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AfrOil: Russia to build fuel pipeline in oil-rich Congo
AfrElec: NBET seeks five-year licence renewal from Nigeria’s NERC
Infrastructure bottleneck could thwart Kazakhstan’s ambition to export green hydrogen to Europe
Great potential, however, exists in using the clean commodity to produce green industrial products in move to help decarbonise economy, says geoeconomics analyst.
Kenya signs historic pact with US to advance its nuclear power plans
Lotus Resources says planned uranium project in Botswana to have a 15-year-plus mine life
India's NTPC Green Energy files for $1.2bn IPO
NTPC Green Energy Limited, a subsidiary of India’s state-owned power company NTPC Limited, has submitted a draft red herring prospectus for its planned INR100bn ($1.2bn) initial public offering.
Global wind power installations reached a new high in 2023
Global wind power installations reached a new high in 2023, increasing renewable energy’s share of total power generation to 30%. Who are the leading countries? China leads the top 15 countries by total installed wind turbine capacity with 442GW.
Czechia chooses UK's Rolls Royce to develop small modular reactors
State-owned power group CEZ plans to build up to 10 SMRs with a combined output of three gigawatts by 2050.
Solar Energy Corporation of India floats tender for offshore wind power project
The Indian state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India last week issued a tender for the development of a 500-MW wind power project off the coast of Gujarat.
LatAmOil: Petroperu faces financial uncertainty despite government aid
Romania-Bulgaria Danube hydropower project is dangerous, environmental groups warn
Critics of the Turnu Magurele-Nikopol HPP project say it will put villages along the Danube at risk, and could endanger nuclear power plants.
Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro among countries least likely to separate waste
Western Balkans struggles with waste management as infrastructure fails to keep up with increased volume.
Big tech AI related emissions could be 700% higher than they claim
US big tech companies claim they are carbon neutral, but an investigation by The Guardian found emissions related to the rapid growth of data centres needed to drive AI have risen more than seven-times higher than they claim.
TotalEnergies announce $550mn investment deal with NNPCL for Ubeta field in Nigeria
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) and French energy major TotalEnergies have launched a $550mn investment for the development of the Ubeta field in the West African country.
US, India convene clean energy partnership ministerial in Washington D.C.
The Strategic Clean Energy Partnership Ministerial, led by US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, took place in Washington D.C. on September 17.
REM: Carbon footprints of the top 1% are far higher than we assume
NorthAmOil: ExxonMobil finds no hydrocarbons in highly touted Persephone well off Newfoundland
Job market changing globally because of green transition
Jobs in green sectors are rapidly increasing, with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reporting 13.7mn direct and indirect renewable energy jobs globally in 2022. Solar energy has led the way, making up over one-third of the total.
US solar panel manufacturing capacity grows nearly four times with federal incentives
A new report reveals that US solar manufacturing capacity has surged to over 31 GW, a nearly fourfold increase since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law in 2022.
Peru is burning while authorities look away
Wildfires continue to ravage 22 of Peru’s 24 regions, claiming at least 15 lives and destroying over 3,000 hectares of land.
Storm Boris death toll rises to 17 as businesses reel from unprecedented flooding
Storm Boris had claimed 17 lives in Romania and Poland, with more casualties anticipated as floodwaters recede. Thousands have been evacuated, and authorities are concerned about the soaring costs of repairs and business closures.
Western Balkans coal power plants still pumping out toxic emissions
Bankwatch report finds little being done to phase out coal in region despite commitments to reduce emissions.
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