In the UK, the Energy Prices Bill has become law. This gives Grant Shapps, the newly appointed Business Secretary, a new power over renewable power generators, including and not limited to caps on their revenues to limit their emissions. A government committee is seeking a way to address what it has
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year, the drop in fossil fuel exports from this country will affect the energy landscape around the world for decades to come. In this way, it can contribute to accelerating a green energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said o
A minister said on Wednesday that Singapore’s energy regulator plans to introduce new emission standards in 2023 to be applied to all new and repowered fossil fuel-fired power plants. Low Yen Ling, the minister of state for the ministry of trade and industry, said at the Singapore Internationa
Approximately 245 million metric tons of carbon dioxide are now being released from China-invested power plants overseas each year; this is about the same amount of CO2 as is released by the energy-related facilities in Spain or Thailand each year, according to new research on Tuesday. In the past t
On average, the USA uses over 750 million litres of fuel, 32 million kg of pesticides, and billions of litres of water to maintain the garden. And that’s just one country! So are gardens really sustainable? If done right, they can be! In fact, sustainable gardening could not only help cut down
This Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is beginning the process of designing a $27 billion green bank that will offer grants to disadvantaged communities across the country in order to deploy projects that are low- or zero-emission in nature. It is important to note
All our zero-waste, sustainable living attempts seem to fumble a bit when it comes to this – the toilet. Yes, toilet paper is the ultimate single-use item that is also essential to our way of life — or is it? Well, it certainly is the unsung hero of our time. Its value was mainly unnoticed [
According to Nikola Corp (NKLA.O), the recent inflation reduction act (IRA) will be an added advantage for the electric vehicle maker as it will facilitate the business of making hydrogen fuel cells for its electric trucks and for its hydrogen transportation business. The act, which was signed into
Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, soaring natural gas prices have made hydrogen produced from fossil fuels increasingly uneconomic, a report said Thursday. As a result, more than $70 billion of new investment has been made in hydrogen generated from renewable sources since the war broke out. In
Despite the latest pledges by countries to tackle global warming under the Paris Agreement, scientists believe these pledges are “woefully inadequate” to prevent an alarming rise in global temperatures that will worsen droughts, storms, and floods around the world, a report out on Wednes
