Australia launches clean hydrogen trade bid with focus on Japan
The Australian government will kickstart a new hydrogen trade initiative with a focus on clean hydrogen exports to Japan, Australia’s minister for energy and emissions reduction, Angus Taylor, announced on Friday.
Read MoreSouth Korean industrial outfit buys Australian renewables developer to boost hydrogen export aim
Ark Energy, an Australian wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Zinc, has acquired a 100% interest in a local wind and solar developer, Epuron, to bolster its aims to build a green energy export corridor from Australia to South Korea, the company announced on Thursday.
Read MoreClimate campaigners lodge gas greenwashing claim against South Korean energy firm SK E&S
South Korean climate activists have launched the first ever legal claim in the country against an energy company, SK E&S, for greenwashing its gas operations, the environmental group Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreWoodside teams up with Asian partners to explore hydrogen supply chain
Australia’s Woodside has signed an agreement with four Singapore-based energy customers to study the feasibility of a liquid hydrogen (LH2) supply chain from Western Australia (WA) to the island-state, and potentially further to Japan, the oil and gas operator announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreRosneft sets net zero by 2050 target for Scope 1, 2 emissions
Russian oil titan Rosneft has approved a range of new 2030 climate targets to put it on a pathway to net zero operational emissions by 2050, the company’s board said on Tuesday, though its expansion plans mean the firm’s overall carbon footprint is still likely to increase this decade.
Read MoreFOCUS: Top-ranked on climate, oil firm Eni bets big on renewables
Italy’s Eni consistently tops climate action rankings for oil firms, with its strong focus on renewables and wide goal-setting establishing the firm as a global leader in a big-emitting sector falling short overall.
Read MoreGlobal coal generation to bounce back from last year’s Covid-19 slump to reach all time high in 2021, IEA says
Global power generation from coal will rebound to an all-time high this year, driven by a worldwide economic recovery causing electricity demand to accelerate at a rate faster than low carbon sources of energy can keep up with, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Friday.
Read MoreSteel recycling a cost-effective way to cut emissions in nearer term, report says
Expansion of scrap steel recycling technology will be a key nearer term opportunity to lower emissions from carbon-intensive steelmaking, especially among Asian producers such as China, Japan, and South Korea, where its use is lower compared with the US and EU, a report released on Friday has claimed.
Read MoreAustralian bank Macquarie forms green hydrogen joint venture with European chemicals outfit
Macquarie Group’s green investment arm has joined up with a European chemicals maker to form a green hydrogen industrial outfit to help develop the electrolysis market for hydrogen in Europe, the two companies have announced.
Read MoreWestern Australia to release 3 mln hectares of land for carbon farming
The Western Australia (WA) state government will make available 3 million hectares of unallocated land for carbon farming to assist in carbon mitigation and improve biodiversity in the state, it announced on Wednesday.
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