Katarina Vuinac

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Transition to Renewables Calls for New Approach to Energy Security

The transition away from fossil fuels to renewables requires a new interpretation of the concept of energy security, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today. Geopolitics...

BIG Solar Uses an Environmentally Friendly Method to Clean and Maintain Solar Panels

Solar energy is an excellent source of clean and renewable energy. Whether summer or winter, solar power plants require dedicated maintenance and regular cleaning to function properly and last as long as...

MDBs Publish Shared Vision for Circular Economy Finance at WCEF 2024

During the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2024 in Brussels, leading multilateral development banks (MDBs), including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), presented their Circular Economy Working Group’s shared vision...

Social Networks from a Different Eco-Angle

Countless novelties are met with not-so-good opinions. An effective example of this is social networks where people post inappropriate and hateful words, accompanied by unpleasant visual covers, which worryingly leads us to...

New EU Rules to Improve Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

With 481 votes in favour, 79 against and 26 abstentions, Parliament adopted the deal reached with the Council in January 2024 on revising the EU’s water management and urban wastewater treatment standards...

Growing Number of Floating Solar Power Plants in Asia

Indonesia recently got the prototype of a marine floating solar power plant, writes Offshore Energy. The project called Solar2Wave is a milestone in developing solar energy in Indonesia, which has successfully overcome...

“ESG Lab” Launching Event

Step into the forefront of sustainable business practices with ESG LAB! Confindustria Serbia, Association of Italian industrials in Serbia, alongside the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and esteemed partners like Banca...

The World of Speed, Cheap Fashion and Bad Habits – How Much Wardrobe is Actually Destroyed?

Various epithets are attributed to today's time, such as the modern or digital age, but there is another one that describes it more closely - the age of speed. We can interpret...

Drought Causes a National Disaster in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster due to a drought that threatens to put 2.7 million people at risk of starvation this year, according to global media. Mnangagwa told a...

German Onshore Wind Sees Record Auction Volumes, Permitting Improvements and Crucial New Port Investments

German onshore wind is going from strength to strength. In a blockbuster announcement the German Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has just raised the onshore wind auction volumes for 2024 to almost...

Producing Hydrogen from Iron-Rich Rocks without Emitting Carbon Dioxide?

Hydrogen is often said to be the fuel of the future because its combustion does not emit carbon dioxide. However, for now, most hydrogen gas is still produced from natural gas, which...

Record Reduction of 2023 ETS Emissions due Largely to Boost in Renewable Energy

Last year’s emissions under the EU’s Emission Trading System (ETS) show the most significant annual emissions reductions since the ETS was launched in 2005. The main driver is the power sector’s significant...

The Future of Heat Pumps in China

Heating accounts for almost 20 per cent of energy use in industry and buildings globally, and about one-quarter of energy-sector emissions. China’s buildings and industry sectors account for about one-third of global...

K2 WALLPV – THE SYSTEM SOLUTION FOR SOLAR PROJECTS ON BUILDING FACADES

The new mounting systems from K2 add another dimension to the areas that can be used to generate energy. This is because they allow systematic and therefore fast PV installation on facades. Most...

ABB launches new share buyback program of up to 1 billion dollars

ABB will launch its previously announced new share buyback program of up to 1 billion dollars. Based on the current ABB share price this represents a maximum of approximately 21.3 million shares....

Eight ways to overcome the waste pollution crisis

Humanity generates between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste a year. When improperly managed, much of that refuse—from food and plastics to electronics and textiles — emits greenhouse gases...

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