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From Paris to London, city officials are limiting hours of holiday illumination.
From Paris to London, officials in cities across Europe are limiting hours of holiday illumination, and many have switched to more energy-efficient LED lights or renewable energy sources as high energy prices bite consumers in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Sober or bright? Holidays in Europe during energy crunch

In many ways, the high energy prices of 2022 are inadvertently helping renewables, as they are the cheapest form of energy and are not dependent on the usual players (Fracking, OPEC, Russia etc.).

CleanTechnica

High Fossil Energy Prices Could Paradoxically Imperil The Transition To Renewable Energy If Voters Get Cold Feet

Since the Rio de Janeiro Declaration of 1992, government representatives have flocked to one Conferences of the Parties (COP) after the next in an attempt to halt global warming, in vain.

The Conversation

Is liberal governance unable to deal with global threats?

Three-year scheme to provide up to £15,000 for middle-income households will start in April 2023. The business secretary, Grant Shapps, will announce a plan next week to offer grants of up to £15,000 to middle-income households to make homes more energy efficient, according to reports.

The Guardian

UK government to introduce grants to make homes more energy efficient

Reducing current consumption of gas by investing in clean energy is not just feasible, but would save money and create jobs, a study shows

Nature

Italy could quickly replace gas with renewables

European governments are finally starting to abandon a treaty that could stop them taking much-needed climate action and that protects the interests of fossil fuel companies and investors.

Climate Home News

Energy Charter Treaty exodus shows a global power shift

ABB launches an energy management system for green hydrogen to reduce production costs by up to 20 percent. ABB introduces its ABB Ability OPTIMAX energy management system to the green hydrogen market as a support to reduce production costs by enabling real-time optimization of energy consumption throughout the plant.

Hydrogen Central

ABB Launches an Energy Management System for Green Hydrogen to Reduce Production Costs by up to 20 Percent

When the Asian Development Bank announced last week that it was funding the early shutdown of a coal-fired powerplant in Indonesia, some among the climate-conscious must have been forgiven for wondering why the plant's operator, with its prominent carbon footprint, was seemingly being rewarded.

AsianInvestor

Energy transition funding makes sense, especially in developing markets, investors say

Governments agreed in Glasgow to accelerate climate action, but progress has been mixed amidst global crises. COP27 began with gaps across the agenda and tempered expectations. Nonetheless, +30k delegates, including c.100 Heads of State (excl. China, India, Russia) and many CEOs came for two weeks of negotiations, announcements and discussion

Boston Consulting Group

COP27: An Inside Perspective

A new ICTA-UAB study shows that the process of transitioning to a low-carbon energy system could lead to significant global emissions, consuming much of the remaining carbon budget, and thus leaving less emissions for socio-economic processes and activities than widely thought. The average emissions associated with a low-carbon energy transition amount to 195 gigatons of CO2, which equals approximately 0.1 °C of additional global warming.



Phys.org

A low-carbon energy transition may result in substantial emissions

US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm talks to Anne McElvoy from COP27 about the impact of the energy crisis on America’s climate ambitions


The Economist

Will the clean-energy transition be fast enough?

Friday, November 18 marks the final day of COP27 - the United Nations 27 annual Climate Change conference. Each year this conference convenes leaders from nearly 200 nations. And each year, the stakes are higher.

Forbes

Adaptive Strategies Lead To A Sustainable Future Where People And Nature Thrive

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today approved an equity investment of $20 million in Evolution Fund III, a pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund that is mobilising about $400 million into renewable energy and resource-efficiency assets across sub-Saharan Africa over a 10-year period.

African Development Bank

African Development Bank invests $20 million in private equity fund targeting renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Indonesia signed deals with international lenders and major nations on Tuesday that will bring billions of dollars in funding to help the country increase its use of renewable energy and reduce its reliance on coal.

The Diplomat

Indonesia Signs Deals to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

There’s growing concern that the Just Energy Transition Partnership could serve as a cover for a pivot back to gas.

‘Just’ energy transitions need more transparency, less gas

Finding cash to help African countries develop renewable energy for domestic needs and benefit from export opportunities is one of the biggest challenges over the long term.

GreenBiz

Financing imperatives for Africa's clean energy transition

Coal and its emissions are a critical issue as the world contends with both the global energy crisis and the climate crisis. Coal in Net Zero Transitions: Strategies for Rapid, Secure and People-Centred Change is a new IEA special report in the World Energy Outlook series.

