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Hydropower Has a Crucial Role in Accelerating Clean Energy Transitions to Achieve Countries’ Climate Ambitions Securely
The growth of hydropower plants worldwide is set to slow significantly this decade, putting at risk the ambitions of countries across the globe to reach net-zero emissions while ensuring reliable and affordable...
Five Milestones in Green Energy
Energy accounts for two-thirds of total greenhouse gas, so embracing cleaner sources is key to fighting climate change.And while the energy transition still has a way to go, renewable energy is nonetheless on...
Fast-Track Energy Transitions to Win the Race to Zero
Proven technologies for a net-zero energy system already largely exist today, finds the preview of World Energy Transitions Outlook by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable power, green hydrogen and modern bioenergy will dominate...
Innovation and Market Reform Needed to Drive Japan’s Clean Energy Transition, IEA Policy Review Finds
New report notes Japan’s success in making its energy system more resilient and sustainable, but says reaching carbon-neutrality by 2050 requires quick action now.
Japan will need to move quickly to make headway...
Keravan Energia Invests in Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction
KPA Unicon and Keravan Lämpövoima Oy, a subsidiary of Keravan Energia and an operator of a bio-power plant, have signed a contract for Unicon Condenser, which will significantly improve energy efficiency of...
Under What Conditions Will Clean Energy Become The Norm?
Even as renewables become a more common energy source around the world, they still face major obstacles. Some barriers are inherent with all new technologies; others are the result of skewed regulatory...
Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Flattened in 2019, Following Two Years of Increases
Global emission trends
Global energy-related CO2 emissions flattened in 2019 at around 33 gigatonnes (Gt), following two years of increases. This resulted mainly from a sharp decline in CO2 emissions from the power...
The Course of the Energy (R)Evolution in Germany
The term evolution, referring to a gradual and continuous social development, is often used as a total opposite to the term revolution, which brings sudden and dramatic shifts of the existing system....
Low-Carbon Energy Makes Majority of UK Electricity for First Time
Low-carbon energy was used to generate more than half of the electricity used in the UK for the first time last year, according to official data.
A rapid rise in renewable energy, combined...
Japan Struggles to Relocate Fukushima Nuclear Waste
Japan is struggling to find a resting place for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown.In the years after the disaster, thousands of workers starting removing soil, debris and other...
Shift Towards Clean Energy in Southeastern Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
Various means such as petroleum products, biomass, sun, wind, water, nuclear fission, lead us to the production of electricity as the ultimate goal. Each of the methods of obtaining energy has its...
Hitachi Scraps £16bn Nuclear Power Station in Wales
Japanese giant unable to agree deal with UK as fears grow for Anglesey atomic plant.Hitachi has scrapped plans to build a nuclear power station in Wales, becoming the second firm in two months to...
Britain Blown Away by New Wind Energy Record
The strong winds in the UK helped set a new renewable energy generation record last week.According to official figures from National Grid, onshore and offshore wind farms hit a new high of...
France Bids Adieu to 14 of Its Nuclear Power Stations
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the nuclear-reliant nation will close 14 of its 58 operational nuclear reactors by 2035.The leader added between four and six facilities will be closed by 2030...
UK Renewable Energy Capacity Surpasses Fossil Fuels for First Time
Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s.The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK...
Tidal Energy Firm Makes Waves with Tesla Battery Storage
Nova Innovation claims it has developed the world’s first grid-connected baseload tidal power station.Scottish cleantech firm Nova Innovation is using Tesla batteries with its tidal energy technology to deliver what it claims is the world’s...
