World heading into ‘the Age of Electricity’: IEA
Paris (AFP) - More than half of the world's electricity will be produced by low-emission sources before 2030 but the ...
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China’s solar goes from supremacy to oversupply
Beijing (AFP) - Strong state support and huge private investment have made China's solar industry a global powerhouse, but it ...
TotalEnergies plans to grow oil and gas production until 2030
Paris (AFP) - French energy giant TotalEnergies has announced plans to increase its oil and gas production until 2030, as ...
Britain’s last coal-fired power station closes
London (AFP) - The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first ...
Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom
Kathmandu (AFP) - Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, ...
World’s first CO2 storage service soon ready in Norway
Øygarden (Norway) (AFP) - Norway inaugurated Thursday the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, a crucial step ...
Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US
New York (AFP) - Two American energy companies are each preparing to bring a nuclear power station back into service, ...
No peak oil demand ‘on the horizon’, phaseout a ‘fantasy’: OPEC
Paris (AFP) - OPEC said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a "fantasy", as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand ...
Electric cars overtake petrol models in Norway
Oslo (AFP) - Hot on the heels of still-dominant diesel cars, electric vehicles now outnumber petrol models for the first ...
Climate finance talks make little progress before UN summit
Paris (AFP) - International negotiations on money to help developing countries tackle climate change concluded without a breakthrough this week, ...
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