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Hard to make and inefficient to use, hydrogen won’t save the climate

12 September 2024

The numbers simply don't add up. It is predicted that 390mn tonnes of hydrogen will be required annually worldwide by 2050 but today a total of about 2.5mn tonnes is being produced worldwide and investors are shying away from the business.

Gensol Engineering, Matrix Gas secure green hydrogen valley project in India

12 September 2024

Gensol Engineering Limited, in partnership with Matrix Gas & Renewables, has been awarded the contract to establish a green hydrogen valley in Pune, Maharashtra, as per a stock exchange filing by Gensol on September 11.

Global heating could exceed 3°C by end of century, say researchers

11 September 2024

Methane emissions are rising faster than ever before, says new research led by Stanford University. The problem is so dire that global heating could exceed 3°C by the end of century, a level at which there would be chaos at an unprecedented level.

Brazil grapples with fire pandemic as climate woes intensify

11 September 2024

In 2024, Brazil is waking up to the reality of climate change as it deals with wildfires up and down the country. A severe drought in the Amazon region is also causing alarm as water levels in the eponymous river drop dangerously low.

Berlin upsets Kremlin plan to deliver Turkey’s first nuclear plant by blocking parts supply

11 September 2024

Announcing delays, Turkish energy minister says Russia’s Rosatom has turned to China to source required components. Non-delivery could be sanctions issue.

India's Tata Power surpasses 100,000 home EV charger installations

11 September 2024

Tata Power, one of India's largest integrated power companies and a leading EV charging solutions provider, announced on September 9 that it had surpassed the installation of 100,000 home EV chargers nationwide.

Russia pressing Central Asian states to embrace nuclear power

10 September 2024

Hoping to drum up some much-needed cash to help fuel the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine, Rosatom, Russia’s state-controlled nuclear entity, is hyping atomic energy as a “green” solution to Central Asia’s power problems.

Iran demands 'equal footing' with Kuwaiti and Saudi plans to drill for gas in Gulf

10 September 2024

A senior Iranian military official on September 10 called on the oil and foreign ministries to push for Iran's right to develop a disputed gas field in the Persian Gulf.

Iraq’s Nasiriyah records world's highest temperature at 48.7°C

10 September 2024

The Iraqi city of Nasiriyah has recorded the world's highest temperature in the past 24 hours.

Greece, Romania and Bulgaria plan joint response to soaring energy prices in Southeast Europe

10 September 2024

Greek energy minister says not enough interconnections to transfer power from Central to Southeast Europe.

MOL reaches agreements securing Druzhba crude deliveries

10 September 2024

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL has concluded agreements to secure the continuous transport of crude through the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline through Belarus and Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia.

Suzlon wins India’s largest wind energy order

10 September 2024

Pune-based Suzlon Group, a renewable energy solutions provider, has secured India’s largest wind energy order, totalling 1.17 GW, from NTPC Green Energy Limited, the renewables arm of state-owned energy conglomerate NTPC Limited.

Not even “cancer explosion” warnings deterring Turkey from coal power expansion, says HRW

9 September 2024

“I have asthma, and my doctor says I need clean air. But there is no clean air. We are all ill here,” relates villager living near plant fed by “carbon bomb” mine.