects in Virginia
  • Australia’s main grid tops 30 percent renewable electricity for second month in a row
  • PNM plans early sale of Four Corners share to NTEC
  • Halliburton may be dragged down with rest of oil and gas industry
  • ExxonMobil deal short-changing Guyana taxpayers
  • Draft EU rules would prevent gas-fired power plants from being labeled as ‘sustainable’
  • Black & Veatch to exit coal plant engineering and construction business
  • PowerChina, WindFarm move forward with 800MW, $1 billion wind project in Ukraine
  • Spain’s Repsol says it is spending more on green energy than oil and gas exploration
  • Colorado’s Platte River utility to close Rawhide coal plant 16 years early, cut CO2 90% by 2030
  • Philippine coal moratorium spurs calls for local geothermal development
  • Japan’s carbon-neutral pledge likely to hit Australian coal markets hard
  • IEEFA update: ExxonMobil’s dismal third quarter IEEFA update: ExxonMobil’s dismal third quarter
  • Satellites identifying climate-threatening methane leaks into atmosphere
  • Renewable market capitalizations overtaking old energy giants
  • Banks heading in the right direction but not leading the parade
  • Japanese climate change plans promise much, except details
  • Large-scale Kosovar wind and solar could help Balkan nation break with coal
  • IEEFA: Why 2020 is turning out be a pivotal year for fossil fuel exits
  • IEEFA: Renewables’ strong performance and falling costs can help Kosovo break from a coal-powered past IEEFA: Renewables’ strong performance and falling costs can help Kosovo break from a coal-powered past
  • Performanca e fortë e burimeve të ripërtëritshme dhe rënia e kostove mund të ndihmojnë Kosovën të shkëputet nga e kaluara e furnizuar me qymyr Performanca e fortë e burimeve të ripërtëritshme dhe rënia e kostove mund të ndihmojnë Kosovën të shkëputet nga e kaluara e furnizuar me qymyr
  • Arizona regulators adopt 2050 100% carbon-free rule for state’s electric utilities
  • Scottish government raises 2030 offshore wind capacity target to 11GW
  • Engie expands in Australia, buys development rights for 420MW wind farm
  • Alliant to close one coal-fired power plant in Iowa, convert a second to gas
  • European Energy A/S to build 300MW solar farm in Denmark, largest in northern Europe
  • IEEFA U.S.: How to negotiate responsible tax breaks on renewable energy deals
  • Australia’s ANZ bank to exit coal lending business by 2030
  • Iberdrola, Fertiberia partnering to install 800MW of green hydrogen capacity by 2027
  • Global offshore wind pipeline nearing 200GW—RenewableUK
  • Few standards exist for renewable energy tax breaks
  • Wood Mackenzie: Global solar installations to hit 115GW in 2020
  • Lloyd’s insurer Apollo to stop covering Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in September 2021
  • Surveys suggest Biden energy plans fail to scare key state voters
  • IEEFA update: ExxonMobil’s financials indicate slide under CEO Darren Woods’s leadership IEEFA update: ExxonMobil’s financials indicate slide under CEO Darren Woods’s leadership
  • IEEFA Australia: As our export partners pull out, Origin and Inpex keep kicking the gas can down the road IEEFA Australia: As our export partners pull out, Origin and Inpex keep kicking the gas can down the road
  • IEEFA: IEA playing ‘catch-up’ with falling renewables costs, halving solar estimates IEEFA: IEA playing ‘catch-up’ with falling renewables costs, halving solar estimates
  • Bloomberg report charts acceleration of global energy transition
  • Samsung pledges to quit coal construction, but not before building Vung Ang 2 plant
  • Queensland state government approves development of 500MW Wambo wind farm
  • Financial giants leaving coal, oil, LNG, other fossil fuel platforms
  • State-owned Philippines electricity company reports massive loss
  • Rhode Island moving forward with 600MW offshore wind solicitation
  • Political, investment landscape for coal shifting dramatically
  • Philippine moratorium could cut off 10GW of coal in pipeline
  • ExxonMobil deal raises concerns about future Guyana revenue sources
  • Israel to add 15GW of solar capacity by 2030
  • IEEFA report: Oil consortium deal with Guyana far from panacea for country’s ailing finances IEEFA report: Oil consortium deal with Guyana far from panacea for country’s ailing finances
  • IEEFA: Renewable energy must play a greater role in economic recovery from COVID-19 IEEFA: Renewable energy must play a greater role in economic recovery from COVID-19
  • Philippines government says no to new coal plant proposals
  • Public Service Co. of New Mexico could exit Farmington station in December
  • Torres Small contest could hinge on oil and gas support
  • Investors, activists continue efforts to stop South Korean funding for new Vietnam coal plant
  • NTPC executive reaffirms Indian company’s plan to transition from coal to renewables
  • Japan’s net zero pledge will require retiring 34GW of coal capacity by 2040
  • French developer Neoen begins construction of 41MW solar farm in Mozambique
  • Philippine government announces moratorium on new coal power plant construction
  • Financial exodus from fossil fuel projects continues to grow
  • B.C. LNG too expensive to be competitive in Chinese market
  • India wind-solar hybrid capacity expected to approach 12GW by 2023
  • Kepco coal project in Vietnam draws charges of hypocrisy
  • IEEFA Australia: Origin Energy is not facing the past nor the future IEEFA Australia: Origin Energy is not facing the past nor the future
  • Rystad Energy: North American oil and gas bankruptcy debt likely to top $100 billion this year
  • Tesla seeing ‘unprecedented demand’ for battery storage systems
  • French developer Neoen secures financing for largest solar power project in Australia
  • U.S. DOE report concludes carbon capture at Colstrip coal plant ‘not financially attractive’
  • AES Gener begins work on largest battery storage facility in Latin America
  • Solar power ‘becoming the new king of the world’s electricity markets’
  • New Mexico budget plummets in wake of oil price collapse
  • N.D. editorial: Carbon capture offers bridge for post-fossil fuel era
  • IEEFA: PLN still refusing to adapt, a move which will hurt investors, consumers, and the government purse IEEFA: PLN still refusing to adapt, a move which will hurt investors, consumers, and the government purse
  • Arch to sharply cut PRB coal production, continue shift to met coal
  • AEP CEO says company on ‘precipice’ of renewable energy transformation
  • Indiana utility Nipsco contracts for 1,035MW of solar and storage to replace coal-fired generation
  • Investors targeting backers of planned 1.2GW Vung Ang 2 coal power plant in Vietnam
  • Malaysian floating solar project brought online for levelized cost of $0.038/kilowatt-hour
  • Oil and gas-reliant New Mexico needs to consider future revenue sources
  • More investors head for exit from fossil fuel investments
  • IEEFA U.S.: As utility company exits Four Corners Power Plant, NTEC seeks to keep it open IEEFA U.S.: As utility company exits Four Corners Power Plant, NTEC seeks to keep it open
  • IEEFA: British Columbia’s LNG strategy ‘doubling down on a bad hand’
  • New Mexico’s oil and gas industry woes hit state budget hard
  • Experts: Renewable capacity, infrastructure to benefit from transition
  • Teenagers launch legal battle to block Adani’s Carmichael coal mine
  • Entergy announcement highlights potential demand for green hydrogen
  • Conference Board’s LNG report appeared two weeks after detailed analysis by energy expert
  • Indexing tariffs for future solar capacity could help steer India from coal
  • NextEra’s renewable energy, battery storage project pipeline tops 15GW
  • Offshore wind, battery storage expected to play key role in Japan’s decarbonization efforts
  • S&P: Water availability a growing threat for many U.S. coal-fired power plants
  • First-of-a-kind subsea transmission interconnection links Danish, German power grids
  • Foresight Group, Island Green Power to build 700MW of subsidy-free solar in U.K.
  • IEEFA: Indexed renewable energy tariffs could save India’s discoms up to Rs21,880 crore (US$3bn) over five years IEEFA: Indexed renewable energy tariffs could save India’s discoms up to Rs21,880 crore (US$3bn) over five years
  • Spain’s Iberdrola makes $4.3 billion cash bid for PNM Resources in New Mexico
  • IHS Markit projects strong growth in U.S. corporate renewable energy demand through 2030
  • New group planning 1.5GW of solar, 1GW of storage on Australian commercial, industrial rooftops
  • Equinor, Orsted submit bids for New York’s 2.5GW offshore wind solicitation
  • UAE considering green hydrogen options with record-low solar power prices
  • New Mexico placed too many eggs in oil and gas basket
  • IEEFA identifies 50 major financial institutions curbing money for oil and gas lending
  • Indian coal market continues downhill slide amid pandemic
  • Trump adds insult to ExxonMobil’s 2020 injuries
  • Carbon capture research vital to nation’s energy future
  • IEEFA update: ExxonMobil says the long-term fundamentals have not changed. Really? IEEFA update: ExxonMobil says the long-term fundamentals have not changed. Really?
