Aneta Paunoska

rooftop solar installations, renewable energy jobs

Benin puts a rural mini-grid to the test with a 1.7 MW solar installation

Renewables, Solar

The current global energy crisis highlights the urgency and extent of the task of transforming Africa’s energy industry, also as the benefits of a faster transition to more cost-effective and cleaner energy sources such as the possibility of solar installation. In that sense, today, NEoT Offgrid Africa announced a collaboration with two other companies in …

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Equinor announced the start of production at a Norwegian floating wind farm

Renewables

The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm off the west coast of Norway began producing its first power on Sunday. According to Norwegian energy firm Equinor, it will supply power to oil and gas fields. At the same time, it will significantly reduce emissions. According to the company, the power was delivered to the Gullfaks …

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Clean technology

New electro waves: Clean energy is winning the power battle 

Renewables

Since last year’s global climate summit, clean energy has become more affordable in comparison to fossil fuels, but implementation remains a challenge. While high inflation and recessionary fears have stirred up the global economy over the last year, one sector appears to have arisen relatively unscathed: renewable energy. Wind, solar, and other clean energy costs …

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Supporters of nuclear energy, including politicians and activists, sought to improve the nuclear power industry's tarnished image

The nuclear power industry competes for a bigger role in world decarbonizing 

Energy Transition

Supporters of nuclear energy, including politicians and activists, sought to improve the nuclear power industry’s tarnished image. They argue that atomic power is a safe and cost-effective way to world decarbonizing. Concerns about the rapid pace of climate change and tight power supplies around the world have softened some policymakers’ views on nuclear energy. This …

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African countries want deeds not talks

Put the money on the table first: African countries do not trust words anymore

Finance & Investment, Policy

Finance issues took center stage today at the COP27 climate talks. U.N. Experts have published a list of $120 billion projects in that investors could invest money and support them. That will help poorer countries, including African countries, reduce emissions and adapt to the effects of global warming. Among the dozens of projects listed was …

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Poor countries message: Rich polluters must pay for climate change

Climate Change

Leaders from poor countries blamed today wealthy government’s representatives and oil companies for causing global warming. They used their speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday to demand rich polluters pay for the economic damage they are causing. Small island states are already battered by increasingly violent ocean storms and sea-level rise. …

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Global Canopy report: There is lack of deforestation policy

COP27: Okay, let’s keep some promises – to cut deforestation for example?

Climate Change

More than 25 countries at the COP27 climate talks today launched a group to hold each other accountable for a pledge to end deforestation by 2030. They also announced billions of dollars to fund their efforts. The first meeting of the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership takes place a year after more than 140 leaders …

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U.S. drillers reduced the most oil and gas rigs in a month

UAE to carry on pumping oil and gas… till death

Energy Transition

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke today before countries’ representatives gathered at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt. He told them that they had a choice. First, they may work together now to reduce emissions. The second is to condemn future generations to climate disaster. Immediately following Guterres’ speech, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed …

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