Coal in Net Zero Transitions: Strategies for Rapid, Secure and People-Centred Change

The EU is heading into winter in better shape than could have been imagined, with gas prices falling to levels not seen since September 2021.



Financial Times

Europe must use lull in gas prices to build energy resilienc-ze

During his three-hour sweep through the UN Climate Change Conference on Nov. 11, US President Joe Biden underscored the global impacts the Inflation Reduction Act will have on driving down the cost of clean energy beyond American borders.



S&P Global

COP27: In reasserting US climate leadership, Biden underscores global ripple effects of IRA

Each week we see the electric vehicle (EV) rollout pedal pushed further to the floor. In recent months, EV sales in the United States surpassed 5% of new sales, a key tipping point.

Charging Smarter: How Energy Leaders Can Help Create A More Manageable Ecosystem

If global electric vehicle (EV) adoption rates grow as projected, this represents a major step in reducing emissions that contribute to global climate change and local air pollution concerns. The shift to cleaner mobility does not occur in a vacuum; it has broad implications for vehicles and power infrastructure, prompting demand for all-inclusive rather than siloed solutions.

Microgrids Link Clean Energy and Mobility

On the north-western coastline of Saudi Arabia, a multibillion-dollar hydrogen plant is under construction.


The Independent

'We will lead the world in green energy,' Saudi Arabia says

‘Cash, Coal, Cars and Trees to keep the world to 1.5 degrees’ was the mantra at COP26.

Lexology

Road to COP27: Adaptation - action on energy transition pledges

Together for Implementation. Just and Ambitious – the motto of this year’s COP27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh could not be timelier and more precise because action is needed more urgently than ever. But COP27 needs to deliver much more than just words – because time is running out.


illuminem Voices

It is time to act – no excuses

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has distracted world governments from efforts to combat climate change, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video message played at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Tuesday.

Reuters

COP27: Ukraine's Zelenskiy says climate policy impossible without peace

Ukrainian president warns ‘there can be no effective climate policy without peace’



Putin’s war in Ukraine has destroyed 5 million acres of forest, Zelensky tells Cop27

The convergence of energy security and the climate agenda is likely to be a focal point at COP27.

 COP27: Energy security concerns collide with climate agenda

Most money earmarked to aid the switch to renewables is unspent

South Africa’s green deal on coal power cut fails to ignite

Pacific islands nation, which is acutely vulnerable to sea level rises, seeks a complete phase-out of coal, oil and gas



Tuvalu first to call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at Cop27

The South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday urged countries at the COP27 climate summit to establish a global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels.

CNBC

Sinking Pacific island nation issues historic call for treaty to phase out fossil fuels

World Bank has offered $497 million in financing for decommission and repurpose one of state-owned power utility Eskom’s coal-fired power plants in South African using renewables and batteries.



Green Tech Lead

World Bank offers $497 mn to repurpose Eskom’s power plant using renewables

At Big Issue we believe in taking measures to prevent us falling back into the deep holes we’re in now. That’s why we’ve launched the Big Futures campaign calling on the government to create a greener, sustainable future and millions of well-paid green jobs



The Big Issue

The government needs to build a greener economy and create millions of well-paid green jobs 

Joe Biden and other rich country leaders will get a lot of flak from poorer countries when they arrive at the United Nations climate conference in Egypt later this week. But if the United States’ president joins up his existing policies across geopolitics, trade and climate, he can change the narrative.



How Joe Biden can help save the planet at COP27

Country will require $223 billion of investment to build solar and wind installations by 2030


The National

Why Cop27 is critical for India to meet its green energy goals and raise funding

Japan once led the world in energy efficiency but now trails far behind Britain and other European countries if one looks at economic output per unit of energy consumed.

Nikkei Asia

A former leader in energy efficiency, Japan loses magic touch

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to urge world leaders at COP27 to move "further and faster" in transitioning to renewable energy.



COP27: Rishi Sunak urges world to move faster on renewable energy

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise to speed up the UK's transition to renewable energy when he addresses the U.N. COP27 summit on climate change on Monday.



UK PM Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27

This side event is intended to serve as a soft launch for the UNEP’s report: “Net Zero Carbon Scenarios for Energy Sector in West Asia”, developed with the support of UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). The report  evaluates what mitigation actions defined in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Economic Diversification Plans, and green growth strategies of countries in West Asia can achieve in CO2 emissions reductions from the business-as-usual scenarios.it also identifies key technologies that will help mitigate the CO2 emissions within energy sector and assesses the impacts and opportunities of mitigation actions in terms of employment and investments in the region.

