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Indians buy 14 million ACs a year, and need many more
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
A record 14 million AC units were sold in India last year, with a ninefold increase in residential ownership forecast by mid-century. That will give millions sa...
World's richest 10% caused two thirds of global warming: study
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
How the rich consume and invest has substantially increased the risk of deadly heatwaves and drought, they reported in the first study to quantify the impact of...
Finland says supports EU goal to cut emissions 90 percent by 2040
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
The European Commission is expected to present the proposal for slashing emissions by 90 percent compared to 1990 levels in the coming weeks. Some member states...
How can an electricity network go down in five seconds?
Apr 29, 2025 (AFP)
- Why has the cause not yet been identified? - The electrical grid is a backbone with complex branches consisting of thousands of interconnected components. "Th...
UK govt seeks to bar state energy firm from using forced labour
Apr 23, 2025 (AFP)
A government amendment to a bill establishing publicly owned company GB Energy calls for measures to make sure "slavery and human trafficking" do not take place...
Gunmen attack Chinese-owned power plant site in Chile
Apr 21, 2025 (AFP)
The Rucalhue power plant is being built by Rucalhue Energia Spa, a unit of China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), and is projected to cost $3...
UN, Brazil to hold virtual summit Wednesday ahead of COP30
Apr 21, 2025 (AFP)
"The Secretary General and President Lula of Brazil will convene a small but representative group of heads of states and government for a virtual, closed door m...
Puerto Rico's power plants go offline, leading to widespread island blackout
Apr 16, 2025 (UPI)
Local officials are "working diligently with the entire energy component in the face of the blackout," Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon said in a socia...
AI surge to double data centre electricity demand by 2030: IEA
Apr 10, 2025 (AFP)
At the same time, AI can unlock opportunities to produce and consume electricity more efficiently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its first repor...
Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage
Apr 10, 2025 (SPX)
Some methods of achieving "long-duration energy storage" are promising. For example, with pumped hydro energy storage, water is pumped from a lake to another, h...
Iraq signs deal with US firm to produce 24,000 MW of electricity
Apr 09, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani oversaw "the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as part of a strategic cooperation framework with GE Vernova", his ...
Tajikistan to jail people for illegal electricity use
Apr 07, 2025 (AFP)
Electricity consumption in Tajikistan is limited for about six months per year, as its outdated energy infrastructure struggles to keep up with rising demand. T...
Cuba looks to sun to solve its energy crisis
Apr 04, 2025 (AFP)
Forty years ago, the solution was thought to be Russian nuclear energy. This time, it is the sun. With help from China. Dozens of containers with Chinese inscri...
EU delays 2040 climate target until summer
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
The European Commission had indicated it wanted to make official its proposal to slash Europe's planet warming emissions by 90 percent within the next 15 years ...
Deutsche Bank asset manager DWS fined 25 mn euros for 'greenwashing'
Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)
The case has dogged the German financial firm for several years since a top executive came forward with "greenwashing" allegations, with investigators repeatedl...
EU emission target delay sparks worries of climate retreat
Mar 27, 2025 (AFP)
A proposal to cut Europe's planet warming emissions by 90 percent by 2040 will not be on the table as environment ministers from the bloc's 27 countries meet in...
Sweden not doing enough to meet net-zero targets: study
Mar 20, 2025 (AFP)
Emissions increased by 6.4 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the Swedish statistics office (SCB...
Solar and Wind Dominate New Power Installations in January as Biden Era Concludes
Mar 20, 2025 (SPX)
FERC's "Energy Infrastructure Update" report for January 2025 documented the deployment of 63 solar projects totaling 2,945 megawatts (MW) and five wind project...
'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint
Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)
Carbon dioxide emissions from the building sector rose around five percent in the last decade when they should have fallen 28 percent, according to a new report...
UK energy minister in Beijing to press China on emissions
Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sought to boost engagement with China since coming to power in July, despite concerns over security and human rights cra...
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