Apocalypses are much less fun to live through than to imagine. The past few decades have brought humankind and most other species on Earth to the brink of destruction. We now face mass extinctions, raging wildfires and extreme weather events — among numerous issues to be discussed at the crucial COP26 climate change conference in…
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Council endorses BE Power to progress to next stage for 400-MW Big-T pumped storage – Renewable Energy World No posts to display
Georgia Power gains state approval for 65-MW/260-MWh battery storage project – Renewable Energy World No posts to display
The Queen is definitely coming. US President Joe Biden says he will be there “with bells on”. A Goldman Sachs team is expected, along with Larry Fink, the boss of BlackRock, a clutch of other financiers, reams of chief executives and dozens of world leaders. After 18 cooped-up Covid months, a solid chunk of the…
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China has ordered coal miners to boost production as President Xi Jinping races to combat an energy crisis now threatening to slow the world’s second-biggest economy and force his administration to backtrack on climate change promises. Energy officials in Inner Mongolia, one of China’s largest coal-producing regions, instructed 72 local miners to expand capacity by…
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The strength of the wind blowing across northern Europe has fallen by as much as 15 per cent on average in places this year, according to data compiled by Vortex, an independent weather modelling group. The cause of the decrease is uncertain, say scientists, but one possible explanation is a phenomenon called global stilling. This…
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This month Mike Hewitt, a former US naval rear admiral, is shuttling across the Atlantic to pitch a green venture to investors. Nothing unusual about that you might think: such projects are popular ahead of next month’s COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. However, this particular environmental project, known as IP3, has an unusual twist: it…
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The average Malian consumes less electricity each year than the average Londoner uses to power their tea kettle. Yet when delegates from Mali, and other poor countries like it, arrive in Glasgow for COP26 next month, the expectation will be for them to do everything they can to stop their emissions from rising. The well-trodden…
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India’s wind market is ready for its comeback – Renewable Energy World Home News India’s wind market is ready for its comeback No posts to display