UNEP

COP27 Side Event: Net Zero Carbon Scenarios for Energy Sector in West Asia

 South Africa needs about 1.5 trillion rand ($84 billion) over the next five years for its plans to cut carbon emissions, harness economic opportunities from the energy transition and support affected communities, its president said on Friday.

South Africa says it needs $84 bln for energy transition in next 5 years

To accept that the world’s average temperature might rise by more than 1.5°C, declared the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands in 2015, would be to sign the “death warrant” of small, low-lying countries such as his. To widespread surprise, the grandees who met in Paris that year, at a climate conference like the one starting in Egypt next week, accepted his argument. 

The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism

The EU is forging ahead with its plans to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, after the European Parliament voted on the energy efficiency and renewable energy directives on September 14 2022.

International Tax Review 

Green light for the renewable energy and energy efficiency directives

Today, the European Commission is launching the third call for large-scale projects under the EU Innovation Fund. With a budget doubled to €3 billion thanks to increased revenue from the auctioning of EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances, this 2022 call for large-scale projects will boost the deployment of industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe. With a special focus on the priorities of the REPowerEU Plan, the call will provide additional support towards ending the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels.

European Commission

Commission invests €3 billion in innovative clean tech projects to deliver on REPowerEU

Energy Voice's Energy Transition Idea Exchange (ETIDEX) event provided a day of thought-provoking discussion on the energy transition yesterday.


Energy Voice

ETIDEX 2022 gallery

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is widely recognized as a compelling nudge from the US government to private sector and investors to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors. It clears the path for many climate financiers and investors to move companies towards net zero. But can its incentive-based policies work in the context of a looming recession, spiking inflation, and oil shortage?

World Economic Forum

How the US Inflation Reduction Act will impact the economy

The trend could catch on as the world transitions away from fossil fuels.
As the hype around green hydrogen intensifies, several energy firms and governments are exploring the potential for transforming existing natural gas infrastructure to be used to transport hydrogen as the world transitions away from fossil fuels. Now, the U.K. has announced a new development, trialing a hydrogen-gas project to see if this vision can become a reality.

Oil Price

The UK Looks To Repurpose Natural Gas Infrastructure For Hydrogen

The issue of energy efficiency (EE) has over the last two decades come to the forefront, primarily due to concerns over Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. But more importantly, EE interventions, if done rightly can have a positive return on investment.

Financial Express

Energy efficiency, the need of the hour

The US and the United Arab Emirates announced a renewable-energy pact on Tuesday they say could lead to $100 billion of investments globally.

Bloomberg

US and UAE Sign Multibillion-Dollar Pact to Create Clean Energy

Between now and 2060, Nigeria requires $1.9trillion for funding its energy transition plan (ETP).

The Nation

Nigeria: ‘$1.9tr needed to fund energy transition’

As the COP27 approaches, the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) along with its members has issued a call to action aimed at government, industry players and non-profit organisations to adopt and promote technologies that will result in energy efficiency by 2030.

Outlook India

Energy Efficiency Is The ‘First Fuel’ To Fight Climate Change

BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar stated that in present scenario the energy efficiency and conservation are key measures used by countries across the globe to mitigate associated risks. 

Business Recorder

Energy efficiency, conservation described as ‘key steps’ aimed at mitigating associated risks

Energy | Energy Transition

To reduce the environmental impact of their IT operations, both Google and Microsoft have announced new arrangements to access renewable energy sources for their data centers.

Tech Times

Google and Microsoft Invest in Renewable Energy to Power Their Data Centers

Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio all look to benefit from the Chrysalis Energy-led partnership that uses solar, wind and hydrogen energy sources

Sustainability Magazine

$3bn projects looks to upgrade energy across three US state

The scientists who study solar geoengineering don’t want anyone to try it. But climate inaction is making it more likely.

The New Yorker

Dimming the Sun to Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, Yet We’re Inching Toward It

Researchers from the University of Buraimi in Oman have studied how PV plants and CSP facilities could compete in terms of expected electric energy output and the effective use of land at low latitudes in regions such as the Sahara Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, Mexico, and South Asia.

PV Magazine

Photovoltaics vs. concentrated solar power

Scientists in Thailand have used microwaves to separate broken glass from PV panels. The process can be performed at temperatures ranging from 45 C to 55 C.
Researchers in Thailand have developed an electrothermal heating technology based on microwaves to separate glass in solar modules at the end of their lifecycles.

