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EU Directive to bring down energy bills and reduce emissions

The Commission welcomes today's final adoption of the strengthened Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, another milestone of the European Green Deal. This legislation sets...

Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023

Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, new IEA...

Setting Up Cambodia for Successful Transition to Electric Mobility

Cambodia can achieve its ambitious targets for increasing the proportion of electric vehicles on its roads if it follows a carefully designed plan to...

Rethinking wind power’s towers and turbines

New materials and designs can make a leading source of renewable energy both greener and cheaper. By Tom Cassauwers At first glance, the wind-turbine tower that...

Russia’s oil and gas revenue jumped in February

Russia’s oil and gas revenue jumped more than 80% in February from a year earlier to over $10 billion due to higher prices for...

5 things you should know about ‘clean energy’ minerals and the dirty process of mining them

If the world is to move away from fossil fuels, we will need to extract far more rare minerals, to power renewable energy sources...

E-fuels could complement the diversification of decarbonization options available to aviation

Airplanes around the world will increase their use of electric fuel by 10% by 2030, writes Al-Ain from the UAE. This fuel pollutes the...

Plant-powered planes may be no pipe dream

EU researchers are seeking to expand supplies of clean aviation fuels by producing more from agricultural sources. By Tereza Pultarova Professor David Chiaramonti is looking down at...

TDB and the World Bank to Accelerate Access to Sustainable and Clean Energy in Africa

The World Bank has extended a facility of close to $300 million to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), to...

US rethinks gas exports, spooking Europe

The reassessment of how the Department of Energy approves gas export permits, first reported by POLITICO, threatens to stall projects that Europe depends on...

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