Renewable energy is gaining increased support, but it can still be something of a divisive issue, especially when you get into the details of energy policy. Deciding how utilities should compensate …
Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Company is participating with Renova in a feasibility study into the possibility of developing a 700MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Japan.
The Oki…
UN Climate Change News, Accra, 20 March 2019 – The high-level segment of the Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, got firmly underway this morning with the official opening ceremony at the capital’s…
Μετά το Κατοβίτσε και το COP24, είχα την χαρά να βρεθώ σε μια ακόμη μεγάλη κι επιτυχημένη συνδιάσκεψη των Ηνωμένων Εθνών στο Ναϊρόμπι της Κένυα, στην 4η Περιβαλλοντική Σύνοδο των Η.Ε.
Νέο ρεκόρ…
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has unveiled its PV GreenCard Programme, with the aim of improving the safety and quality of installations.
The PV GreenCard which was…
4th UNEA NAIROBI KENYA
Closing Press Conference 15th March 2019
by the
President of the Environment Assembly Siim Kiisler,
UN Environment's Acting Executive Director Joyce Msuya,
and the…
Dutch company GoodFuels and partner Reinplus Fiwado Bunker have fuelled the For Ever, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on 100 percent sustainable biofuels…
A £709-million underwater electricity link to help Shetland export renewable electricity to mainland Britain has moved a step closer with the UK regulator Ofgem saying it is likely to approve the…
The Federal Government is set to commence construction of Gurara hydropower plant after it announced to have completed the concession process required for the handing over of the plant to a…
US $567.7m Isimba Hydropower Dam in Kayunga District Uganda has been officially commissioned by President Museveni. “The construction and completion of Isimba dam gives confidence to investors that…
The company also revealed that on April 9, the project was awarded “special project” status under the Turkish government’s “Project Based Investment Incentive System,” a 2.4 billion TRL (around US$…
Turkey is the fastest growing OECD economy with rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2008, its economic growth has been relatively decoupled from air emissions, energy use, waste…
Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai, which swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, destroying towns and villages in its path.
Hundreds of people have been…
The co-located ‘Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid’ and ‘Regional Energy Co-operation Summit’ meetings taking place in Addis Ababa from 27 – 29th March welcome the launch of the updated version of…
UN Climate Change News, Accra, 22 March 2019 – Africa Climate Week formally closed today, concluding a five-day programme of events in Accra – all of which have been hosted by the Government of the…
Across the United States, workers are covering fields with solar panels, and big rigs are hauling massive turbine blades to wind-scoured ridgelines. This is what it looks like when renewable energy…
Cutting energy use in buildings, ramping up renewable electricity and developing large-scale storage with hydrogen are clear options in bringing energy emissions down to zero by 2050, according to a…
Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of increasing the EU’s 2030 emission cuts target to 55% and a net-zero mid-century target on Thursday (14 March), bringing an end to weeks of…
The global market for solar services is forecast to increase from $8.13 billion in 2017 to $14.48 billion by 2025, driven by an aging asset base, as well as new installations.
The production of so-called green hydrogen from wind and solar electricity is seen as a potential game-changer for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system. But getting there will take some…