  • IEEFA U.S.: Plummeting oil and gas prices leave New Mexico’s budget short by hundreds of millions of dollars IEEFA U.S.: Plummeting oil and gas prices leave New Mexico’s budget short by hundreds of millions of dollars
  • IEEFA Update: Financial retreat from oil and gas tracked
  • Annual Lazard analysis charts ‘striking’ reductions in solar, wind costs
  • Rystad: Asian renewable energy capacity to hit 754GW by 2025, up 50% in five years
  • Spain’s Repsol researching direct conversion of water into renewable hydrogen with solar energy
  • Reliance chairman says India on path to renewable energy transition in next few decades
  • Kepco reported to be backing away from 630MW coal project in South Africa
  • New Mexico child advocates call for more stable budget source than oil and gas
  • Solar power now considerably cheaper than coal, gas in Poland
  • Australian COVID recovery plan ignores market preferences
  • Japanese, Chinese investors pulling out of Bangladesh coal projects
  • Investors beginning to treat Big Oil like Little Coal
  • Financial institutions pulling out of oil and gas projects
  • IEEFA: From zero to fifty, global financial corporations get cracking on major oil/gas lending exits IEEFA: From zero to fifty, global financial corporations get cracking on major oil/gas lending exits
  • IEEFA: What Australia can learn from Texas’ embrace of clean energy IEEFA: What Australia can learn from Texas’ embrace of clean energy
  • IEEFA: Canadian assessment of LNG ‘rising tide’ would drown balance sheets in red ink IEEFA: Canadian assessment of LNG ‘rising tide’ would drown balance sheets in red ink
  • IEEFA update: Dalrymple’s potential stock market debut IEEFA update: Dalrymple’s potential stock market debut
  • Moody’s: Much of proposed U.S. LNG export capacity likely to be delayed for years
  • Poland’s PGE utility plans almost $10 billion in renewable energy investments by 2030
  • EDF Renewables buys 4.5GW pipeline of solar projects located in the U.S.’ PJM market
  • Western Australia government approves proposed 15GW solar and wind project
  • TransAlta begins commercial operation of Alberta’s first battery storage project
  • IEEFA, Conference Board issue dueling reports on future of Canadian LNG
  • Hydrogen fuel industry gaining steam
  • ExxonMobil oil mania like 17th century “Tulipmania”
  • IEA predicts Australian thermal coal demand peaked
  • Minnkota defends Project Tundra but refuses to commit to future
  • Pandemic obscures financial problems of Appalachian plastics project
  • Utility officials see path to 80% carbon emissions reduction, worry about last 20%
  • Norway’s Scatec Solar buys SN Power, expands presence in renewable energy sector
  • Fitch: 10GW of new floating solar possible by 2025
  • Portland General closes 585MW Boardman coal plant in Oregon
  • Vietnam’s Trungnam Group builds 450MW solar farm, country’s largest, in just 102 days
  • Not many bright spots on horizon for oil and gas markets
  • Lack of transparency could cost Puerto Rico $10B in FEMA funds for grid work
  • San Juan replacement calls for 650MW solar, 300MW storage
  • New Mexico solar power now considerably cheaper than coal, gas
  • Solar power now considerably cheaper than coal, gas
  • IEEFA: ExxonMobil financial performance slides from industry leader to laggard IEEFA: ExxonMobil financial performance slides from industry leader to laggard
  • European Union may enact binding limits on methane emissions from gas industry
  • NYPA, environmental justice groups to consider clean options for replacing New York City gas peakers
  • Australian state of Queensland could transition to 100% green electricity in 15 years—report
  • Florida muni OUC to close Stanton coal plant by 2027
  • MHI Vestas planning super-sized offshore wind turbine
  • IEEFA: NTPC is the flag-bearer for India’s electricity sector transition IEEFA: NTPC is the flag-bearer for India’s electricity sector transition
  • Investors managing $5 trillion commit to major carbon reductions across portfolios
  • Milestone set in South Australia as solar supplies 100% of demand for first time
  • Vietnam looks to double renewable energy generation by 2030
  • Mitsubishi unit sees potential in offshore wind projects in U.S. Great Lakes region
  • Enel Green Power breaks ground on 284MW Azure Sky solar-plus-storage project in Texas
  • IEEFA: India’s new green term-ahead market will boost trading of renewables
  • IEA’s Birol: Solar soon to be the ‘new king of the world’s electricity markets’
  • Japanese trading firm Mitsui to sell remaining coal-fired power plant assets by 2030
  • Australia’s corporate renewable energy demand already at record 3,500MW in 2020
  • Japan’s largest power generator to close all ‘inefficient’ coal plants by 2030
  • Norway’s Statkraft set to begin construction on South America’s largest wind farm
  • New Mexico eyes 100% emissions-free electricity by 2040
  • Indian wind-solar hybrid capacity expected to grow to 11.7GW by 2023
  • Increasing number of Puerto Rico candidates call for scrutiny of LUMA deal
  • Power lost by San Juan closure will be replaced entirely by renewables
  • Australian manufacturing poised to be big beneficiary of renewables
  • IEEFA: New Mexico’s biggest utility moves forcefully toward solar IEEFA: New Mexico’s biggest utility moves forcefully toward solar
  • IEEFA: LUMA Energy deal paves way for Puerto Rico regulators to repeat past mistakes IEEFA: LUMA Energy deal paves way for Puerto Rico regulators to repeat past mistakes
  • IEEFA: Acuerdo de LUMA Energy allana camino para que los reguladores de Puerto Rico repitan errores pasados
  • Saudi Arabia considers delaying OPEC oil production boost
  • China intends to cut all greenhouse gas emissions by 2060
  • Stop-work order lifted on Mountain Valley pipeline project
  • Libya resumes oil production after hiatus
  • Duke Energy announces methane emissions reductions and green energy targets
  • Despite Trump push, carbon capture financials aren’t adding up
  • IEEFA Webinar: ICYMI Project Tundra carbon capture report IEEFA Webinar: ICYMI Project Tundra carbon capture report
  • Global green hydrogen project pipeline tops 60GW—Rystad Energy
  • Iberdrola begins construction of Australia’s largest hybrid wind-plus-solar project
  • California utility SDG&E to build two long-duration green hydrogen storage projects
  • Thai plastics giant Indorama Ventures looks to quadruple renewable energy use in next 10 years
  • Norway’s Scatec Solar completes fourth solar PV project in Malaysia
  • Pandemic highlights ability of state-owned companies to endure low prices
  • Indian wind-solar hybrid capacity could jump almost 80 times in three years
  • World’s largest steel company plans net-zero by 2050
  • IEEFA: Wind-solar hybrid systems can power India’s next wave of renewables growth IEEFA: Wind-solar hybrid systems can power India’s next wave of renewables growth
  • BlackRock backs resolution that would have forced early closure of AGL coal plants in Australia
  • SEIA: U.S. corporate demand for solar power now tops 8,350MW, and more growth is coming
  • Floating wind industry insiders say its time to move past pilots, build for scale
  • Indian state of Kerala moving forward with 125MW floating solar project
  • Renewable energy supplied 43% of Spain’s electricity demand through first nine months of 2020
  • New PJM gas plants face growing suite of obstacles to solvency
  • Untapped solar potential in Indonesia faces obstacles to growth
  • EIA expects slight rebound for coal next year as economies recover
  • ExxonMobil plans huge GHG emissions increase over next five years
  • Role of gas as a bridge fuel in U.S. ‘just got shorter and narrower’—S&P
  • India’s power minister says retiring coal plants will be replaced by renewable energy
  • French oil major Total expands presence in floating offshore wind market
  • NextEra tops ExxonMobil market capitalization as clean energy transition continues
  • Cambridge University vows complete fossil fuel divestment by 2030
  • IEEFA: Now is the time for early fossil fuel displacement in South and Southeast Asia
  • IEEFA U.S.: Renewables get an early start on beating coal generation IEEFA U.S.: Renewables get an early start on beating coal generation
  • NSW Independent Planning Commission gives green light to Narrabri
  • Renewable energy provided more than half of Germany’s electricity in first nine months of 2020
  • India considering plan that could force closure of 10GW of coal-fired generation
  • Macquarie, Siemens form energy-as-a-service unit targeting U.S. corporate renewable market
  • France’s Akuo Energy planning nearly 1 billion euro investment in Greek renewable energy sector
  • BloombergNEF: U.S. residential solar installations to hit record 3GW in 2020, 3.6GW in 2021
  • GE announcements highlight failing fortunes of coal
  • AMP contracts signed in 2007 now costing dozens of cities
  • China-Pakistan corridor yet to boost industrialization in Pakistan
  • Illinois coal projects ‘run into unforgiving economics’
  • IEEFA U.S.: Investors in gas-fired projects in largest regional power system face substantial risks IEEFA U.S.: Investors in gas-fired projects in largest regional power system face substantial risks
