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Big Business Calls on Government to Halt Solar Tax Hike
A group of major businesses, including retail giants Sainsbury's, IKEA and Kingfisher, have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to stop a planned rise in business rates for firms with solar installations.
The businesses...
Cities Are Crucial to the Future of Energy
Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the...
Siemens Cuts CO2 Emissions by 20 Percent
One year after the launch of its decarbonization program, Siemens is already making significant advances in reducing its carbon footprint. The company was able to cut its CO2 emissions from 2.2 million...
Renewables Continue to Grow in the EU, but Member States Need to Step up Ambition on Energy Savings
The EU Member States have lowered their energy consumption in recent years, despite a slight increase in 2015. At the same time, they use more and more renewable energy. Overall, the 28...
Researchers Retract Study Suggesting Pro-Nuclear Countries Lag On Clean Energy
Researchers from the University of Sussex and the Vienna School of International Studies have retracted a controversial study published this summer which suggested pro-nuclear countries have been slower to embrace renewable energy...
OPEC Secretary General visits IR Iran
OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, met with IR Iran’s Minister of Petroleum, HE Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, during a closed-door session on November 19 in the capital city of Tehran.
According to...
Investment in Renewables
On Nov. 4, Walmart announced an aggressive plan to increase its investments in renewable energy, pledging to power half its operations from wind, solar, and other renewables by 2025 and to cut...
GM Accelerates Renewables Pledge With 50MW Texas Wind Farm Deal
General Motors has made its largest renewable energy purchase to date by signing a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with a 150MW wind farm currently under development in Texas.
Announced last week, the...
France Announces Coal Power Phase Out Date
France this week became the latest country to vow to phase out unabated coal power from its energy mix, pledging that its last coal plant will shut by 2023 at the latest.
French...
Britain’s Last Coal Power Plants to Close by 2025
The last coal power station in Britain will be forced to close in 2025, the government has said as it laid out the detail of its plan to phase-out the polluting fossil...
Water resilience in Africa at forefront of COP22 agenda
Several African ministers in charge of water took part in a side event organised in the Moroccan pavilion yesterday during which they stressed the pertinence of putting water issues at the top...
Scotland Generates Enough Wind Energy to Power Almost Every Household for an Entire Month
Wind turbines in Scotland provided enough electricity to supply the average needs of almost all Scotland's homes last month, according to a report.
Data from WeatherEnergy showed turbines generated 792,717MWh of electricity to...
Your Carbon Footprint Destroys 30 Square Metres of Arctic Sea Ice a Year
The average westerner’s carbon emissions destroy 30 square metres of Arctic sea ice every year, according to new research.
The work indicates that, even with current efforts to cut emissions, the Arctic will...
Make Central London Diesel-Free to Solve Air Pollution Crisis – Report
Ridding inner London of virtually all diesel vehicles would solve the capital’s air pollution crisis, according to research published as the high court is due to rule on the government’s air quality...
Spain Will Be Run On 100 Per Cent Renewables, Energy Boss Vows
The director of one of Spain's top power companies has predicted the country will eventually become 100 per cent relaint on renewable energy.
Acciona boss Miguel Ezpeleta said there is currently enough wind...
Urbanization: The Historical Cause of Low Oxygen Conditions in European Lakes
A new study shows that hypoxia, i.e. low oxygen conditions, in European lakes started in 1850, becoming more widespread after 1900, long before the use of chemical fertilizers and climate change. A...
