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The Netherlands Urges Cuts In energy Consumption To Reduce Russian Influence

Even as European Union countries focus on expanding the renewables in their energy mix to reduce their dependence from the Russian oil and gas products, the Netherlands government is seeking cuts or greater efficiency from its largest consumers from 2023 onwards to reduce dependence. That is a welcome approach, instead of the failure to look […]

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EU Votes To Ban Sales Of CO2 Emitting Combustion Engine Cars and Vans by 2035

The European Union has mandated a ban on vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2035. The EU Parliament has voted in favour of cars and vans with zero emissions and stipulated 2035 as the deadline to achieve the mammoth target. EU Heralding EV Revolution The judgement has come at a time when giant […]

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China’s Dajin To Supply World’s Largest Monopiles To Moray West Wind Farms

China’s Dajin Offshore Heavy Industry has announced that it has signed a contract for the UK’s Moray West Offshore Wind Farm for the manufacturing and supply of ‘XXL monopoles.’ The monopiles will be one of the largest to be installed so far in the world and Dajin will supply it. Dajin has also declared that […]

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VRF Batteries Set to Boost Demand For Vanadium Massively

Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, (VRFB) have definitely brought Vanadium to the centre stage. It is a classified critical raw material in several countries around the world. Back in 2017, the European Commission identified and formally registered vanadium on the 2017 list of Critical Raw Materials for the European Union. Further, the United States, Canada and […]

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EU’s New Energy Plans Include Mandatory Solar Panels On New Buildings

The European Union has recently decided to rapidly end its reliance on Russian oil and gas by making it mandatory for all new buildings to have solar panels. A news report published last week quoted the European Commission as saying, “There is a double urgency to transform Europe’s energy system: ending the EU’s dependence on […]

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China, Europe Will Lead World To Record-breaking RE Capacity In 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said today (May 11) that China and Europe would lead the world to set a new record in renewable energy capacity in 2022 after which the momentum could drop in the following year. The findings come from IEA’s Renewable Energy Market Update for May, 2022. A press release issued by […]

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EU Crunches Permit Process for RE projects To Under One year To Speed Growth

The Ukraine-Russia conflict is bringing Europe to expedite renewable energy expansion in the region that will just enable the European Union to end its dependence on Russian gas and oil. In a fresh development, the European Commission may propose a new framework that will fasten the permitting system for renewable energy projects in the member […]

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IEEFA: Widespread adoption of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies in South East Asia remains highly unlikely

Carbon, capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is increasingly attracting attention in South East Asia. However, in the absence of the right drivers, its prospect in the region remains questionable, according to IEEFA’s latest report on CCUS in South East Asia. “CCUS can be viable when placed under a certain operational context, such as a high […]

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Power Minister Calls for International Credit Guarantee and RE Bank for RE Development

While addressing the round table conference at the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in Gurgaon, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy, R.K Singh said that the world now requires setting up of an international credit guarantee fund and a renewable energy bank that will help the world with renewable energy projects’ development. The […]

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