  • IEEFA Webinar: Project Tundra carbon capture plan carries large risks for Minnkota co-ops
  • RBC limits future lending for coal plant development, Arctic oil projects
  • Orsted, Yara International link up in green ammonia development effort
  • U.S. researchers see vast potential for floating solar generation at existing hydroelectric dams
  • Spain’s Elecnor tapped to build Australia’s largest solar-plus-storage project
  • Xcel Energy begins commercial operation at 500MW Cheyenne Ridge wind farm in Colorado
  • Moody’s: Long-term credit risks are rising for natural gas infrastructure projects
  • Equinor begins construction of world’s largest floating offshore wind project in Norway
  • Germany’s RWE to study using existing underground gas storage sites for long-duration battery applications
  • China connects massive 2.2GW solar farm to the grid
  • Orsted continues onshore expansion in U.S with 367MW Western Trail wind project in Texas
  • IEEFA: Sri Lanka must learn lessons from around Asia to avoid further electricity crises
  • Oil giant Total ups renewable energy installation goal to 35GW by 2025
  • Wood Mackenzie sees total global energy storage climbing to 741GWh by 2030
  • Dominion, Orsted begin producing power from 12MW offshore wind pilot in Virginia
  • Renewables topped 30% share in Australia’s main electricity grid in September, coal fell to new low
  • World’s highest altitude solar-plus-storage project completed in Tibet
  • Vistra to retire 6,800MW of coal generation capacity in Illinois and Ohio by 2027
  • U.K. offshore wind capacity pipeline tops 50GW
  • Private sector shows little interest in India coal mine auction
  • Judge rejects Peabody, Arch plan for coal mining joint venture in Powder River Basin
  • Norway’s Statkraft to build 519MW wind farm in Brazil
  • IEEFA op-ed: It’s time for New Jersey to divest from fossil fuels
  • IEEFA Australia: Gas and electricity prices will rise if Narrabri gas fields approved IEEFA Australia: Gas and electricity prices will rise if Narrabri gas fields approved
  • IEEFA India: Interpreting solar tariff trends
  • S&P: Almost 39GW of new solar generation likely to be online in U.S. by end of 2024
  • RWE expansions at existing U.K. offshore wind projects could add 3.1GW of capacity
  • Ameren backs 2050 net zero carbon goal, but plans long coal phaseout
  • First power from 1.3GW Karapinar solar farm begins flowing into Turkish electric grid
  • Ethiopia approves financing for 100MW Assela wind farm
  • IEEFA: Ohio cancels permits for controversial Mountaineer storage facility
  • IEEFA op-ed: Major solar proposal can diversify economy and reduce power cost for Botswana
  • Korea’s KB Financial Group to stop coal plant financing
  • EIA: Coal’s share of U.S. electricity generation through July 2020 down to 17.9%
  • Leading oil trader Trafigura enters renewable energy sector
  • Siemens plans to have Bavarian green hydrogen project online by the end of 2021
  • Argentina’s 300MW Cauchari solar farm begins commercial operation
  • End of coal ‘opportunity for an entrepreneurial movement to rebuild’
  • CCS seen as ‘potential fix for fundamental unsustainability’ of fossil fuel industry
  • India’s NTPC takes a step away from coal, plans 32GW clean energy portfolio by 2032
  • Analysts see looming problems for gas-fired power plant financing
  • French oil major Total signs 3.3GW solar deal to power its European operations
  • Dutch asset manager Robeco to divest thermal coal, oil sands holdings by year’s end
  • S&P: Natural gas demand likely to fall 2.5 percent in North America over next 10 years
  • Siemens plans to build large green H2 plant in southern Germany
  • IEEFA: India should deepen its short-term power market to enhance price transparency and competitiveness IEEFA: India should deepen its short-term power market to enhance price transparency and competitiveness
  • IEEFA: Measuring and managing energy transition risk in the Philippines
  • International Finance Corporation tightens rules on coal plant financing
  • Entergy, Mitsubishi team up to boost hydrogen, battery storage in U.S. utility’s service territory
  • Developers say Polish solar market is set to expand quickly in coming decade
  • Battery storage costs expected to hit key cost reduction target by 2023—IHS Markit
  • Fed survey finds most oil and gas executives think U.S. oil production has peaked
  • Big Oil spent decades falsely claiming plastics easily recyclable
  • EVN payment for IPPs likely to rise above 60% in next three years
  • Green H2 picking up pace recently
  • China pledges to become carbon neutral by 2060
  • World Bank study sees potential for 10GW of offshore wind in Vietnam by 2030
  • Moody’s: State renewable standards in U.S. a driving force behind renewable energy transition
  • Swancor Renewable Energy to build 4.4GW of offshore wind capacity in Taiwan
  • Solar takes largest share as Maine regulators okay 546MW of new renewable energy projects
  • Private sector not ‘rushing’ to invest in Australian gas projects
  • Portugal, Netherlands sign agreement to develop green H2 supply chains
  • Rushed land deals, quick delivery send most Myanmar solar tenders to Chinese companies
  • Vietnamese plan offers opportunity to avoid fossil fuel trap
  • COVID-19 headwinds fail to suppress renewables appetite in India
  • IEEFA podcast Australia: Why Gas?
  • IEEFA U.S.: Ratepayers face risks with Project Tundra’s retrofit of aging N.D. coal-fired plant IEEFA U.S.: Ratepayers face risks with Project Tundra’s retrofit of aging N.D. coal-fired plant
  • IEEFA: These 7 auctions show India’s renewables sector is still primed for growth IEEFA: These 7 auctions show India’s renewables sector is still primed for growth
  • IEEFA report: Vietnam’s new power development plan must optimize renewables and avoid fossil fuel lock-in
  • IEEFA Vietnam: Áp lực tài chính với EVN gia tăng
  • GE to exit coal-fired power plant construction business
  • Upgraded 13MW GE Haliade-X turbine to be used at Dogger Bank offshore wind project
  • Iberdrola forms new business unit to focus on green hydrogen development
  • U.K., Dutch transmission operators looking to link countries’ electric systems via offshore wind farms
  • Engie begins construction of two solar projects in Burkina Faso
  • GE cuts coal-fired plants from portfolio, pledges focus on renewables
  • CEED: PHL coal focus causing electricity price spikes
  • Upstream industry focuses on cutting losses instead of growth
  • New India rules raise concern for country’s solar rooftop sector
  • Businesses hope to hold insurance industry accountable for climate change
  • Ohio River Valley petchem boom turns into petchem pause
  • IEEFA U.S.: Long-term contracts with American Municipal Power (AMP) saddle local communities with high prices
  • Shell launches restructuring effort to prepare for energy transition
  • Western Australian government seeks developers for 1.5GW renewable hydrogen project
  • Holes Bay energy storage project participates in U.K. grid balancing market for first time
  • Walmart sets 2040 net zero carbon emissions goal
  • Greece sets new records for renewable energy electricity generation
  • CIMB Group Holdings, indicates coal divestiture policy in the works
  • Wyoming needs to stop its tether to ‘beloved but clearly doomed King Coal’
  • BP, ExxonMobil, upstream, shale, drilling, market data show oil demand collapse
  • Struggling Alaska economy not likely to be lifted by rising oil prices
  • Rajasthan has ‘bright future as renewable energy leader in India’
  • China considering plans to speed clean energy transition
  • Latest quarterly results confirm financial failure of fracking industry
  • European transmission grid operator floats proposal for 12GW offshore wind hub
  • Australia plans $1.9B for renewables while continuing gas focus
  • France boosts renewable energy spending to a record €6 billion in 2021 budget
  • Hawaiian Electric seeks approval for 300MW of new solar, 2,000MWh of storage
  • Colorado utility selects solar plus storage project to replace Drake coal-fired power plant
  • IEEFA update: Dwindling odds of success for retrofit of New Mexico coal plant with carbon capture IEEFA update: Dwindling odds of success for retrofit of New Mexico coal plant with carbon capture
  • IEEFA India: Renewables-rich Rajasthan has potential to lead India’s energy transition IEEFA India: Renewables-rich Rajasthan has potential to lead India’s energy transition
  • Macquarie, Iberdrola form joint venture to develop 3.3GW of offshore wind in Japan
  • Australian regulator says country on track to hit 30% renewable energy in electric grid by year’s end
  • Coal-dependent Polish utility PGE commits to 100% zero emissions by 2050
  • Oil companies see climate change benefits, potential profits in hydrogen transition
  • Czech utility EPH to close 600MW coal plant in France two years early
  • Australian government “has backed a loser” in COVID gas plan
  • Biden LNG policy threatens to undercut Biden climate policy
  • Fight over TikTok may spill over into not-so-social LNG networks
  • IEEFA op-ed: When investors won’t back gas, why should taxpayers?
