INTERVIEW: How fraudulent Indonesian palm oil sneaks into EU biofuel imports as waste
The numbers for a biofuel feedstock favoured in Europe derived from a methane-emitting palm oil byproduct don’t add up, suggesting that Europe is instead importing its clean biodiesel from banned palm oil, most likely from Indonesia, a think tank said this week.
Read MoreVietnam introduces variable solar tariff rates to encourage geographical, technological spread
Vietnam has approved a framework for solar tariffs and introduced a new pricing scheme as part of efforts to control its fast-growing power sector carbon emissions by putting 30 gigawatts of new solar on the grid by the early 2030s.
Read MoreAustralian Greens vow to align Safeguard Mechanism with 1.5C target, restrict carbon credit use
The Greens, who may hold the balance of power after Australia’s May 3 election, on Thursday released its energy and climate plan, pledging to tighten the Safeguard Mechanism and restrict usage of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and international offsets.
Read MoreActivists add pressure on Australia to reform Climate Active programme
An Australian parents’ lobby group concerned over greenwashing claims has become the latest to dispute the government’s Climate Active certification used by businesses, calling for the scheme to be reviewed.
Read MoreBRIEFING: AI and emissions – energy demand, efficiency, and some ambiguity, IEA says
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) report Thursday, finding it will be one of the main new demand drivers of increased power in what it called the new Age of Electricity.
Read More‘Industrial-scale’ green steel pilot plant in Austria slated for 2027 start
A group of companies have agreed to fast-track the development of a new, clean steel furnace that will be fired with green hydrogen and fed by high-grade iron ore from one of the world’s newest and largest mines.
Read MoreRenewable projects must pick better locations to protect nature, conservationists warn
Australia needs to do better if it wishes to meet its clean energy, climate, and biodiversity targets, but can manage this by siting renewables projects where they will do the least harm to nature, according to green groups.
Read MorePlanet hit 40% renewable electricity last year -report
Over 40% of the electricity supplied across the world last year came from renewable or clean sources, the first time that threshold has been breached, with solar hitting a six-year high in terms of new installations, a think tank said Tuesday.
Read MoreAluminium risks big rise in emissions unless it shifts away from fossil fuels, report says
Global carbon emissions from the aluminium industry will rise by nearly 50% by mid-century unless it adopts cleaner energy sources, an energy agency warned Friday.
Read MoreHigher carbon price needed to support cleaner Chinese steelmaking
China’s carbon price will need to rise if cleaner and greener forms of steelmaking are to take hold despite a ‘tsunami’ of scrap steel that can be fed into cleaner furnaces coming in 2035, a consultancy said this week.
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