Italy is looking to establish itself as the European Union’s (EU) energy hub using funds received through the REPowerEU initiative, according to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The REPowerEU plan, which has a budget of close to 300 billion euros, aiming at reducing the EU’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and addressing the climate crisis. …
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France is leading a push for the European Union to include nuclear power’s low-carbon hydrogen in its renewable energy regulations. But some other EU members are against it. They are concerned that it will jeopardize efforts to fast build up wind and solar. In a letter to the European Commission this week, ministers from France, …
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For certain countries, renewable energy sources are not a goal for the next 20 years, but a reality. Brazil, one of the largest countries in South America, is achieving impressive results in terms of the energy transition. By the end of 2022 in Brazil over 82% of energy comes from renewable energy sources. The total …
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The development of new energy storage technologies is the key to accelerating the energy transition and greater representation of renewable energy sources. Energy storage means greater energy stability, predictability, and planning. And that is certainly the dream of every political doctrine, especially the European one. After the start of the war in Ukraine, the entire …
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As EU countries raced to replace Russian gas, coal-fueled power generation increased across Europe last year. But the increase of coal comeback was less than anticipated. Renewable energy helped to close the gap, experts said on Tuesday. Following its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia, previously Europe’s major gas supplier, it drastically reduced its supply …
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In an effort to increase domestic production of biofuels and help the Biden administration reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will announce more than $100 million in funding on Thursday, the department told the media. In order to speed up the manufacturing of biofuels, which may be made from …
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On Tuesday, the country’s largest manufacturers’ organization said that Spain’s auto sector urgently needs a makeover to catch up to its European counterparts, and speed up its vehicle electrification process as automakers fight to recover from a pandemic-induced slump. Following the global COVID-19 illness outbreak in 2020, supply chain bottlenecks, temporary factory closures, and semiconductor …
A massive carbon capture project in the North Sea is being planned by the oil company BP. It is essential to Britain meeting its emissions targets. To assist the country in reaching its renewable energy targets, power company Orsted plans to construct one of its sizable offshore wind farms. Due to a double reservation on …
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As a recent study shows, Germany could reduce its CO2 emissions by roughly three times as much as previously believed by enforcing speed limits on its roadways. This analysis puts more pressure on the Berlin government to revisit the contentious matter. There is no speed limit on German motorways at the moment. But, a speed …
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Four countries have requested the European Union to set a deadline by which all new buses and trucks sold in Europe must emit no carbon dioxide. The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg sets the request for CO2-emitting trucks. To meet the bloc’s climate change targets, the European Commission plans to propose stricter CO2 requirements for …
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