REM - Renewable Energy
Russia's $6.5 trillion decarbonising plan will launch next year
Russia is revving up to launch a four-decade-long, RUB89 trillion ($1.2 trillion) investment campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 60% before 2050 from 2019 levels.
US government lab: geothermal energy production sites in California could become major domestic source of lithium
According to a new review of technologies by a US Department of Energy laboratory, brine extracted during geothermal energy production in California could become a major US source of lithium, used in increasingly popular lithium-ion batteries.
REM: Brazil is making strides in wind power
Brazil is already the world’s seventh ranked country globally for wind power projects – and it is making even more strides to increase its installed capacity.
Sustainable Marine is to deliver Canada’s first in-stream tidal energy by early 2022
Sustainable Marine is to deliver Canada’s first in-stream tidal energy by early 2022. The Scottish company’s PLAT-I tidal energy platform will be grid-connected and generating electricity early next year.
iSun invests in Encore Renewable Energy
iSun Inc has reached a definitive agreement to make a strategic minority interest equity investment in Encore Renewable Energy, a leading innovator in community-scale clean energy and commercial solar developer.
Slovak government to build solar park for €60mn
Residents protest against hydropower station in Georgia
COMMENT: Russia coal mine explosion also highlights environmental tragedy
A methane explosion killed 52 people at a coal mine in Siberia on November 25 – the worst accident in a decade. But coal mine methane has a profound impact on the environment too. But fixing the problem could generate hundreds of millions of dollars.
Fifteen international companies to tender for construction of PV power plants in Uzbekistan
Russia to spend 2.7% of GDP to cut 50% of net emissions
Ukrtransgaz has joined an international hydrogen production project in Western Ukraine
Ukrtransgaz has joined an international hydrogen production project in Western Ukraine
Uzbekistan's Hamkorbank joins EBRD green financing facility
Milestone for wind power as for first time it generates most of Turkey’s single-day electricity output
Kyrgyzstan addresses power shortage by telling citizens to burn more coal and offering discounted supplies
Bulgaria’s Renalfa, Danish Eurowind Energy set up joint-venture renewable energy company
Istanbul-listed Ford Otosan launches electric scooter production with engines by Arcelik
Kazakhstan looks to nuclear amid crypto-driven energy shortage
The country no longer has a choice, the president says.
Kenyan private sector to support green hydrogen and ammonia production
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with green energy company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) to help facilitate its members’ participation in green hydrogen and ammonia production in Kenya.
Coal phase-out could take longer than thought
Thermal coal demand is expected to rise until the mid-2020s, despite the COP26 agreement, Wood McKenzie said in the aftermath of the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
Corporate net-zero targets grow, but more needs to be done
Listed companies accounting for 75% of total global corporate revenues now have net-zero targets of some kind, with the share growing four-fold over the past year, according to new research from Net-Zero Tracker.
Singapore’s VFlowTech scales up energy storage tech for EV charging
Singapore energy storage company VFlowTech is to team up with Seoul National University of Science & Technology (SeoulTech) and South Korean-based CompanyWE to install green EV charging infrastructure at existing filling stations in South Korea.
Iran riot police ‘set fire to tents of Iranian farmers protesting against water shortages’
US, Canada, Mexico talk up joint methane strategy plans
The first trilateral North American summit in five years ends with a pledge from Biden, Trudeau and Lopez Obrador to establish a North American strategy for methane and carbon emissions.
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