Aneta Paunoska

China is the leader both in terms of existing low-carbon energy capacity and the future of hydropower in terms of its annual commissioning.

Five disadvantages: Hydropower is great, but building a dam is not always

Hydropower, Renewables

While hydroelectric energy has both advantages and disadvantages, there is no doubt that hydropower is an effective way to generate power for a sustainable future. Besides, did you know that 16.6% of the electricity produced worldwide comes from water? Although hydroelectric energy is undoubtedly a plentiful source of readily available energy, it has both advantages …

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hydroelectric plant

China finishes building the world’s second-largest hydro plant

Hydropower, Renewables

They connected the final producing unit of the hydro plant to the grid. And this marks the official completion of China’s second-largest hydroelectric project on the upstream branch of the Yangtze River. The state broadcaster CCTV published this. With sixteen 1-gigawatt (GW) turbines, the Baihetan hydroelectric facility is the second-largest hydropower generator in China and …

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EU to make common stance over U.N. climate talks

Are we vanishing yet? What U.N. scientists say about climate change

Climate Change

Every five years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes reports that represent the consensus of the world’s scientists on climate change, its causes, and its effects. The report from the previous year focused on the key causes of global warming and the fundamental concepts of climate science. Two significant reports followed this year: …

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates: Climate goal 1.5C warming? Mission impossible, but still…

Climate Change

Bill Gates considers himself a realist when it comes to climate change. Even if that means conceding the world has little chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Given the whole size of the overall industrial sector, according to Gates, staying below 2 degrees would require mind-boggling labor. But what about the 1.5C target …

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Investors urged the major oil and gas corporations to establish broad climate goals for 2030. They put pressure on the oil industry.

Investors increase pressure on Big Oil companies to adopt climate goals for 2030

Energy Transition

A group of investors urged four of the major oil and gas corporations in the world to establish broad climate goals for 2030, putting pressure on the industry after a year in which governments turned their attention to energy security. Before the annual general meetings of BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Shell next year, activist …

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Solar power in Latin America: A growing renewable energy hub

AIIM invests millions in boosting solar energy across Africa

Renewables, Solar, Uncategorized

A trustworthy pan-African provider of competitive, full-service renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions to the continent’s commercial and industrial (C&I) sectors, Starsight Energy and SolarAfrica Energy’s combined strength this fall thanks to AIIM. This way, they are becoming one of the continent’s most dominating solar businesses. African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) made again this significant …

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Honda's EVs on Chinese market

Santa, please YOU give me an electric car (cause recession is knocking on the door)!

Finance & Investment

More than $1 trillion is being invested by the automotive industry in a revolutionary switch from internal combustion engines to software-controlled electric cars. Automakers and government decision-makers have embraced the promise of every electric car to offer greener, safer transportation from Detroit to Shanghai. European nations and California have established the cutoff date for the …

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