  • IEEFA op-ed: Last hopes for demand growth set to disappoint thermal coal exporters
  • BP aims for 20GW of renewable energy projects by 2025
  • South Africa moves forward with plan to build 6,800MW of new renewable energy capacity
  • Broad Reach Power begins construction on 200MW of battery storage in Texas
  • Reports paint gloomy financial picture of U.S. oil and gas sector
  • Frontier Energy launches three year, $10.8 million green hydrogen pilot project in Texas
  • Indian proposal threatens to discourage solar rooftop power
  • Nine of 10 Indonesian coal companies losing money
  • Australia, Germany agree to study requirements for Green H2
  • Indonesian government ought not bail out coal mining industry
  • IEEFA U.S.: Weakness of fracking accentuated by plunging cash flows during pandemic quarter IEEFA U.S.: Weakness of fracking accentuated by plunging cash flows during pandemic quarter
  • Europe’s electric grid can be 80% fossil free by 2030, industry trade group says
  • NextEra planning massive 500MW solar, 500MW storage project in Kansas
  • India’s Greenko Energy planning $1 billion investment into battery storage sector
  • China’s national oil company brings first offshore wind project into operation
  • Australia’s largest solar farm begins sending power to the grid
  • Morrison announces policies for “gas-led” pandemic recovery
  • Australian coal hubs offer potential to lead world in low-carbon industrialisation
  • Australia aluminum sector has potential to move to low-cost, zero-emission electricity
  • IEEFA Australia: Investing in renewable energy will repower aluminium and heavy industry sectors IEEFA Australia: Investing in renewable energy will repower aluminium and heavy industry sectors
  • IEEFA Indonesia: No bailout – only one listed coal company is profitable, the rest are in the red
  • BP energy outlook sees global fossil fuel demand falling for first time this year
  • 8minute Solar Energy signs contract for another major solar+storage project in California
  • Leading investor group pushes major emitters to back net zero emissions goal
  • Renewables top 25 percent of electricity supply on Australia’s main grid
  • New Jersey opens bidding for up to 2,400MW of additional offshore wind capacity
  • Investigation: Plastics industry knew recycling was dead end
  • Vietnam makes improvements to climate plan but expects increasing emissions over decade
  • Europe creates green stimulus projects as U.S. government fiddles
  • CIMB Group Holdings, indicates coal divestiture policy in the works
  • Retiring old coal plants could help India clean air, save money
  • Less than 1% of BLM land qualifies for solar development
  • ASEAN anticipates 250% increase in renewable share of power generation
  • Pakistan electricity plan will lock country into long-term financial burden
  • IEEFA U.S.: Long-term contracts with AMP are ‘financial disaster’ for Cleveland Public Power customers IEEFA U.S.: Long-term contracts with AMP are ‘financial disaster’ for Cleveland Public Power customers
  • Coal companies slashed asset values by almost $2 billion in Q2
  • Australia, Germany agree to study requirements for Green H2
  • States need to take responsibility for struggling power distribution companies
  • UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank, to cut all ties to coal industry by 2028
  • Tata Power CEO: Older coal plants in India should be closed, replaced with renewables
  • Greece plans $5.9 billion investment to fund transition away from coal power by 2028
  • Doosan Heavy, Korea National Oil to build 200MW floating offshore wind farm in South Korea
  • Vietnamese solar production soars, now almost 4% of country’s electricity supply
  • IEEFA: U.S. land agency is behind the times on utility-scale solar buildout rules
  • IEEFA U.S.: Georgia solar+hydro electricity output tops in-state coal generation during first half of 2020 IEEFA U.S.: Georgia solar+hydro electricity output tops in-state coal generation during first half of 2020
  • Shareholders make money even as companies suffer massive losses
  • Bottom line pushes energy companies to try curbing methane leaks
  • Natural gas pitched as cleaner, more flexible than coal
  • IEEFA U.S.: Capex cuts fail to stem gusher of red ink for Appalachian frackers IEEFA U.S.: Capex cuts fail to stem gusher of red ink for Appalachian frackers
  • BP buys into U.S. offshore wind market, inks $1.1 billion deal with Equinor
  • Wood Mackenzie sees $1 trillion renewable energy investment opportunity in Asia to 2030
  • Report finds Queensland’s newest coal plants are among least reliable in Australia
  • Europe’s installed floating offshore wind capacity could hit 7GW by 2030, trade group says
  • India’s NTPC planning to add 5GW of solar capacity in next two years
  • IEEFA India: How state governments can manage mounting power distribution sector debts IEEFA India: How state governments can manage mounting power distribution sector debts
  • Shunned by contractors, Adani starts its own railroad
  • N.D. carbon capture project is misguided, long shot to succeed
  • IEEFA: Southeast Asian banks need to reduce coal risks
  • South Korean president vows to close half of nation’s coal plants by 2034
  • Egypt in talks to export excess renewable energy to Europe, African neighbors
  • Neoen moving forward with largest wind, solar, storage hybrid project in Australia
  • India’s Andhra Pradesh state government readies 10GW tender for new solar capacity
  • Equinor teams up with JERA, J-Power to develop offshore wind projects in Japan
  • Portugal no longer drilling for oil and gas but still importing fuels
  • World’s largest metro could run off 100% clean energy by 2050
  • Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. exits U.S. shale gas industry
  • Vattenfall wants to close 1.6GW Moorburg coal plant in Germany
  • Leading investment firms push Texas regulators to crack down on natural gas flaring
  • Wind and solar generation in Australia’s main electricity market tops coal for first time
  • Poland planning to speed coal plant closures, replace capacity with nuclear and renewables
  • Pakistan risks massive glut of coal and gas power capacity
  • Australian economists remind federal government of financial perils of NT pipeline project
  • Bushfire season is reminder of externalities of fossil fuel burning
  • IEEFA: American vulture funds prepare to feast on Australia’s Bluewaters Coal Power Station
  • IEEFA: Grid scale battery costs have reached a tipping point IEEFA: Grid scale battery costs have reached a tipping point
  • Mitsubishi wins orders for hydrogen-compatible turbines at three planned U.S. gas-fired projects
  • Oil exploration company Pilot Energy proposes 1,100MW offshore wind farm in Western Australia
  • Financing complete for 900MW fifth phase of massive Dubai solar park
  • Wood Mackenzie: Annual U.S. battery storage installations will top 1GW in 2020
  • Apple to buy power from Danish wind turbine test site to power nearby data center
  • Fossil fuel companies pouring resources into plastics industry
  • Energy trends turning industry into Small Oil
  • IEEFA: Pakistan’s new 27-year power plan risks locking in long-term overcapacity, leaving imported coal and LNG plants stranded IEEFA: Pakistan’s new 27-year power plan risks locking in long-term overcapacity, leaving imported coal and LNG plants stranded
  • IEEFA report: In a deepening debt hole of $34 billion, Indonesia’s PLN must stop digging IEEFA report: In a deepening debt hole of $34 billion, Indonesia’s PLN must stop digging
  • Germany looks to add 40GW of new solar, wind capacity by 2025
  • Offshore wind giant Ørsted takes aim at U.S. solar, storage markets
  • Eos Energy Storage announces orders for 1.5GWh of battery projects in Texas, California
  • Australia on track to install 6.3GW of new renewable energy capacity in 2020
  • Enel completes work on 497MW Roadrunner solar project, largest in Texas
  • Even as renewables rise, India battles coal import addiction
  • Trump coal boasts could come back to haunt re-election bid
  • Pakistan power plan likely to prove boon only to stranded assets
  • Physics of climate change ‘just keeps going, hour after hour, day after day’
  • Global installed solar capacity tops wind for first time in latest BNEF data
  • Schlumberger exits shale sector, sells U.S. fracking assets to Liberty Oilfield Services
  • Despite declining subsidies, analysts expect Asia-Pacific renewable investment to continue climbing
  • Rising renewable generation in Australia undercutting economics of coal-fired power plants
  • Michigan utility DTE Energy to add 420MW of solar in next two years
  • Australian gas subsidies: So many giving so much to so few for so little
  • LNG industry outlook ‘is actually not that bad … demand can catch up’
  • Indonesia poised to overtake U.S. as biggest geothermal market
  • Total, Macquarie team up to build 2.3GW of offshore wind projects in South Korea
  • NextEra Energy to add 700MW of battery storage at existing California solar projects by end of 2022
  • Price for Indonesia’s benchmark coal falls to record low as global oversupply worsens
  • Rising rooftop solar output pushes demand on Western Australia’s grid to all-time low
  • Siemens wins turbine contract for 325MW wind farm in Texas
  • South Korean wind projects planned by Macquarie-Total partnership
  • Santos “expert” report on CSG project fails to reflect falling demand
  • Australian Actuaries Institute finds coal power costs $2.4 billion annually
  • Indian solar becoming cheaper but not yet comparable with Gulf region
  • African oil and gas may still be valuable enough to fund renewable boom
  • ExxonMobil dropped from Dow Jones Industrial Average
  • Investors pressure Samsung over potential investment in Vietnam coal-fired power project
  • CEA: 21GW of renewable generation capacity currently under construction across India
  • Fitch sees significant growth potential for green hydrogen in Asia-Pacific region
  • Australian pension fund Cbus targets carbon-heavy coal and gas investments
  • Green steel pilot project begins operating in Sweden
  • Post-subsidy era in Asia still holds promise for renewables
  • ‘Beginning of end’ for fossil fuel companies
  • Big Oil falling into same trap as Big Coal
  • IEEFA: Why India can’t match the Gulf region’s record-low solar tariffs
  • Renewable energy tops coal, nuclear for second spot in U.S. electricity market in Q2 2020
  • IEA: China, U.S. account for 50% of global wind capacity, 46% of solar
  • Indian state of Maharashtra says no to new thermal power plants, pushes renewables
  • California regulators approve 1.2GW of new battery storage capacity
  • Construction under way at South Korea’s largest hybrid wind, solar, storage project
  • New York’s ConEd pulling back on gas investments, saying they’re not the long-term solution
  • Wood Mackenzie: 2020s will be the ‘decade of hydrogen’
  • Record-low solar price of $13.16/MWh set in latest Portuguese capacity auction
  • Indian Railways to use its surplus land to install 20GW of new renewable energy capacity
  • South Korean brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities to stop all coal business
  • Hurricane Laura not likely to affect stormy future for oil and gas industry
  • Falling costs of green hydrogen production make H2 economy possible
  • Texas solar boom continues with pair of utility-scale projects
  • Trump wants Arctic drilling but oil companies not so sure
  • Australian opens up 42 offshore areas in effort to boost gas industry
  • IEEFA Australia: COVID-19 Advisory Board wants government to subsidise failing gas industry
  • IEEFA U.S.: Abrupt shift to renewables at Indiana utility underscores a broader trend IEEFA U.S.: Abrupt shift to renewables at Indiana utility underscores a broader trend
