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AsiaElec: Japan’s Eneos to buy Japan Renewable Energy for $1.8bn

Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Holdings, is to buy Japan Renewable Energy (JRE) for JPY200bn ($1.8bn) in order to expand its low-carbon business.

Global Methane Pledge attracts 24 new supporters

A total of 24 new countries have now joined the US- and EU-backed Global Methane Pledge in a bid to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Greening shipping needs energy efficiency and biofuels

Decarbonising the global shipping sector by 2050 will require investment in energy efficiency and a wholesale move towards biofuels.

Governments still woefully short of IEA’s net-zero requirements

Governments need to smash the stubborn dominance of fossil fuels if the world is to reach net zero by 2050, despite the rapid development of green technologies, the IEA warns.

Plug Power, SK Group to develop fuel cells, hydrogen in South Korea

Plug Power and SK Group’s SK E&S division are to provide fuel cell systems, hydrogen fuelling stations and electrolysers to the South Korean and other Asian markets.

China looks to Kazakh coal amid energy crisis

But how much coal Kazakhstan already sells China is a mystery, because the two sides publish different figures.

Mongolian coal exports plunge 78% y/y in Sept on Covid difficulties