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Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds
Oct 23, 2017 (UPI)
Moody's Investors Service reported that Japan faces challenges in meeting its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Based on March levels, the report fou...
IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve
Oct 19, 2017 (UPI)
A report from the International Energy Agency, published Thursday, finds that providing universal access to electricity within 13 years would require an investm...
'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says
Oct 01, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Energy said last week it was calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change how the wholesale electricity sector works by ...
SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
The eventual goal is an autonomous grid that seamlessly absorbs routine power fluctuations from clean energy sources like solar and wind and quickly responds to...
Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability
Sep 04, 2017 (SPX)
The same principle can be extended to the traditional power system and decentralized microgrids. The power grid has a large reserve of energy to continue in an ...
ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia
Aug 29, 2017 (UPI)
The Asian Development Bank called for a so-called Green Finance Catalyzing Facility, which would be different from a fund in that it would include a blend of fi...
China merges energy giants into global leader
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
The tie-up between the two state-owned companies -- coal producer Shenhua Group Corp. and China Guodian Corp. -- will be named the National Energy Investment Gr...
Power demand to peak in Europe summers, not winters: study
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
Understanding how demand for power will change in the coming decades as the planet warms is crucial in the 35 countries of Europe, which makes up the world's th...
Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated
Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)
"The IPCC research community uses a definition of preindustrial that is likely underestimating the warming that has already taken place," said Michael Mann, dis...
India must rethink infrastructure needs for 100 new 'smart' cities to be sustainable
Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)
Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a detailed analysis of the environmental implications of the p...
Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources
Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)
Studies at naturally carbonated springs have shown how oxygen in the water comes to have a distinctive chemical fingerprint. Research showed that this fingerpri...
Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
The announcement Thursday took the wraps off one of the secretive projects at the Alphabet unit X, known notably for its work on self-driving cars and internet ...
Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio
Jun 27, 2017 (SPX)
The paper published by PNAS the week of June 19, 2017, with Christopher Clack as first author, provides a rigorous analysis that corrects a 2015 research roadma...
Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica
Jun 08, 2017 (UPI)
Centrica holds a 60 percent stake in the Canadian exploration and production joint venture, CQ Energy Canada Partnership, and said it was now sold to a consorti...
Keeping the hydrogen coming
Jun 08, 2017 (SPX)
When burned, hydrogen is converted into water and heat to make an entirely clean power source. Thus, in the quest for greener power, there is an urgent need for...
New ultrathin material for splitting water could make hydrogen production cheaper
Jun 08, 2017 (SPX)
The technology is based on the creation of ultrathin slices of porous metal-organic complex materials coated onto a foam electrode, which the researchers have u...
India vows to 'go beyond' Paris accord, adding pressure on Trump
Jun 03, 2017 (AFP)
Two days after US President Donald Trump sensationally announced plans to withdraw from the pact on curbing carbon emissions Modi said India would "continue wor...
US states, cities and firms unite behind Paris accord
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
A majority of Americans in every state, or 69 percent of US voters, believe the United States should participate in the agreement, according to a recent opinion...
US may do less harm outside climate pact than in it: analysts
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
This way, the Trump administration, heavily influenced by the fossil-fuel industry, will have less sway over the UN climate process, they said. "A rogue US can ...
China further opens energy sector to private investment
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
The plan comes as China, the world's biggest energy guzzler, attempts to ramp up domestic oil and gas production to boost its supply of the vital resources. The...
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