Environment
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…
World needs more than 2.000 CCS plants by 2040
The world must step up deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in order to meet the emissions targets…
Coal exit would damage German economy – FDP
Closing coal plants to help achieve “ambitious” emissions cuts had little merit environmentally but would be economically damaging, the head…
Exxon is spending $1 billion a year to research green energy
One of the world’s biggest oil companies is pumping more than $1 billion a year into alternative forms of energy…
EFdeN has launched the new solar house concept – EFdeN Signature
EFdeN announces the launch of EFdeN Signature, a new energy-efficient solar power house prototype, with which the multidisciplinary student team…
New EU car CO2 limits in danger amid German automaker lobbying
While the Dieselgate scandal still roars on, the European Union may be about to water down new CO2 limits for…