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13 01 2020 | 07:53

What’s Behind Big Oil’s Promises of Emissions Cuts? Lots of Wiggle Room.

Here’s what the major fossil fuel companies are committing to do on climate change, and how that falls far short of what’s needed. The oil and gas industry seems to have entered a state of cognitive…

13 01 2020 | 07:51

WA Government Funding Renewable Hydrogen Feasibility Studies.

Western Australia’s McGowan Government has stumped up $1.68 million to support renewable hydrogen feasibility studies across the state. The money is coming from the State Government’s Renewable…

13 01 2020 | 07:50

Shutdown of US coal power facilities saved over 26,000 lives, study finds.

Shift to gas saved more than 300m tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide levels dropped. The human toll from coal-fired pollution in America has been laid bare…

13 01 2020 | 07:41

Fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub.

Japan aims to power region, scene of 2011 meltdown, with 100% renewable energy by 2040. Fukushima is planning to transform itself into a renewable energy hub, almost nine years after it became the…

13 01 2020 | 07:01

As wind and solar power rise, EU seeks more grid ‘flexibility’.

An integrated electricity market, with more grid interconnections and storage solutions “of all types” are at the centre of EU plans to build a more resilient electricity system able to deal with…

11 01 2020 | 14:34

First Large Battery in Republic of Ireland Targets Super-Fast Grid Services.

The Fluence-supplied battery system will make money via a new product that rewards high-speed frequency response. The Republic of Ireland recently received its first grid-scale battery, which will…

11 01 2020 | 14:33

BlackRock goes green? Investment giant joins Climate Action 100+.

Move comes just a month after the firm was accused of being 'full of greenwash' by former US Vice President Al Gore BlackRock yesterday became the latest signatory to Climate Action 100+, adding the…

11 01 2020 | 14:32

Belgium’s total electricity share from renewable energy reaches new highs.

For the first time since 2010, Belgium exported more electricity than it imported, it emerged from figures produced by high voltage network operator Elia that states the situation is the “reverse of…

11 01 2020 | 14:18

Greenpeace says China's tech firms trailing on renewable energy goals.

SHANGHAI • China's Internet firms have fallen behind global peers in sourcing energy from clean, renewable sources, with soaring use of Internet data driving up energy demand and carbon emissions,…

10 01 2020 | 15:06

Australia to cull thousands of camels.

Thousands of camels in South Australia will be shot dead from helicopters as a result of extreme heat and drought. A five-day cull started on Wednesday, as Aboriginal communities in the region have…

10 01 2020 | 11:02

Australia: like a furnace.

Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fuelled by record-breaking temperatures, drought and wind. The country has always experienced fires, but this season has been…

09 01 2020 | 09:23

Kenya Says Starts Spraying of Locusts Seen as Threat to Food Security.

NAIROBI - Kenya said on Saturday it had started aerial spraying in three counties in the country’s north to try to head off a locust invasion which has already caused extensive damage to farmland in…

09 01 2020 | 08:38

Water wars: early warning tool uses climate data to predict conflict hotspots.

Tension over water scarcity is increasing across the globe. A new system flags up where this threatens to erupt into violence. Researchers from six organisations have developed an early warning…

08 01 2020 | 14:58

Africa embraces an $8 billion solar market for going off-grid.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So Tanzania, where 80 percent of the population has no reliable access to electricity, is planning to import biomass as fuel from Ethiopia this year and…

08 01 2020 | 14:23

Next Generation Battery Materials Project Exceeding Expectations.

Nexeon – the UK company developing silicon materials for next generation Li-ion batteries – has reached the halfway stage in its £10million SUNRISE project, and has already produced silicon battery…

08 01 2020 | 14:07

UK’s first grid-injected hydrogen pilot gets underway.

A new ground-breaking hydrogen trial has begun in the UK. A new pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and businesses is now fully operational. This is the first time…

08 01 2020 | 14:03

UK Chancellor vows a ‘decade of renewal’ after prioritising environment in March budget.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain has vowed to prioritise the environment in the March budget. Sajid Javid has this week launched the beginning of the Budget process and announced…

08 01 2020 | 13:41

How States Will Continue to Drive Climate Action in 2020.

The “State of the States”: How State and Local Action Drove Climate Action in 2019 – and What to Watch For in 2020 Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2019 Climate & Clean Energy…

08 01 2020 | 11:51

Registration is now open for GORD’s 2020 workshops

A new year has already begun, and it won’t be long before we roll out our 2020 workshops starting from February. Last year, 500+ practitioners benefited from GORD’s training series and many qualified…