German renewable organisations highlight the crucial role geothermal heating can play.
Local associations are pushing for measures that help accelerate the expansion of geothermal district heating supply in Germany, highlighting its important role and untapped potential to provide green and sustainable heating to the country's energy future.
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IRENA reports that geothermal energy production costs are decreasing – marginally.
Compared to other renewable energy power generation technologies, geothermal energy has only been able to decrease cost of electricity generation slightly, as reported by IRENA.
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UK Conservatives make 40GW offshore wind pledge.
The UK Conservative party has confirmed an election pledge to support a 40GW offshore wind target for 2030. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday launched the party’s manifesto, which includes the commitment to increase the current 30GW installed capacity goal by 10GW.
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Global use of coal-fired electricity set for biggest fall this year.
The world’s use of coal-fired electricity is on track for its biggest annual fall on record this year after more than four decades of near-uninterrupted growth that has stoked the global climate crisis.
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Death toll from Kenya landslides surges to 60.
Kenya's president deployed rescue personnel, including from the army, to try and prevent the 'further loss of lives'.
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Climate-heating greenhouse gases hit new high, UN reports.
Head of World Meteorological Organization says ‘no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline’ The concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases has hit a record high, according to a report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.
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Coal Knew, Too
A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware of the threat of climate change.
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Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere reach yet another high.
Another year, another record
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The EU's big goals for offshore wind are achievable - with the right grid investments and spatial planning.
The EU Commission’s big goals for offshore wind – between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 – are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning.
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No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns.
CAPE TOWN/LONDON - A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels.
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A group of former university students in Africa are creating an energy-efficient home inspired by traditional architecture.
A portable, energy-efficient home that was originally built for a competition may be available on the market soon in Africa.
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IKEA to pump €200m into assembling a 'climate positive' business.
Cash will be spent on green energy projects, and reforestation and sustainable forestry schemes, flatpack giant reveals
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Climate change will be an issue for most voters in 2020 — CBS News poll.
With next year's presidential election looming, many Americans say climate change will be a factor in their vote, but it will be more o
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It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters.
The way we assess economic performance and social progress is fundamentally wrong, and the climate crisis has brought these concerns to the fore.
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2019, the year the world woke up to climate change.
Until recently, for most people, climate change was firmly in the realm of the hypothetical.
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The climate crisis leaders' debate: what did we learn?
How did the leaders of the main parties, minus Boris Johnson, address the biggest issue of our times? Four writers respond
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GWO and GWEC join forces to power the global wind energy workforce.
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have signed a partnership agreement to highlight the importance of safety, training and job creation to power wind energy development and the global energy transition.
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EU’s offshore wind goals are easy to achieve.
The E.U. Commission’s aims to achieving between 230 and 450GW of offshore wind by 2050, provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning.
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Climate emergency: world 'may have crossed tipping points’.
Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events.
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