ENERGY DAILY

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Campaigners urge debt cancellation to cut fossil fuel reliance
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Such countries may find it "impossible" to phase out fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy sources, unless the "debt-fossil fuel trap" is resolved, ac...
UK lagging in switch to green energy, study warns
Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)
"Of the world's largest eight economies, the UK is forecast to have the slowest growth in low-carbon electricity generation between now and 2030," said Oxford E...
One year on: How has US climate plan affected trade ties?
Aug 13, 2023 (AFP)
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law on August 16 last year, directs some $370 billion in subsidies toward America's energy transition, including ...
Power crisis cost Vietnam $1.4 bn: World Bank
Aug 11, 2023 (AFP)
Northern Vietnam suffered rolling blackouts and sudden power outages, with operations at a large number of factories badly impacted. Some businesses were given ...
Biden targets China as he touts manufacturing revival at home
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
The executive order directs the Treasury Department to restrict certain US investments in China in sensitive high-tech sectors including semiconductors, quantum...
Germany boosts climate fund
Aug 09, 2023 (AFP)
The "climate and transformation" fund will amount to 211.8 billion euros ($232.6 billion) between 2024 and 2027. Earlier, the government had planned 177.5 billi...
New Zealand, BlackRock announce $1.2 billion in funding for zero-emission grid
Aug 08, 2023 (UPI)
"With record levels of renewable electricity generation in recent years, New Zealand is well-positioned to be one of the first countries in the world to deliver...
Biden to tout climate policy in visit to baking US southwest
Aug 08, 2023 (AFP)
Biden will give the area of nearly one million acres "national monument" status, White House climate advisor Ali Zaidi told reporters on Air Force One as it fle...
Supercomputer simulation seen as tool to guard against U.S. power grid failures
Aug 07, 2023 (UPI)
A team consisting of experts from multiple institutions developed new software to respond to a variety of grid failures using the Frontier supercomputer this sp...
Bahrain heat spurs record energy consumption
Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)
Manama's Electricity and Water Authority said the tiny island state, located in one of planet's warmest regions, "recorded its highest-ever electricity consumpt...
In a warming world, is an air-conditioned future inevitable?
Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)
For better or for worse, these power-hungry appliances are among the most common adaptations to a warming world. They have become a necessary tool for the survi...
U.S. pulls plug on incandescent light bulbs as new ban goes into effect
Aug 02, 2023 (UPI)
While the manufacture and sale of incandescent bulbs is banned starting Tuesday, under last year's rule passed by the Energy Department, the use of the traditio...
Egypt energy-saving measures power satirical reaction
Jul 30, 2023 (AFP)
Hours-long power cuts across Egypt, several times a day, prompted the directives as record temperatures hit the Mediterranean region this month. After 11 days o...
Electrical fire sparks nationwide power outage in Iraq
Jul 29, 2023 (AFP)
Electricity is a sensitive political issue in Iraq as despite the country's huge oil reserves, its dilapidated power grid is incapable of meeting peak demand an...
A study outlines the optimal strategy for accelerating the energy transition in China
Jul 28, 2023 (SPX)
However, according to historical installation rates and a recent high-resolution energy-system-model and forecasts based on China's 14th Five-Year Energy Develo...
No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
No breakthrough was possible on several key points ahead of this year's COP28 climate talks, with negotiations also failing to reach a consensus on tripling ren...
UK climate campaigners fear net zero policies under threat
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
Fears that so-called green policies, such as phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 and gas boilers in accommodation, could be downgrade...
Egypt announces planned power cuts, measures amid heatwave
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
Civil servants will work from home one day a week in an attempt to ease the load on local electricity networks, Mostafa Madbouli said in televised remarks, as t...
Wind of change picks up for German region's energy sector
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
Economically prosperous and hungry for power, Bavaria has dragged its feet on the expansion of wind energy capacity, vitally needed for Germany to hit its goal ...
Mining giant Rio unlikely to meet 2025 climate targets
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
The company's latest financial results also stated that net profits had slumped more than 40 percent in the past six months, due to weaker demand and lower comm...
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