REM - Renewable Energy
Turkey's first mini solar tenders to be held next week
Chevron backs floating wind start-up
US multinational oil company Chevron has bought into an offshore wind start-up, joining its European fossil-fuel rivals Equinor, Royal Dutch Shell and Total in the offshore wind sector.
US Interior Secretary prioritises climate change in department decisions
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has issued a directive that focuses on climate change in department decisions. Haaland, only recently confirmed in her post, has also revoked a series of Trump administration orders that promoted fossil fuel projects.
Total Eren joins Province Resources’ 8-GW HyEnergy project in Australia
Total Eren and Australian miner Province Resources are to work together to develop up to 8 GW of green hydrogen production facility in the Gascoyne region, Western Australia.
South Korea should quicken green roll-out to meet net zero by 2050
South Korea’s journey to achieving net zero by 2050 is dependent on phasing out coal as a generating fuel by 2028.
Emissions set to bounce back with a vengeance in 2021
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to increase by 4.8% to 33bn tonnes in 2021, the largest rise since 2010, with the global economy’s post-COVID-19 recovery expected to be particularly carbon intensive.
Indonesia could reach net zero by 2045
Indonesia could reach net zero by 2045, as the government tries to establish the state as a middle-income country by the centenary of its independence.
Turkey’s Fortim and Bulgaria’s Solarpro to build 100 MW solar power park in North Macedonia
Turkey’s Galata Wind IPO seven times oversubscribed
Biden seeks to reshape US energy landscape
US President Joe Biden’s recently unveiled infrastructure plan seeks to make sweeping changes to the country’s energy industry.
KenGen completes drilling at Ethiopia’s Tulu Moye geothermal project
Kenya’s KenGen has completed drilling of the first well for the Tulu Moye geothermal project in the Oromia region of south-west Ethiopia.
Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund supports 30-MW solar plant in Burkina Faso
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has agreed to lend €29mn for the development of a 30-MW solar plant in Burkina Faso.
Neste offsets emissions with jet biofuel
Europe strives to give hydrogen a backbone
Protests continue as Georgia’s government fails to allay concerns over Namakhvani hydropower project
Hungary to use NextGeneration money for green projects
China Energy Engineering connects 300-MW Zhuhai Jinwan wind farm
China Energy Engineering has connected the 300-MW Zhuhai Jinwan offshore wind farm to the grid
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