  • Solar obtaining foothold in West Virginia coal country
  • Oil companies lose revenue while paying out billions in dividends
  • LNG exporters expand capacity even as demand falls sharply
  • Dow Jones shakeup leaves ExxonMobil out in the cold
  • Wood Mackenzie predicts green hydrogen costs to fall 64% by 2040
  • IEEFA Australia: The state of NSW should not sponsor a loss-making, wealth destroying industry IEEFA Australia: The state of NSW should not sponsor a loss-making, wealth destroying industry
  • IEEFA op-ed: Glenrock’s CO2 capture facility hopes are based on wishful thinking
  • Bangladesh power ministry seeking authority to cancel 13,000MW of proposed coal-fired capacity
  • Puerto Rico regulators back renewable energy transition, reject utility’s gas-heavy proposal
  • China’s Shanxi Coal plans big investment in solar cell manufacturing sector
  • Southeast Asian nations set region-wide renewable energy goal of 23 percent by 2025
  • Italy’s Saipem to build 450MW offshore wind farm in northern Adriatic Sea
  • LNG export industry proving to be economic, climate disaster
  • Meralco considers carve-out clause for coal under power purchase agreements
  • ‘Inflexible’ nuclear power won’t be economical for Malaya
  • IEEFA brief: Second quarter results show that shareholder dividends pushed oil supermajors deep into red IEEFA brief: Second quarter results show that shareholder dividends pushed oil supermajors deep into red
  • U.S. energy storage industry sets 100GW installation goal by 2030
  • Pending South Korea legislation could force halt to country’s coal plant export deals
  • Japanese utility JERA plans offshore wind project coupled with battery storage
  • Work begins on 1,000MW solar project in Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Poland looking to award 2.2GW of new renewable energy projects in 2021
  • Norwegian investor divests from fossil fuel, petrochemical giants
  • Renewable hydrogen deployment at risk
  • Supply for green hydrogen won’t be nearly enough to meet demand
  • Hydrogen demand surges but transportation costs loom large
  • IEEFA: 50 new green hydrogen projects show Europe, Australia, Asia are lead players but US$75 billion in costs and government inaction could create delays
  • Norway’s Storebrand divests ExxonMobil, Chevron stock due to climate inaction
  • Namibia, Botswana joining forces in effort to develop 5,000MW of solar generation
  • Largest onshore wind farm in Japan begins commercial operation
  • First floating offshore wind project off Wales moves step closer to development
  • Construction begins on world’s largest floating solar project in Singapore
  • Oil refiners face ‘adapt or die’ scenario in wake of pandemic
  • Refiners face ‘adapt or die’ scenario in wake of pandemic
  • Australia’s Suncorp to stop financing, insuring oil and gas industry by 2025
  • Report sees India’s reliance on thermal power dropping to 50% in 2021, 43% in 2026
  • Capital Dynamics, Tenaska join forces to develop 2GW of battery storage in California
  • Renewable generation sets new records on consecutive days in Australia’s main grid
  • AC Energy to build two 75MW solar projects in Philippines
  • Excess power capacity continues to plague Bangladesh
  • Australian gas-fired recovery falling flat so far
  • Senate exploring commercial possibilities of carbon capture in Wyoming
  • Risks of focus on plastics grows for oil and gas business
  • IHS Markit: Global energy storage market could top 15GW by 2025
  • Neoen moving forward with massive solar+wind+storage hybrid project in South Australia
  • LS Power brings world’s largest battery storage project online in California
  • Chinese renewable energy developer CTG buys into booming Spanish solar market
  • Egypt teams up with Vestas for 250MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez
  • IEEFA U.S.: Utah bailout of bankrupt California coal-export project likely to fail IEEFA U.S.: Utah bailout of bankrupt California coal-export project likely to fail
  • Germany’s RWE raises $2.4 billion in new capital to fund renewable energy expansion efforts
  • Moody’s: Climate change poses rising risk to significant portion of U.S. nuclear fleet
  • India’s largest utility says additional coal imports unlikely this year due to lower demand, renewables
  • Largest solar farm in Western Australia reaches full commercial operation
  • GE, E-energija to build first subsidy-free wind farm in Lithuania
  • Petrochemicals may be another bad bet for the oil industry
  • U.S. utility executives hint at new round of coal plant retirements
  • Miner BHP confirms plans to exit thermal coal sector
  • Massive 1,200MW wind farm in Queensland, Australia moves a step closer to construction
  • Trader Danske Commodities signs PPA for 480MW of power from Dogger Bank wind farm
  • AES Gener plans 863MW wind-solar-storage project in Chile
  • Renewables likely to surpass coal for electricity generation in 2020
  • Australian giant announces plan to sell its thermal coal mines
  • Wyoming, MIT partner to consider alternatives for low-carbon future
  • Coal downturn goes beyond cyclical issues
  • Japan, Korea move ahead of China in phasing out fossil fuels
  • Philippines update: Meralco carve-out clause means power companies, investors, bear the risk of ignoring clean energy Philippines update: Meralco carve-out clause means power companies, investors, bear the risk of ignoring clean energy
  • Record 25.3GW of windpower capacity under construction across U.S.—AWEA
  • Experts see growing stranded asset threat for China’s continued coal plant financing
  • Breakthrough perovskite-based solar technology could hit the market by summer of 2021
  • Exports from Colombia’s Cerrejon coal mine down 26% in first half of 2020
  • Australia’s AGL Energy says battery storage can compete with gas peaker plants
  • RWE targeting renewables, hydrogen for future growth opportunities
  • South African water ruling could stall plans for future coal-fired power plants
  • UAE’s Masdar buys big stake in EDF Renewables’ U.S. renewable energy pipeline
  • Australia’s AGL Energy unveils plans for 500MW battery at Liddell coal plant
  • Total investment in ESG-oriented funds tops $1 trillion for first time—Morningstar
  • Botswana struggles to disentangle itself from coal dependence
  • CCS projects likely to become uneconomical because of market volatility
  • Activist shareholders move on from Whitehaven to Beach, Cooper
  • Petra Nova shutdown shows carbon capture business model is broken
  • Biden plan shows net-zero plan has gone mainstream
  • IEEFA U.S.: A bankruptcy exception that proves the solar success rule
  • IEEFA update: Another pipeline tripped up by failure to obtain a Clean Water Act approval
  • Wind and solar’s share of global electricity mix doubled in last five years—study
  • Australia’s AGL Energy planning to install 1,200MW of battery storage by 2024
  • EIA: Coal plants ‘uneconomical in most regions’
  • Latest deal pushes Vestas’ near-shore wind turbine pipeline in Vietnam above 1GW
  • Indiana utility looking for 1,300MW of renewables and battery storage to replace coal generation
  • Trump’s methane rule rollback sets up losses for Big Oil
  • Pandemic exposes weaknesses in troubled U.S. coal industry
  • Coronavirus pandemic exposes longstanding troubles of oil and gas business
  • Vistra considering 1,500MW/6,000MWh battery storage complex in California
  • Israel cuts plans for 4,860MW of new gas-fired power plants
  • U.K. industrial magnate pursues ‘green steel’ transition at South Australia’s Whyalla facility
  • North Carolina denies key water permit for planned southern extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline
  • Chad looking to build 200MW solar project near capital of N’djamena
  • Peabody $1.42 billion write-off shows coal mines have little value left
  • Japanese utilities see expansion opportunities in booming Texas electricity market
  • Facebook signs contracts for 806MW of new renewable energy in U.S., Ireland
  • Final testing under way at expanded Hornsdale big battery in Australia
  • Duke Energy takes $1.6 billion charge to account for cancelled Atlantic Coast gas pipeline project
  • BHP to pay $840 million to end Chilean coal power supply contracts early
  • Adani exporting power from coal-fired plant to Bangladesh instead of renewables
  • Petra Nova shutdown raises more questions about carbon capture future
  • Plunge in oil prices, COVID crisis set up oil and gas companies for future opportunities
  • Glencore plans massive production cut to curb global oversupply
  • Indian coal mining states express concern over Modi recovery policies
  • IEEFA U.S.: As oil and gas wane, Texas wind industry ascends IEEFA U.S.: As oil and gas wane, Texas wind industry ascends
  • IEEFA Report: BHP coal assets worth a billion less than just two years ago
  • New Pakistani energy plan aims for 30% renewable generation by 2030
  • Equinor taps new CEO, sets sights on quicker green energy transition
  • U.S. miner Contura Energy looks to accelerate exit from thermal coal market
  • Giant Borssele III&IV offshore wind farm begins sending first electricity into Dutch power grid
  • Bomen solar farm in Australia now fully operational
  • Adani continues talking up green revolution while Carmichael project continues
  • Green New Deal sets up fight over future power needs of nation’s largest city
  • Maharashtra has 9.7GW out of 22GW of renewables targeted by 2022
  • AES: Battery storage revenue at Fluence joint venture will top $3 billion annually by 2025
  • Adani Group CFO says company not interested in India’s coal mine auctions
  • S&P analysis shows planned power plant retirements threaten 25% of current U.S. coal production
  • Sembcorp completes 800MW of new wind power capacity in India
  • AP Solar announces second major solar project in Texas
  • Massive writedown of Powder River Basin mine ‘speaks volumes’ about coal business
  • IEEFA U.S.: Peabody’s $1.42 billion write-down concedes coal mines have little value and dim future IEEFA U.S.: Peabody’s $1.42 billion write-down concedes coal mines have little value and dim future
  • Energy transition prompts Peabody to write down value of largest U.S. coal mine by $1.42 billion
  • RWE, Mitsubishi to develop floating wind project off the Maine coast
  • Investor group launches template for money managers to use to reach net zero emissions by 2050
  • ExxonMobil warns of possible 20% writedown in oil and gas assets
  • Germany’s Bosch takes big step toward net zero with three new solar PPAs
  • U.S. Energy Department: Petro Nova had outages on 367 days since 2017
  • New acting director tabbed for troubled Puerto Rico power authority
  • RTC contract adds ‘golden chapter’ to Indian renewables story
  • Maharashtra burdened by reliance upon old coal-fired plants
  • IEEFA India: Retiring old thermal power first hurdle in reducing discom debt of well over Rs478,000 crore
  • Global offshore wind capacity could hit 234GW by 2030, industry group finds
  • Germany launches first tender in country’s coal power phaseout
  • Midwest utility Evergy proposes new renewable energy investments, faster coal plant closures
  • Shareholders to push Australia’s AGL Energy for quicker coal power exit plan
  • Ireland’s first renewable energy auction nets 1,275MW of wind and solar capacity
  • BP’s production cut doesn’t bother Wall Street
  • DAPL owners estimate North Dakota could lose $7.5 billion from shutdown
  • Texas CCS project fell short of carbon, EOR targets
  • Petra Nova project first of many CCS failures to come
  • BP announces plans to boost green energy spending, cut oil and gas production
  • India’s JSW Energy changes course, now aiming for renewable energy-based expansion
