New local taxes cast shadow on Japan’s solar-power drive
Among others, the Miyagi prefectural government announced it would tax businesses that clear forests for installing renewable energy facilities.
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Australia’s impossible climate juggling trick
“It wants to be a ‘green energy superpower’ while remaining one of the largest fossil fuel exporters in the world”, the author writes.
Renewable energy records rapid surge
China has been actively implementing measures to realise goals of peaking carbon emissions before 2030.
TEPCO mulls household rate hike
Five other major power utilities are also considering similar price hikes, in the face of deteriorating business performance due to surging fuel prices and the yen’s weakening.
Nuclear plant starts providing heating in Liaoning
With a planned heating area of 242,400 square metres, it is expected to replace the 12 coal-fired small boilers in Northeast China.
Bangladesh has gas reserves for over 11 years: Energy minister
He also noted that the estimated supply remaining will change based on the rate of gas production and discovery of new gas fields,
Japan plans to keep stake in Sakhalin-1 oil, gas project
US oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp., which had a 30 per cent stake in the project, announced its withdrawal in October.
India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
India, the world's third-largest carbon dioxide emitter, aims to meet half of its energy demands from renewable sources by 2030.
Indonesia introduces three baby-step methods to axe coal plants
The current backbone of the country’s power generation – the long-remaining lifespan of coal plants – is the key hurdle to reach net-zero emissions goal.
Energy crisis a potential turning point to cleaner future: IEA
The International Energy Agency predicted that global carbon dioxide emissions would fall slowly from a high point of 37 billion tonnes per year to 32 billion tonnes by 2050.