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Kaiserwetter to Help Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy and Mitigating Climate Change
ARISTOTELES Sky—The Energy Cloud for Nations will be unveiled at the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2019 held during the COP25 in Madrid
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#AI--With global greenhouse emissions projected to reach another record high this year, I...
Renewable Energy Ambition in NDCs Must Double by 2030
Countries are being urged to significantly raise renewable energy ambition and adopt targets to transform the global energy system in the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), according to a new...
City Roadmap 2050 Supports Low-Carbon Winter Olympics 2022 in China
The Chinese city of Zhangjiakou has stepped up its efforts to deploy renewable energy systems, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds. The Agency’s first ever roadmap 2050...
World Energy Outlook 2019 Highlights Deep Disparities in the Global Energy System
Deep disparities define today’s energy world. The dissonance between well-supplied oil markets and growing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties. The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the...
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....
New IRENA Report Explores Potential of Green Hydrogen
Hydrogen from renewables can help tackle various critical energy challenges. It could particularly offer ways to decarbonise a range of sectors where it is proving difficult to meaningfully reduce CO2 emissions, a...
After Stalling Last Year, Renewable Power Capacity Additions to Hit Double-Digit Growth in 2019
After stalling last year, global capacity additions of renewable power are set to bounce back with double-digit growth in 2019, driven by solar PV’s strong performance, according to the International Energy Agency.The...
Africa Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between High Growth and Low Emissions
The urgency to mitigate climate change around the world is growing, with an increasing focus on lowering CO2 emissions. Nowhere is this more critical than in Africa, which has one of the...
IRENA and UN Climate Change Join Forces to Accelerate Renewables as Climate Solution
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) are jointly ramping up efforts to fight climate change by promoting the widespread adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy. The...
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...
Brazil’s Clean Capacity to Top 60GW in 2030?
Renewable energy capacity in Brazil is forecast to exceed 60GW by 2030.That’s the prediction from analytics firm GlobalData, which expects the nation’s overall renewable power capacity, excluding small hydropower, will grow at...
Domestic Efficiency Measures ‘Pay for Themselves 12 years Faster Than Renewables’
Energy efficiency measures pay for themselves 12 years faster than renewable energy installations.That’s according to new research from price comparison website MoneySuperMarket, which highlights how the average renewable installation, such as rooftop...
UK Goes Record-Breaking 1,838 Hours Coal-Free Already This Year
The UK has gone a record-breaking 1,838 hours without using coal to generate electricity already this year.The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has highlighted that 2018’s record of 1837.5...
EU Aims to Tackle Climate Change With Newly Adopted ‘Green Finance’ Guidelines
Newly adopted guidelines set forth by the European Commission Tuesday aim to tackle climate change by way of the financial sector. The move comes to bolster the success of the Sustainable Action...
HP Aims to Power Global Operations with 100% Renewables by 2035
HP has set a target to ensure its global operations are powered with 100% renewable electricity by 2035.It is part of the printing and personal systems manufacturer’s latest commitments to drive a...
Climate Change as a Fundamental Challenge of Our Era
To become a full member of the European Union one day, Serbia needs to harmonise its legislation with acquis of this group of countries. One of the fields that we need to...
