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Spain signs wind expansion charter
Spain’s Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera has signed a charter identifying actions to accelerate the expansion of wind energy in the country and to maximise its social and economic benefits.
read more... 21/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
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Italy presses ahead with nuclear as energy transition tool after 30-plus-year hiatus
The Italian Chamber of Deputies will launch a major inquiry into how nuclear energy could help Italy reach its energy transition goals, a significant step as the country remains the only G7 nation not operating nuclear power stations, having shut down the last plant over 30 years ago.
read more... 08/03/2024
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Italy's green transition efforts held back by lack of big solar projects
Italy's energy transition is building on a myriad of solar panels mounted on roofs, but the country has installed far fewer large plants than its neighbours, data seen by Reuters show, signalling hurdles on Rome's path to decarbonisation.
read more... 06/03/2024
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Power subsidies key to Germany’s green transition
Germany’s green transition will require energy price subsidies to be realised, said economy minister Robert Habeck on Wednesday.
read more... 22/02/2024