Company founder Carl-Magnus Norden told Reuters the expanded model range – trucks in the 7.5-tonne, 12-tonne, 16-tonne and 19-tonne weight categories – is based on customer demands to add to its first model, the Volta Zero. LONDON: Electric truck startup Volta Trucks said on Thursday it will add three new models for inner city zero-emissions […]
EWEC Forecasts Halving CO2 Emissions from Water and Electricity Production by 2025
Investment in clean energy technologies to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 million tonnes EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) has released its latest Statement of Future Capacity Requirements Summary Report for Abu Dhabi’s future water and electricity production. The statement forecasts a significant 50 percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a shift towards […]
Global Energy Review 2021
As the world enters a second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Global Energy Review assesses the direction energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions are taking in 2021. The latest statistical data and real-time analysis confirm our initial estimates for 2020 energy demand and CO2 emissions while providing insights into how economic activity and […]
B2Gold commissions world’s largest off-grid solar plant
Suntrace and Baywa r.e complete commissioning of the world’s biggest solar-battery hybrid system for the mining industry at the B2Gold Fekola mine in Mali. Suntrace and BayWa r.e., together with B2Gold, have completed commissioning of the world’s largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for the mining industry, at the Fekola gold mine in Mali, West Africa. […]
The Green Climate Fund approves the first JICA proposed-project
The Green Climate Fund approves the first JICA proposed-project: To reduce CO2 emissions through forest conservation and enhance community climate resilience in Timor-Leste During the 28th Board Meeting, the Green Climate Fund (GCF)* approved the first project proposed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA): Community-based Landscape Management for Enhanced Climate Resilience and Reduction of […]
Bipartisan Legislation Would Strengthen Federal Incentives for Carbon Capture Removal and Storage – Essential for Addressing Climate Change
Today, the Senate introduced the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act. This legislation would enable carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and direct air capture (DAC) projects to access necessary federal incentives for reducing CO2 emissions. The bill would enhance the 45Q tax credit for CCUS and DAC by extending the commence […]
Consortium of ENGIE and NAREVA declared bidder for Gafsa solar plant
The consortium will be responsible for developing, designing, financing, building, operating and maintaining the 120 MWp Gafsa photovoltaic power plant over a period of 20 years from commissioning. he consortium led by ENGIE (ENGIE.com) and NAREVA has been declared preferred bidder for the construction of the Gafsa photovoltaic power plant, which was launched as an […]
Dubai Achieves 19% Reduction in Net CO2 Emissions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: In conjunction with the convening of the preparatory conference for the UN 2019 Climate Summit (COP 25) in Abu Dhabi, the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy announced that the net CO2 emissions of Dubai have decreased by 19% compared to the business as usual (BAU) scenario and 10% below the Carbon […]
Bosch targets carbon neutrality at over 400 plants worldwide by 2020
Bosch is to be fully climate-neutral as early as next year. Its over 400 locations worldwide, and their engineering, manufacturing, and administrative facilities, will no longer leave a carbon footprint. This will make Bosch the first major industrial enterprise to achieve this ambitious goal in a little over a year. “We see climate action as […]