Of all continents, Africa is least responsible for climate change. It has contributed only a minute part of the greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the climate emergency the world faces…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will finance a 1,500MW hydropower project and associated transmission facilities in Mozambique.
The IFC will partner with the Mozambican Ministry of…
Critical to any strategy around climate change is the question of justice. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) reports on climate change mitigation and its impacts…
The ENCLUDE Academy for Energy Citizen Leadership is an online program for leadership development and civic engagement for decarbonization. Participants will hone their individual leadership and…
Since the presidency of Thabo Mbeki, plans have been periodically put forward to increase South Africa’s nuclear output. At present, Africa’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, supplies electricity…
Any new coalmines in Australia’s Galilee Basin, including Adani’s Carmichael mine, will not be economically viable in the long run under even the most generous assumptions about the future of the…
Egypt has invited African countries to hold a consultative session on climate and energy to coordinate the African position ahead of COP27 in November.
In a workshop held by Morocco via video…
The world’s leading energy economist has warned against investing in large new oil and gas developments, which would have little impact on the current energy crisis and soaring fuel prices but spell…
The terrible events in Ukraine mean we now face a dual crisis of climate and security that requires us to stop merely fiddling at the margins of a fossil fuel-based economy. More radical solutions…
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is another harsh wake up call. We are eight years away from the deadline to halve global emissions, and the world is currently in the grip…
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), owned by Australian billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, is planning to convert a former coal mine in US state of Washington into a green hydrogen production…
The creation of a global green hydrogen economy will require renewable energy generation for hydrogen production alone to reach the equivalent of more than double 2022’s total electricity demand by…
The US installed 28.5GW of utility battery storage, solar, and wind capacity last year – flat compared to deployment in 2020 – as multiple market “headwinds” continued to imped the industry’s ability…
Climate change is a global phenomenon, affecting every corner of the world. And yet, it is the continent which least contributed to it that is paying the highest price: Africa. Seven of the ten…
The 2022 Revised National Energy Policy (RNEP) and the National Energy Master Plan (NEMP) are expected to positively impact Nigeria’s energy sector states Minister of Science, Technology and…
What do we really mean by the terms “green energy” and “renewable energy sources”?
Is there any correlation between energy and environmental protection?
How does the EU deal with this matter and…
Fears that China’s immediate focus on thermal power security has altered its long-term energy transition are unfounded
At a recent hearing on “China’s Energy Plans and Practices” held by the US…
The energy transition continues, with the share of renewables in global power generation expected to double in the next 15 years while total fossil fuel demand is projected to peak before 2030,…
The number of coal-fired power plants under development around the world fell last year, but far too much coal is still being burned and too many new coal-fired power plants are planned for the world…
VALMY, Nev. — Jan Morrison can see a lot of potential in the Valmy Coal Plant in Humboldt County, Nevada.
"It's going to be vibrant and it's going to be a vital part of our energy grid. It'll remain…