  • Total rooftop solar installations in Australia topped 2.5 million mark in July—Sunwiz
  • South Africa’s coal-dependent state utility seeking bids for first battery storage project
  • Greece awards contracts for 472MW of new wind power, including a new record-low bid
  • India’s first round-the clock renewable energy contract
  • Bangladesh plans to ‘review’ all but three of 29 planned coal plants
  • Freeport LNG seeks delay of fourth train amid pandemic, glut
  • IEEFA update: T&D agreement for Puerto Rico power grid sets off alarm bells
  • IEEFA U.S.: Mothballing of Petra Nova carbon capture project shows likely fate of other coal-fired CCS initiatives IEEFA U.S.: Mothballing of Petra Nova carbon capture project shows likely fate of other coal-fired CCS initiatives
  • Global coal-fired generating capacity declined for first time in first half of 2020
  • Korea’s Hanwha Securities to stop financing Adani’s coal projects in Australia
  • New Hampshire utility cancels planned Granite Bridge gas pipeline
  • Estonia, Latvia agree to jointly develop 1GW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea
  • Siemens Gamesa wins contract for fifth wind farm off the Vietnamese coastline
  • Southeast Asian nations pulling out of coal, putting pressure on China
  • PREPA director resigns amid problems with services, contracts, operation
  • Pandemic accelerated but didn’t cause financial woes for oil industry
  • History of Murray Energy’s long, fast fall into bankruptcy
  • Doosan plans South Korea’s first locally built large gas turbine for 2023
  • Pandemic accelerates move from coal everywhere except China
  • More coal generators closed than were commissioned during first half of 2020
  • Ohio legislators: Anything less than full repeal of HB 6 fails to address slow renewable growth
  • IEEFA Energy Finance Conference 2020 roundup: Local leadership, global change IEEFA Energy Finance Conference 2020 roundup: Local leadership, global change
  • Bangladesh taking second look at 28GW of planned coal-fired generating capacity
  • AES: Global solar investment could total $613 billion from 2021-2025
  • EDF Renewables, NV Energy announce major new solar+storage project in Nevada
  • MHI, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners team up to develop offshore wind projects in Japan
  • California utility PG&E, Tesla begin construction on 182.5MW/730MWh battery storage project
  • Shell, Eneco to build 759MW, subsidy-free hybrid offshore wind project in the Netherlands
  • Australian electric market operator sees no need for new gas in renewable energy transition
  • Total takes $8.1 billion charge largely due to Canadian oil sands investments
  • New Mexico regulators approve all-renewable replacement power option for San Juan coal plant
  • Credit Suisse plans $328 billion of sustainable financing, tightens fossil fuel lending rules
  • IEEFA report: China unlikely to come to rescue of overbuilt U.S. LNG industry IEEFA report: China unlikely to come to rescue of overbuilt U.S. LNG industry
  • U.K.’s biggest pension fund to divest from fossil fuels
  • Data center in Nevada to host world’s largest customer-sited solar-plus-storage project
  • Thai firm to build 600MW wind farm in Laos, send power to Vietnam
  • Spain’s Iberdrola moving forward with Europe’s first large-scale green hydrogen project
  • San Antonio’s city-owned utility looking for 900MW of solar, 50MW of battery storage
  • Analysts, industry officials see bright outlook for renewable energy
  • Polish government planning first steps in country’s transition away from coal dependence
  • Vietnam may cancel 17.1GW of planned coal-fired power projects, push renewables and gas
  • Morgan Stanley: Green hydrogen could be economically competitive by 2023
  • Merredin solar farm, largest in Western Australia, begins sending power to the grid
  • IEEFA Africa: Botswana plans more coal-fired power as African solar accelerates
  • Deutsche Bank to stop global coal mining business activities by 2025, also halt oil sands funding
  • NextEra Energy planning its first green hydrogen project
  • Largest floating wind project now operational off the Portuguese coast
  • Multi-national consortium wins bid to build 2GW solar farm in Abu Dhabi at record-low price
  • Poland’s PKN Orlen moving forward with planned 1.2GW offshore wind farm in Baltic Sea
  • Trump’s promises about saving fossil fuel industry prove to be illusive
  • IEEFA Energy Finance Conference 2020: Coal, LNG, petrochemical sectors face poor outlook and uphill battle for investors IEEFA Energy Finance Conference 2020: Coal, LNG, petrochemical sectors face poor outlook and uphill battle for investors
  • RenewableUK: Global offshore wind pipeline now totals 159GW
  • Solar growth in Australia seriously undercutting coal generators’ economic competitiveness
  • Zurich Insurance pulls out of Trans Mountain pipeline project
  • Japanese firms win contract for $2 billion, 1,250MW LNG-fired power plant in Myanmar
  • Sol Systems, Microsoft partner on 500MW of community-based solar projects
  • House committee begins investigation of Puerto Rico electric power authority
  • Ohio lawmakers mull repeal of scandal-tied nuclear bailout bill
  • Democrats pushing initiative to revive U.S. coal country
  • Demand, grid tariffs driving Indian business users to rooftop solar
  • IEEFA: Despite the talk, Shell and Total are still investing much more in fossil fuels than renewables IEEFA: Despite the talk, Shell and Total are still investing much more in fossil fuels than renewables
  • IEEFA update: Australia sponsors a failing gas industry
  • IEEFA report: Powering up sunshine – how India’s commercial and industrial sector can drive rooftop solar power IEEFA report: Powering up sunshine – how India’s commercial and industrial sector can drive rooftop solar power
  • Massive Ohio corruption scandal imperils nuclear power prospects
  • IEA: Methane emissions are ‘Achilles heel’ of gas industry
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners planning 3.5GW offshore wind project in Vietnam
  • Despite pledges, oil giants continue investing most capital on fossil fuels
  • New Zealand firms join forces in country’s largest corporate renewable energy supply deal
  • Policy emphasizing imported coal and LNG sets Bangladesh up for trouble
  • New Mexico proposes strict new limits on methane emissions from oil and gas producers
  • Second quarter results for oil and gas majors will be ‘brutal and ugly’
  • Swiss company NEK to build 1,000MW of wind capacity in Ghana
  • New York issues solicitation for 4GW of renewable energy generation
  • IEEFA U.S.: Follow the money, and repeal FirstEnergy’s Ohio bailout IEEFA U.S.: Follow the money, and repeal FirstEnergy’s Ohio bailout
  • Execs cashing out in coal bankruptcies, leaving taxpayers with cleanup costs
  • Japanese policy shift to renewables likely to play out over period of years
  • Vietnam taking lead in promoting renewable policies in Southeast Asia
  • Renewables topped fossil fuels in EU electricity generation for first time through June 2020
  • Scotland’s SSE looking to join ranks of world’s largest wind power developers
  • Australian company planning to build 50MW 24/7 solar project in Queensland
  • Morgan Stanley commits to tracking climate impact of its lending activities
  • Enel Green Power starts construction of 146MW solar-plus-storage project in Texas
  • IEEFA Energy Finance Conference 2020 roundup: week one (July 14‑16)
  • IEEFA Australia: Renewables or gas – which will we choose?
  • Pandemic, markets cast doubt on future of plastics megaprojects
  • Santos takes A$1.13 billion writedown as pandemic oil and gas crisis hits
  • Indian OSOWOG vision has potential to change electricity trades
  • Sweden’s Vattenfall takes $1 billion charge to account for falling value of Moorburg coal plant in Germany
  • India banking on coal for pandemic economic recovery
  • Excess coal supply likely to lead to higher electricity prices for Filipino consumers
  • Nevada’s NV Energy says transmission, solar-plus-storage to play key role in new resource plan
  • Chinese government using coal-fired projects to stimulate coronavirus-stricken economy
  • German developer BayWa re to build Poland’s first subsidy-free solar project
  • Wall Street running out of patience with fracking as coronavirus makes bad situation worse
  • NHPC, GEDCOL join forces to develop 500MW of floating solar in Indian state of Odisha
  • S&P: U.S. coal exports down 29% through May 2020 compared to 2019
  • India’s government-owned EESL planning major distributed solar joint venture with Shell
  • California municipal utility endorses plan to be carbon neutral by 2030
  • AC Energy to develop its first solar project in India
  • Indiana utility Nipsco signs with NextEra for 300MW of solar capacity in coal-free drive
  • Solar stands to push aside 70 percent of daytime coal-fired generation in Texas by 2022
  • Anticipating declines in value, coal investors increasingly look to shed assets
  • Largest oil and gas exploration firm in California files Chapter 11, taxpayers potentially on hook for cleanup
  • Shell’s big bet on floating LNG may not pan out
  • New Jersey moving forward with plans to build 7,500MW of offshore wind by 2035
  • Solar-plus-storage beats fossil energy in bidding for new Israeli electric generation
  • Tata Power unit wins bid to build 225MW hybrid wind-solar project in India
  • EU initiative to test growing seaweed at existing offshore wind farm
  • Solar surpassing Texas coal, soon likely to replace it
  • Utilities that went on natural gas binge now trying to reconcile purchases with climate goals
  • IEEFA update: ‘One Sun, One World, One Grid’ brings opportunities and challenges
  • Planned petrochemical project in Ohio may be on the ropes with departure of South Korean partner
  • Joint venture to build 500MW of wind and solar capacity in Bangladesh by 2023
  • Moody’s: U.S. utility sector coal consumption could fall more than 30% in 2020
  • IHS Markit says green hydrogen will be cost competitive by 2030
  • Xcel gets Minnesota okay to run two coal units part time to save consumers money
  • Utility-scale solar taking over in Texas, increasing vulnerability of coal-fired plants
  • Laos adding coal ventures in hopes of securing steady electricity supply
  • Major oil companies using “net-zero” pledges to mislead public, investors
  • Ohio Valley ethane cracker project suffers blow from Daelim withdrawal
  • Wollongong pushes ahead with plans to mine underneath Sydney water even as it requests ASX delisting
  • IEEFA U.S: NTEC acquisition of aging Four Corners coal plant would constitute ‘another expensive mistake’ IEEFA U.S: NTEC acquisition of aging Four Corners coal plant would constitute ‘another expensive mistake’
  • Coal India’s valuation eroding under climate transition risk Coal India’s valuation eroding under climate transition risk
  • EDP to close two coal plants, convert a third to gas, in Portugal, Spain in 2021
  • Global floating offshore wind potential could reach 70GW by 2040—report
  • Global LNG woes force Australia’s Origin Energy to take $1.2 billion write-down
  • India’s Renew Power looks to double installed green power portfolio to 20GW in five years
  • Armenia secures financing for country’s first utility-scale solar project
  • Preemie risks higher closer to natural gas flaring sites
  • Navajo Nation talks to buy Remington Arms may just be latest in potential bad investments
  • Instability, high prices result of mistaken “lock-in” of fossil fuels for Southeast Asian customers
  • Opposition building to southeast New Mexico pipeline planned during Permian boom times
  • IEEFA update: Is Bangladesh’s government turning away from coal?
