France’s Biggest Insurer Dumps German Power Giant Over Coal

The decision is precedent-setting for the insurance industry. Axa SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights how taboo the coal business has become.

Despite COVID, North and Latin America Install Record-Setting Wind Capacity

Last year set records for wind power growth in both North America and Latin America, with nearly 22 GW of capacity installed despite COVID-19 impacts, demonstrating the resilience of the wind industry and solidifying its crucial role in the region, according to the latest data released by 

BNEF: U.S., China at Forefront of Wind Market’s Record-Setting Year.

In a record-setting year, the wind market commissioned nearly 100 GW of new build in 2020.

Battery prices fell by 13 percent from 2019.

Battery pack prices cited below $100/kWh for the first time in 2020, while market average sits at $137/kw.

U.S. solar industry predicts installations will quadruple by 2030.

Solar installations in the United States are expected to quadruple by 2030 thanks to the extension of a key industry subsidy late last year and booming demand for carbon-free power, an industry body said on Tuesday.

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AI reveals 1,000 'dark discharges' of untreated sewage in England.

Paper says machine learning could prove crucial tool in efforts to improve quality of country’s rivers. Nearly 1,000 “dark discharges” of untreated sewage from two water company treatment plants in England have been detected by scientists using artificial intelligence to map spills.

Climate experts in dismay at choice of Mathias Cormann as OECD chief.

Critics say election of former Australian finance minister with ‘atrocious record’ sends a dangerous signal.

Road pollution affects 94% of Great Britain, study finds.

Exclusive: Roads make up 1% of the country but the pollution produced may harm wildlife everywhere. Pollution from roads affects virtually every part of Great Britain, with 94% of land having some pollution above background levels, according to research.

Renewable energy growth must speed up to meet Paris goals, agency says

International Renewable Energy Agency says $131tn investment in renewables could be required over three decades. Renewable electricity production needs to grow eight times faster than the current rate to help limit global heating, according to a report.

Hold firms responsible for their role in climate crisis, says top British investor

Sir Chris Hohn spoke of the ‘injustice’ of the climate crisis and urged businesses and banks to do more.

Ugandan youth activist stuns Berlin energy transition event.

Vanessa Nakate shocked organisers of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue by delivering a speech highlighting how she and a fellow youth activist had to submit their presentations for approval in advance of the event and were banned from criticising any of the politicians involved.

Extreme rain three times more likely thanks to climate change, Met Office warns.

Enough rain to fill Loch Ness fell on 3 October 2020 — an extreme event that’s already three times more likely because of global warming.

Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home.

Skybrators’ generate clean energy without environmental impact of large windfarms, say green pioneers.

Pushed past coping: IIED animation captures destruction of climate change loss and damage in Sierra Leone

A new animation from IIED – the second in a three-part series of animations on loss and damage caused by climate change in the least developed countrie

Coal project financing totals $1T globally despite Paris, zero-carbon pledges, report says

Many utilities and nations around the developed world may be announcing accelerated moves away from coal-fired power projects, but a new report indicates that financing support for this resource is still robust despite political pressures.

Pipeline giant Kinder Morgan starts Energy Transition Ventures group looking into CCUS, renewables.

A big-time fossil fuels player is jumping into the energy transition in a bolder, more focused way.

Russia, Turkey collaborate on nuclear reactor construction project.

ISTANBUL (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Russia remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor at the Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey Wednesday, vowing to continue their close cooperation.

Climate injustice adds more inequalities

Solar plant to be added to Vattenfall's Geesthacht pumped storage facility.

Vattenfall supplements hydropower plants with solar power. Seven megawatts of photovoltaics are under construction at the Geesthacht and Markersbach pumped storage facilities.