REM - Renewable Energy
Satellites discover huge amounts of undeclared methane emissions
Satellites are detecting previously unknown emissions of methane from gas pipelines, oil wells, fossil fuel processing plants and landfills all over the world, with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan being particular culprits.
ENERGO: Finland's Fortum to supply green energy to Uralkali
Dutch FMO: financing, contracting for Burkina Faso solar plants with 110MWp capacity finalised
New satellites to improve CO2 emissions monitoring
The European Space Agency is testing its news Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring satellite, which is expected to enable CO2 emissions to be measured more accurately when it is launched in 2025.
REM: GE’s new energy company will face a tough market as renewable energy booms
When General Electric Co. spins off its power business in 2024, the US conglomerate’s renewable-energy business will attract investment because of its reputation – but it will also face a cutthroat market from European and Chinese competitors.
NextEra proposes transmission to support US offshore wind farms off New York and New Jersey
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy has this month submitted two transmission proposals to regulators in New York and New Jersey in the US to support offshore wind farms off the two north-eastern states. Winning proposals will be selected in 2022.
$1.15bn solar and battery storage project to be built in Texas
A Californian energy company is planning to invest $1.15bn to build and maintain two power plants in Texas that will combine solar generation and battery storage.
Report: US may install 77 GW of solar and wind in 2022
The US is set to install 27 GW of new wind projects and 44 GW of solar facilities next year, says a new report by S&P Global Market Intelligence. It will be a record year, says the report.
DTEK Renewables confirms no repayments of Guaranteed Buyer arrears
DTEK Renewables confirms no repayments of Guaranteed Buyer arrears
Nasdaq-listed Proterra to provide batteries for Istanbul-listed Anadolu Isuzu’s electric buses
Sberbank extends additional $800mn in 7-year loans for Turkey's first nuclear plant
Pace of construction said to have reached next level. But controversies at the building site have become a matter of everyday news for Turks.
AsiaElec: Southeast Asia & Pacific to benefit from COP26
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy to develop Namibia's first multi-billion dollar green mega-project
State pays green energy producers UAH16.3bn ($617mn), DTEK seems discriminated against
State pays green energy producers UAH16.3bn ($617mn), DTEK seems discriminated against.
Unit of French engineering company Assystem to support development of 50-MW solar power plant in Turkey
Bahrain and Kuwait talk transition
Frankfurt-listed Nordex to supply turbines for Turkish power producer Enerjisa Uretim’s 68MW wind project
Poland grows its PV power capacity to 6 GW
Coal emerges down, but not out, from Glasgow
The COP26 conference finished 26 hours late on November 13, with a last-minute intervention by India watering down the final agreement’s commitment on coal.
Biden signs bipartisan infrastructure bill
On 15 November, US President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill includes funding for a modernised grid, ports and for renewable energy demonstration projects as well as renewable-energy R&D.
Russian Rosatom to supply more low-carbon energy to NLMK
IGU calls for more support for renewable gases
Cabinet fires GarPok director allegedly for attempt to pay to all green energy producers
Cabinet fires GarPok director allegedly for attempt to pay to all green energy producers
Making the case for oil and gas
Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago won’t be following Costa Rica in calling for an end to hydrocarbon exploration.
Atome Energy signs MoU on power deliveries from green hydrogen and ammonia plant
Atome Energy, a subsidiary of UK-based President Energy, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Paraguay’s national power provider ANDE on future supplies of electricity from a green hydrogen and ammonia plant.
Australia’s hydrogen sector draws investment
Fortescue Future Industries commits to major green hydrogen project in Argentina
Argentina’s government has reportedly struck an agreement with Fortescue Future Industries, an Australian company, on the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Rio Negro Province.
Serbia sets quota for auctions for wind power plants
Uzbekistan: People no longer in the dark about power shortages
Until now, officials had been silent about ongoing power cuts, even calling them a thing of the past.
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance aims to end oil and gas production
The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) is calling for an immediate end to new licensing rounds for oil and gas exploration, and has signed up 11 governments to a promise to end oil and gas production by 2050.
COP26 sectoral initiatives could close 2030 emissions gap by 9%
An initial assessment by Climate Action Tracker of the impact of the Glasgow sectoral announcements for methane, coal, forests and transport show they would reduce the 2030 emissions gap between current government action and a 1.5C pathway by 9%.
AFrElec: UK funding to support developing cities and regions transition to net zero by 2050
The UK government has announced GBP27.5mn ($37.1mn) of seed funding to support the UK Urban Climate Action Programme in a bid to tackle climate change and reduce emissions in cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Guterres stresses emissions, finance gaps still major barriers to 1.5C
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the COP26 summit that much work remains to be done to fill the emissions gap and the finance and adaptation gap, despite welcoming the agreements on forests, methane and coal made so far.
EBRD president stresses decarbonisation and green transition on first official visit to Turkey
Report: US solar and wind have nearly quadrupled since 2011
China, US announce surprise climate agreement
China and the US have agreed to work together to combat climate change and to prevent global warming.
Climate change ‘destroying honey production in Kyrgyzstan’
Disappearing glaciers leading to a loss of meltwater, leaving beekeepers high and dry.
Uzbekistan tells COP26 it aims to cut emissions by 35% within decade
Deputy PM says climate in Central Asia changing twice as fast as in other regions due to the drying up of the Aral Sea.
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