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 ...
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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, ...
UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the ...
Heat pumps are key to home electrification — but will Americans buy in?
Washington (AFP) - On a hot summer day, contractors snake wiring through the basement of a townhouse in southeast Washington ...
Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time
Sydney (AFP) - Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to ...
Eco-friendly French cargo ship revives sail power
New York (AFP) - A French ship navigating past New York City to harbor laden with Champagne, Cognac and jam under ...
UK announces record green energy auction
London (AFP) - The UK on Tuesday said it had awarded a record 131 new green infrastructure projects in a ...
Paraguay’s abundant hydropower draws crypto miners, legal and not
Hernandarias (Paraguay) (AFP) - In the Paraguayan city of Hernandarias, a data center with row upon row of supercomputers stands as ...
Switzerland reopens door for new nuclear power plants
Geneva (AFP) - Switzerland said Wednesday it was open to building new nuclear power stations in the long term, given ...
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