  • IEEFA U.S.: Solar will push much of remaining Texas coal fleet offline IEEFA U.S.: Solar will push much of remaining Texas coal fleet offline
  • IEEFA update: How meaningful are some estimates for India’s coal consumption data? IEEFA update: How meaningful are some estimates for India’s coal consumption data?
  • Offshore wind projects push global first half renewable energy investment up 5% to $132 billion
  • Tesco signs largest solar power purchase agreement in Malaysia
  • Biggest wind farm in Western Australia begins sending power to the grid
  • Indian Railways moving toward a solar-powered future
  • French developer sees opportunity in using U.S. coal plant transmission infrastructure for solar projects
  • Gas bubble worsens with “increasingly sophisticated and effective” protests
  • Floating solar plants could generate 900% more electricity across Asia-Pacific
  • Media Alert: IEEFA to hold Energy Finance Conference 2020 online (July 14-30)
  • Atlantic Coast, Keystone XL, Dakota Access — for pipeline companies, winning ain’t what it used to be
  • ESG issues played key role in Dominion’s decision to get out of the gas business—CEO
  • Debt woes threaten Australia’s newest coal-fired power plant
  • Shell chairman says oil major will soon be seen ‘as more of a power company’
  • GE to build 500MW pumped hydro storage project at Australian renewable energy hub
  • Duke’s Florida utility looks to add 750MW of new solar in the state by 2024
  • Bangladesh power surplus proving to be burden on nation’s treasury, population
  • Bonuses for top fracking execs, cleanup costs and climate havoc for everyone else
  • Bangladesh considering limits on coal-fired power development
  • UN secretary general calls for end to coal plant financing, shift to clean energy
  • Iberdrola secures $903 million financing package for new renewable energy projects in Spain
  • Australia’s New South Wales set for ‘biggest and quickest’ transition from coal to renewables
  • Enel teams up with Norwegian Investment Fund to develop renewable energy projects in India
  • Vietnam’s state-run oil company looks for growth developing solar and wind projects
  • DOE approves LNG exports from proposed Jordan Cove terminal on West Coast
  • Statistical Review may be overstating Indian coal consumption figures
  • Japan says it will tighten rules for overseas coal plant financing
  • Australia’s second-largest retirement fund is divesting from thermal coal
  • EU releases plan for sharp increase in green hydrogen production capacity by 2030
  • Japan looks to build 10GW of offshore wind by 2030
  • Capital Dynamics, Tenaska to jointly develop 4.8GW of solar in U.S. Southeast, Midwest
  • Puerto Rico’s LUMA T&D deal still has “many kinks” to iron out
  • IEEFA update: Three major pipeline projects are scrapped in short order
  • U.S. Air Products & Chemicals announces 4GW green hydrogen project with Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power
  • Renewables offer coal-dependent European countries a low-cost transition option—BNEF
  • PacifiCorp issues RFP for 4,338MW of new renewable energy, battery storage capacity
  • Ørsted signs world’s largest corporate renewable PPA with Taiwan’s TSMC
  • EIA: 2020 U.S. coal production will fall to 501 million tons, 29% drop from 2019
  • Almost three years after Maria, Puerto Rico grid still struggling to recover
  • More than 5,000 fossil fuel companies got $3B in bailout funds
  • IEEFA Australia: Dubbo’s new renewables zone shows the path away from fossil fuels
  • Gas pipeline setbacks pushing U.S. utilities to embrace renewables, analysts say
  • Financing for global LNG projects becoming hard to find—report
  • S&P: U.S. utility-scale solar installations surged in first quarter to almost 2GW
  • German transmission operator 50Hertz begins planning for 100% renewable energy grid
  • Australia’s FIRB clears Iberdrola’s takeover bid for Infigen Energy
  • Week sees trifecta of bad news for pipeline business
  • Filipino power spike might lead to increased residential solar
  • NSW farmers worry Vickery expansion poses major water, land risks
  • Scrapping of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Celebrated in Northern Virginia
  • Southeast utilities cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion also selling gas business
  • CDC Group, U.K.’s overseas development bank, to end fossil fuel financing
  • U.K. approves Vattenfall’s plans for 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm
  • Court scraps permit, orders closure of Dakota Access Pipeline pending full environmental review
  • Spanish firm Elecnor to build 185MW wind farm in Chile
  • Japan reportedly to close as many as 100 coal plants within 10 years
  • Even after passing coal, utilities reluctant to rely too heavily upon renewables
  • String of legal defeats highlight risks of pipeline projects
  • Renewable investments vary across globe with gaps still to fill
  • Australian plans for carbon capture and storage are a poor financial idea
  • Puerto Rico economy needs major overhaul before future outlook improves
  • Natural gas no longer assumed to be transition fuel to renewables
  • Indonesian miners agree to cut domestic production by 50 million tons
  • Bangladesh government refusing to shut down rental power plants
  • Planet may have reached peak coal as renewable capacity grows quickly
  • IEEFA update: No foreign players will bid in India’s auction of coal blocks IEEFA update: No foreign players will bid in India’s auction of coal blocks
  • Pandemic pushes investors deeper into renewables as fossil fuels run out of steam
  • Questions raised about Trump administration’s sunny gas and plastics forecast
  • Japan considering plan to close 100 older, inefficient coal plants by 2030
  • Arizona utility APS to rely on battery storage, solar to enable 2031 exit from coal generation
  • Renewables supplied 55.8% of Germany’s electricity generation in the first half of 2020
  • Asia’s offshore wind capacity growth seen hitting 9GW annually by 2030
  • Despite Supreme Court blow, battle continues against Atlantic Coast Pipeline
  • Sign of the transition: Market capitalization of Tesla tops that of ExxonMobil
  • IEEFA update: Problems mount for PTTGCA petrochemical plant IEEFA update: Problems mount for PTTGCA petrochemical plant
  • IEEFA Australia: Carbon capture and storage is a poor investment
  • IEEFA U.S.: Utilities are now skipping the gas ‘bridge’ in transition from coal to renewables IEEFA U.S.: Utilities are now skipping the gas ‘bridge’ in transition from coal to renewables
  • IEEFA update: Southeast Asian nations face a simple choice – lock in costly coal or invest in renewables
  • Moody’s: Decline of coal in U.S. electric generating sector ‘seems to be accelerating’
  • Germany’s RWE, E.ON complete asset swap, RWE Renewables now a leading global green energy firm
  • Latest solar auction in India gets record-low price, strong interest from foreign companies
  • Final testing under way at expanded Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia
  • U.S. corporations benefitting from PREPA rebuilding, but is Puerto Rico?
  • Outages provide power for contractors winning billions from Puerto Rican utility
  • Department of Energy insists Ohio River Valley gas production will grow for decades
  • Decade of losses may finally be catching up with shale industry
  • Sumatra hydropower investors discouraged by PLN power cap
  • IEEFA report: Volts from the blue – floating solar to generate 900% more electricity across Asia-Pacific IEEFA report: Volts from the blue – floating solar to generate 900% more electricity across Asia-Pacific
  • Vietnam backs plans to develop nearly 7,000MW of new wind power
  • Florida utilities agree to close 848MW unit at Plant Scherer, U.S.’ largest coal-fired generator
  • Coal generation in Australia drops below 70% of national electricity market for first time
  • U.S. groups push economic transition plan for coal miners, coalfield communities
  • EDF teams up with Octo Energy to develop solar-plus-storage projects in U.K.