Mircowave heating for glass separation in end-of-life solar modules

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V, a metals supplier in the Netherlands, has said that its AMG Liva unit has started operating its first hybrid energy storage system. It combines lithium batteries and vanadium redox flow batteries at a facility owned by the group's AMG Graphite subsidiary in Hauzenberg, Germany.

Lithium-vanadium battery for renewables storage

Grid technology start-up Electrical Grid Monitoring (EGM) has deployed its multi-sensing system on transmission lines to increase network capacity and integrate more renewable energy into the grid.



Renews

Start-up debuts sensing tech on transmission lines

Skyscrapers dominate city skylines, but these massive glass-walled structures can be made more energy efficient through the addition of thermally efficient photovoltaic (PV) windows, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Tech Xplore

Photovoltaic windows unlock goal of increased energy efficiency for skyscrapers

Luxor Solar has developed a south-oriented system for high snow loads in Japan. It features its own heterojunction solar modules, along with mounting systems from Germany's Next2Sun and inverters from Japan's Omron.


Vertical agrivoltaics for high snow loads

A planned offshore wind farm, earmarked for off the Aberdeenshire coast, will sell power to technology giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).
French utility company Engie (EPA: ENGI), one half of Ocean Winds, has struck a deal with the US multinational to supply green energy from the Moray West development.

North Sea wind farm to supply green energy to Google

The Swiss authorities plan to hold auctions for PV systems to be deployed on hangars and barns. The new scheme is part of a package of new incentives for PV in the country.

Switzerland introduces auction scheme for solar over 150 kW

Are we thinking about the end-of-life for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries?

Cosmos 

Renewable energy and waste: what do we do with old renewables tech?

An innovative floating solar farm in the Netherlands is soaking up the rays. Proteus, developed by the Portuguese company Solaris Float, is a circular island of solar panels that bobs on top of water, generating renewable energy.


Euronews

New floating solar farms that chase the sun

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories are assessing solar generation in extreme environments north of the Arctic Circle. The team recently installed a 4.3 kW PV system on top of a storage container at Oliktok Point, Alaska. The system uses bifacial solar modules from an undisclosed manufacturer.

Solar for extreme Arctic conditions

Viridian Solar has released a new 7 kW wall-mounted EV charger, Honda has secured certification to run a virtual power plant in Germany, and Bosch has joined forces with IBM to use quantum computing to conduct research on electromobility materials.

The mobility rEVolution: Novel EV charger with solar-matching function

With our country’s resources, history of innovation, and record of public and private sector collaboration, the United States can lead the world on the path toward reliable renewable energy. Modernizing the electric grid in the U.S. in conjunction with updated approaches to policy and regulation will help make that happen.



Fortune

Why Amazon is going all in on renewables–and how it intends to use 100% clean energy by 2025

As Germany struggles with the energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many communities there are looking with added urgency at ways to try to wean themselves off gas and oil. Abensberg in Bavaria is among a number of towns which have pioneered alternative energy solutions in recent years. The town of 15,000 people is focussing on solar power, and has ambitions to be self-sufficient in electricity by 2030.

Germany looks to renewables after Russian invasion

Brazil has deployed 7 GW of utility-scale solar and 14.98 GW of distributed-generation PV projects below 5 MW in size to date. Brazil has surpassed 22 GW of installed solar power, according to the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (ABSolar), citing data from the Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL).

Brazil hits 22 GW milestone

Plans have been unveiled for a £2 billion UK tidal energy project that could supply green energy to 600,000 homes.

UK developer Centre Port reveals plans for Centrica-backed £2bn, 12-mile tidal energy scheme

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has modeled the benefits of PV in highly glazed skyscrapers.


Solar windows cut emissions, energy use by 40% in glass skyscrapers

Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.

EcoWatch

France's Solar Plan for Parking Lots Could Start an Urban Renewable Revolution

The power minister while addressing a seminar on National Bioenergy Programme here also said eventually coal and gasp-based energy will be phased out

Economic Times

Renewable energy storage expensive; coal, gas power forms base load at present

During the COP27 in Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council states have focused on both oil and green energy in light of rising energy demand and the nations’ reliance on energy exports.




Al-Monitor

GCC states focused on both oil, green energy at COP27    

Indonesia has struck a historic deal with the G7 group of industrialized countries on a $20 billion financing package to help it speed up its transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) will see the G7 plus Denmark and Norway deliver the funding to Indonesia over the next three to five years.

Mongabay

Indonesia seals $20 billion deal with G7 to speed up clean energy transition

Agreement calls for parties to work closely together to promote the widespread adoption of renewables to bolster climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.

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