Over the past decade, Colombia has set increasingly ambitious renewable energy goals. In 2020 alone, the government pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent and install 4,000 megawatts of new, non-hydro, renewable electricity by... Read more
Metals. It isn’t often that we — most of us, anyway — think about them. They are like water or packaged foods, things that appear out of a faucet or on a grocery store shelf as if by some magic inception. But there is a scientific beginning to m... Read more
For the last century, the biggest, most powerful companies in the global energy market have been oil and gas producers. Slowly, though, the global race to avert climate change has been upsetting that hierarchy. And in 2020, aided by the devastat... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) lab DeepMind has shifted its focus from climate change to other areas of science and is pursuing its original mission of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is widely seen as the holy grail of the... Read more
It is “striking” that Iraq has made strong negative comments about OPEC+ production quotas ahead of the alliance’s meeting this week, one oil watcher said. The group is expected to consider delaying its output increase, scheduled for January 202... Read more
‘Chronic underinvestment’ in clean energy is putting millions at risk, according to new research conducted by Sustainable Energy for All. The research which was published today (November 19) has revealed that finance levels for electricity and... Read more
OPEC on Wednesday trimmed its global oil demand forecasts for the remainder of this year and 2021, citing a weaker-than-expected economic outlook and a surge in coronavirus cases. In a closely watched report, the group of oil-producing nations s... Read more
Hyundai is recalling its Kona electric cars, including in New Zealand, due to a battery fault which poses a fire risk. The 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Vehicle. Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images / AFP The company says it identified a problem in s... Read more
On Saturday, Varun Sivaram — senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy — spoke at the TED Countdown Global Launch, a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The event fe... Read more
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) has appointed Francesco Starace, chief executive officer and general manager of Enel, as the chair of the administrative board. With less than 10 years to meet SDG7, and with increasing urgency for th... Read more
