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Cutting carbon emissions and power costs in Southeast Asia

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The world's demand for power has increased by 85% in the last 20 years, with production responsible for about 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In Southeast Asia alone, energy consumption is expected to double by 2040.

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Total access to energy solutions: the future is bright

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Sunlight may turn out to be the world’s great equalizer. Total Access To Energy Solutions (TATES) is at the forefront of the campaign to deliver solar power to some of the most remote places on earth.

Greece

Greece's top national security advisor resigns over Turkey remarks

Alexandros Diakopoulos said his comments — which he had later retracted — had “caused confusion and created a problem” for Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greece

Erdogan: Greece will pay a 'heavy price' if it attacks Turkish ships

Greek-Turkish tensions will be on the agenda for Friday's Foreign Ministers meeting in Vienna on Friday,

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France

World's largest nuclear fusion project being assembled in France

Fusion is a nuclear reaction that powers the Sun and the stars and is a potential source of safe, non-carbon emitting and virtually limitless energy.

Germany

Full steam ahead: hydrogen train boosted by EU climate goals

As the European Commission pushes for cleaner fuels to fight global warming, hydrogen could mean the end of the line for diesel-powered locomotives.

World News

Explainer: Why is the EU betting on hydrogen for a greener future?

The EU Commission has unveiled its latest strategy for a greener, cleaner energy future - and it's pinning its hopes on hydrogen.

World News

COVID-19 causes biggest shock to global energy demand since WWII

A new report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) provides an almost real-time view of the COVID-19 pandemic’s extraordinary impact across all major fuels

Earth News

Scientists have worked out how to generate electricity from thin air

This new renewable energy generator takes moisture out of the air and turns it into an electrical current.

Germany

Germany reaches agreement to phase out coal by 2038

The German government will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants

Croatia

Euroviews. Is the new EU Presidency a Russian Trojan horse? Croatia’s trial of the decade suggests it is ǀ View

Has Croatia's biggest trial of the decade handed Russia the keys to Europe? As the country takes over the Presidency of the European Union, fears that this is the case are rising.

Europe News

The Brief: funding Europe's green ambitions

The European Commission has unveiled the "Just Transition Fund" as an essential part of its ambitious programme to fight climate change. The Fund, worth 7.5 billion euros, should help countries kick their coal habit.

Turkey

Europe needs gas and Russia has it - the story behind the new pipeline

The new gas pipeline has a huge impact on energy politics in Europe. Here's what you need to know about TurkStream.

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'It's been a blast': Detroit power plant demolished with explosives

It was blown up to make way for a Jeep factory.

Canada

World's first full-electric commercial plane takes to the sky

Habour Air plans to become the world's first all-electric airline.

Russia

Russia opens Power of Siberia gas pipeline to China

Russia is looking to increase exports to Europe as well as Asia. The China link comes alongside Nord Stream 2 to Germany and Turk Stream to Turkey.

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Finance going green

For the first time EU Finance Ministers are calling on the European Investment Bank to halt funding of oil, gas and coal projects.

$A police officer moves a protester outside the Houses of Parliament during a demonstration against fracking, in London, Britain, October 31, 2018$

United Kingdom

UK bans fracking just weeks before national election

The UK is to put a temporary halt on fracking - Boris Johnson's government says it's because the industry causes earth tremors which are too disruptive to local communities.

Romania

Court blocks expansion of Romania's biggest coal mine

An energy company wanted to expand Rosia's 1,450-hectare coal mine by a further 280 hectares, 235 of which are currently covered by forest which would have had to be cut off, according to environmental network Bankwatch

France

Shift from Nuclear could limit France's energy options

Efforts to decrease reliance on nuclear energy is a step in the right direction, but could leave consumers in the dark if the right infrastructure is not in place.

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