At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system
Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add…
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OECD urges countries to tax more the dirty energy
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has encouraged governments to start taxing CO2 emissions more aggressively, in a…
Fighting energy poverty through integrated upgrading of public buildings (analysis by Andrei Ceclan)
Andrei Ceclan, Doctor Engineer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca We use energy in buildings for conditioning the indoor microclimate in such…
Diesel driving bans loom for 10 German cities – study
Ten German cities considerably exceed EU nitrogen oxide (NOx) limits, making diesel driving bans more likely in 2018, according to…
Norway’s $1 trillion fund curbs holdings in biggest CO2 emitters
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has trimmed the proportion of its $1 trillion (720.79 billion pounds) fortune that is invested in…
After 20 years in Romania, LUKOIL announces investments of more than 30 million dollars in Petrotel
Petrotel LUKOIL announces new investments in their refinery in Ploiesti, over 30 million dollars by 2020, for improving environmental footprint.…
Belt & Road Initiative: China is looking for the great global strategy
China is in the process of rephrasing a major strategy – the Belt & Road Initiative (BRi) – in relation…
EU’s new deal on ”nearly zero energy buildings” for 2050
European Union lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday (19 December) on some key parts of a draft law that…
World Bank pulls plug on oil and gas
The World Bank has announced it will stop funding oil and gas projects from 2019. Annie Pickering, a campaigner at…
Germany: Offshore wind farms deliver power on 363 days a year
Offshore wind farms produce electricity more reliably than previously thought, a study by research institute Fraunhofer IWES has shown. Wind…
Energy hog Google just bought enough renewables to power its operations for the year
Recently, Google announced that it has purchased a whopping 3 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity — equal to what all…
Alro finalizes new investments in energy efficiency
Alro S.A. announced the completion of new $3.4 million in investments in the areas of energy efficiency, competitiveness and upgrading…
Ukraine can help Poland become energy independent without coal
Mike Parr Poland can’t continue to rely on coal, because it’s dirty, inefficient and increasingly has to be imported from…