  • Downside of oil market collapse provides upside for renewable energy
  • Renewable investments vary across globe with gaps still to fill
  • Utilities in western U.S. announce coal plant closures, new renewable energy investments
  • Transition away from coal speeding up in Spain
  • U.S. shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy
  • NTT, Japanese telecom giant, planning $9.3 billion investment in green energy, transmission assets
  • Fitch Solutions: Global installed solar capacity will climb 125% in next 10 years
  • Keystone XL pipeline push continues in middle of coronavirus pandemic
  • Increased coal, ignored renewables help fuel Pakistan’s economic downturn
  • IEEFA report: New coal power plants locking Pakistan into too much supply and unsustainable capacity payments IEEFA report: New coal power plants locking Pakistan into too much supply and unsustainable capacity payments
  • IEEFA: Tough times ahead for Indonesian coal producers as China and India demand drops
  • Japanese businesses push government to accelerate shift to renewable energy
  • HESTA, major Australian retirement fund, completes divestment from thermal coal
  • EIA: U.S. renewable generation topped coal, nuclear for second straight month in April
  • India’s NTPC tapped to help Mali develop 500MW solar park
  • Renewables supplied record-setting 47% of U.K.’s electricity generation in first quarter
  • IEEFA update: Frackers record positive free cash flow during Q1, no thanks to economics of gas industry IEEFA update: Frackers record positive free cash flow during Q1, no thanks to economics of gas industry
  • NSW’s bullish coal export plan defies the global market realities
  • IRENA’s La Camera touts renewables as cleanest, most resilient means of power production
  • Andhra Pradesh state government approves 2,750MW solar+wind+pumped hydro project
  • Wood Mackenzie: Current economic downturn will speed decline in solar power costs
  • Massive solar plus battery storage project moves into construction phase in Australia
  • U.S.’ largest battery storage system begins operation in California, much more in the pipeline
  • IEEFA report: Pandemic, price collapse may be final straw that sends Argentina’s ailing “Dead Cow” to slaughter IEEFA report: Pandemic, price collapse may be final straw that sends Argentina’s ailing “Dead Cow” to slaughter
  • Informe de IEEFA: El colapso de los precios provocado por la pandemia podría ser la gota que rebalse el vaso y termine definitivamente con la debilitada «gallina de los huevos de oro» de Argentina Informe de IEEFA: El colapso de los precios provocado por la pandemia podría ser la gota que rebalse el vaso y termine definitivamente con la debilitada «gallina de los huevos de oro» de Argentina
  • IEEFA Philippines: Reshaping the power market by moving towards renewables and energy resilience by 2021
  • Poland emerging as major growth market for renewable energy
  • BHP to sell its Mt. Arthur thermal coal mine in Australia
  • S&P analysis sees more early retirements coming for U.S. coal-fired power plants
  • Developers express overwhelming interest in planned renewable energy zone in Australia’s New South Wales
  • Japan launches its first auction for a floating offshore wind farm
  • Investor groups broaden efforts to force companies to reflect climate risks in financial statements
  • Iberdrola continues green energy investment binge, buys options for 9GW of Swedish offshore wind
  • Deloitte: About 30% of U.S. shale operators are ‘technically insolvent’
  • Danish government approves plans for massive offshore wind build-out by 2030
  • Ncondezi Energy delays planned 300MW coal plant in Mozambique
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: FERC orders New Fortress Energy to explain lack of permission for San Juan LNG facility IEEFA Puerto Rico: FERC orders New Fortress Energy to explain lack of permission for San Juan LNG facility
  • IEEFA Australia: Coal lobbyists claim commitment to Paris Agreement targets, five years after their members did
  • Investor pressure mounting to push changes in Mizuho’s coal plant lending policies
  • France’s ADEME, Japan’s JERA team up to develop 2GW of floating offshore wind capacity
  • Amazon signs biggest corporate solar PPA in Australia with developer Canadian Solar
  • State government in India’s Uttar Pradesh backs plans for 2GW ‘ultra-mega’ renewable energy park
  • Mediterranean’s first floating offshore wind farm to be located off Sicily
  • Modi claims private coal mining to boost India’s energy security
  • New Mexico-Permian partnership aims to curb gas flaring waste
  • Moody’s: U.S. coal consumption to drop below 500 million tons in 2020, outlook remains bleak
  • Lockdown easing does little to stem loss of Indian demand for power generation
  • Queensland mining companies shutting down from low prices, decreased demand
  • Another insurance company walks away from Adani’s Carmichael coal mine project in Australia
  • Wood Mackenzie expects 6.9GW of new wind capacity through 2029 in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
  • U.S. installs 2,617MW of wind power in first quarter, additional 13,383MW under construction
  • Bangladesh turns to China for help with its solar development plans
  • IEEFA: Renewable energy is making inroads across Africa
  • Controversial Jordan Cove LNG plant gets support from obscure organization
  • IEEFA update: Improving power sector resilience and price stability in Bangladesh
  • IEA charts three year, $3 trillion path for a green global recovery
  • BP statistical review shows coal’s 2019 share of global energy mix at lowest level in 16 years
  • GE looks to 3D printing to build next generation of taller, less costly wind turbines
  • Research institute CSIRO says rooftop solar in Australia could rise to nearly 60GW by 2050
  • Analysts see uncertain future for expected second wave of investment in U.S. LNG export projects
  • Goldman Sachs sees $16 trillion investment opportunity in renewable energy through 2030
  • Platte River utility to close Rawhide coal plant in Colorado 16 years early in green transition
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners launches major renewable energy infrastructure fund
  • Fluence rolls out latest battery storage product, with signed orders for 800MW
  • Utility SSE confirms plans to build 443MW Viking project, U.K.’s largest onshore wind farm
  • Experts advise against construction of Ohio plastics, petrochemicals plant
  • ‘Byzantine’ management process leaves solar in the shade on federal lands
  • Renewables may help Indian current account deficit, curb imported inflation
  • IEEFA report: Utility-scale solar remains off-limits on most of more than 100 million federally-owned acres across solar-rich Southwest U.S. IEEFA report: Utility-scale solar remains off-limits on most of more than 100 million federally-owned acres across solar-rich Southwest U.S.
  • IEA: Renewable energy generation rose during pandemic’s onset, while coal cratered
  • U.S. shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy likely to file for bankruptcy soon, sources say
  • Another coal plant in Spain headed for retirement
  • State mandates to drive 12.5GW of new wind, solar capacity in New England region by 2030—S&P
  • Indiana utility Vectren charts quick transition away from coal to renewable generation
  • Texas Railroad Commission under fire for failure to curb flaring
  • Weakening rupiah leads to $2.8B loss in first quarter
  • Bangladesh budget offers little help for renewable energy sector
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: Washington and San Juan hid from the public actual spending on electric power system IEEFA Puerto Rico: Washington and San Juan hid from the public actual spending on electric power system
  • Carbon capturing technologies will require large public subsidies
  • Électricité de France sees growth opportunities in India’s renewable energy transition
  • BP to write down oil and gas assets, expects quicker ‘transition to a lower carbon economy’
  • Report points to flaring issues, lack of control on Texas gas waste
  • Morningstar analysis shows green investments outperforming traditional funds
  • Ohio River governors face ‘squandering’ hundreds of millions on plant
  • U.S. corporations signed contracts for a record 4.4GW of wind power capacity in 2019—AWEA
  • Construction expected to begin on 700MW offshore Japanese wind farm in 2021
  • Coronavirus risks aren’t only potential dangers for Shell Pennsylvania plastics complex
  • PTT, Daelim announce completion of demolition work at cracker plant site
  • IEEFA update: Here’s why the Texas Railroad Commission should regulate flaring in the oil fields
  • IEEFA India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new ‘One Sun One World One Grid’ vision positive
  • Enel head of global power generation says company’s coal exit will happen faster than expected
  • Scotland moving forward with new offshore wind leasing program to power green energy transition
  • Developer EQM Midstream says Mountain Valley Pipeline will cost more, take longer
  • Norway looks to tap into export markets with 4.5GW of potential offshore wind development
  • Clearway Energy completes work on 419MW Mesquite Star wind farm in Texas
  • Texas producers wasted $749.9 million by flaring gas
  • Weak transmission and distribution systems hamper expanded Bangladeshi generation capacity
  • New Mexico Faces Uphill Battle in Shedding Coal Dependence
  • Big Australian batteries have potential to become much bigger
  • Waste heat recovery offers possible solution to weaning Poland from environmental and economic costs of coal
  • Philippine energy transition scaling up rapidly
  • Australian coal exports to South Korea plunged by double digits in Q1
  • IEEFA report: Texas oil producers burned through $749.9 million flaring gas in 2018 IEEFA report: Texas oil producers burned through $749.9 million flaring gas in 2018
  • IEEFA: How aluminium smelters can help decarbonise Australia’s industrial economy
  • Report shows 184GW of renewable energy installed globally in 2019, a new record
  • German government outlines $10 billion plan to boost green hydrogen
  • Wood Mackenzie: U.S. utility-scale solar installations projected to hit a record 14.4GW in 2020
  • Ratings agency sees 15GW of hybrid wind-solar projects coming online in India by 2024
  • Poland’s state-run oil and gas company planning $1 billion renewable energy investment
  • Even as momentum grows, renewable adoptions lag targets
  • Coronavirus may be one-time boost for single-use plastics lobbyists
  • Pandemic sending South African coal industry to earlier grave
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: Utility PREPA gave unfair advantage to NFE in awarding $1.5-billion power plant contract IEEFA Puerto Rico: Utility PREPA gave unfair advantage to NFE in awarding $1.5-billion power plant contract
  • IEEFA Puerto Rico: la AEE le brindó una ventaja injusta a NFE al adjudicar un contrato de generación de energía por $1,500 millones IEEFA Puerto Rico: la AEE le brindó una ventaja injusta a NFE al adjudicar un contrato de generación de energía por $1,500 millones
  • IEEFA Europe: Recovered waste heat a cost-effective source of clean energy IEEFA Europe: Recovered waste heat a cost-effective source of clean energy
  • Odzyskane ciepło odpadowe z polskiego lokalnego przemysłu może zapewnić opłacalne źródło czystego ogrzewania, zastępując elektrociepłownie węglowe i zmniejszając ryzyka inwestycyjne Odzyskane ciepło odpadowe z polskiego lokalnego przemysłu może zapewnić opłacalne źródło czystego ogrzewania, zastępując elektrociepłownie węglowe i zmniejszając ryzyka inwestycyjne
  • IEEFA update: One of NSW’s major coal customers is going through transition pains
  • IEEFA webinar: Financial risks of carbon capture for coal-fired power plants, June 17th at 1 p.m. ET
  • EIA: 2020 U.S. coal production to total 530 million tons, down 25% from prior year
  • New study finds U.S. grid can be 90% clean by 2035, and cost less too
  • Germany’s RWE, Thyssenkrupp join forces in carbon-neutral steel initiative
  • UAE’s Masdar to build 500MW wind farm in Uzbekistan
  • France’s Neoen to build big battery storage unit in Finland, will enable greater wind generation
  • Puerto Rican government gave unfair advantage to company landing first major post-Maria power project
  • Britain goes coal-free for power generation for two months, a new record
  • ‘Sorry state’ of Bangladesh power sector calls for increased investment in renewables
  • Mounting evidence that going green keeps investments from falling into red
  • Reliable, safe electricity key to lifting Indian economy