The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a new funding of $127 million to lend to women-led businesses and help Turkey transition to a green economy to the public bank of Turkey (İş Bankası), Hürriyet Daily News reported. The EBRD said in a statement that the funds would be split between Turkey’s …
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The Swiss government has launched a campaign calling on residents and businesses to voluntarily save energy and energy reduction amid the threat of gas and electricity shortages. “The Federal Council has decided on numerous measures so that Switzerland can quickly increase its energy supply in preparation for winter. Launched today under the slogan “Energy is …
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Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte from crab shell, which is expected to make solar and wind energy storage batteries more environmentally friendly, Matter magazine reported. Today, the demand for renewable energy sources is multiplying due to their environmental friendliness. However, the desire for conscious consumption …
Last year, US scientists published a feasibility study on the benefits of building solar panels over water canals. Now, the Nexus pilot project is being implemented in California, in which solar panels will be placed over two spans of canals in the Turlock irrigation district to collect energy. According to available data, California authorities have …
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The European Commission has allocated €5.6 billion for the development of offshore wind energy farms to ensure the energy security of the European Union, the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. “The European Commission has allocated €5.6 billion from the EU Next Generation Fund to finance the development of …
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The German branch of the environmental NGO Greenpeace acknowledged that in the context of the European fuel crisis, the return of Germany to the use of coal-fired power plants for energy generation has become inevitable, the eco-activists said in a statement. “[We] are sad that already mothballed coal-fired power plants are being reconnected to the …
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Denmark, together with other countries of the Baltic Sea, is committed to increase the capacity of wind power farms (WPP) in the region by 7 times by 2030 and bring it up to 20 GW. This was reported by the newspaper Politiken with reference to the draft agreement, which will be presented at the residence …
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The Economics Committee of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) has approved a draft law on the organization of energy management for the complete transition of the country to renewable energy by 2030, the press service of the Parliament said. The commission sent the bill to the Parliament, which is due to discuss it in the first …
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American scientists have created a new type of battery from cheap public cells, Nature reported. Modern batteries are made from rare materials like lithium. Because of this, the price for them is quite high, and their annual production cannot be increased indefinitely due to the limited capacity of the deposits. In this regard, scientists are …
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Renewable energy will account for more than 50% of China’s total energy consumption growth by 2025, and wind and solar will double by 2020, further accelerating China’s carbon emissions target, the Global Times reported. Director General of New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of China National Energy Administration (NEA) Li Zhuangjun said during the carbon …
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