Eskom follows suit in emissions cut by 2050
The transition must be in line with the economic sustenance of communities living around its power stations...
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Facebook launches robot for telecom infrastructure
NetEquity Networks has been identified as the first partner to deploy fiber networks using this technology...
ADFD to fund $105 million for energy projects in 8 countries
The IRENA-ADFD alliance has a cumulative funding of $350 million till now...
China’s State Grid buys 49% stake in Oman electricity Utility
State Grid paid $1 bn to Oman’s Electricity Holding Company for the stake in Oman Electricity Transmission...
Coal-dependent Chile to go carbon neutral by 2050
Chile President Sebastian Piñera pledged to close eight of the country’s 28 coal-fired plants by 2024...
Spain writes to the EU proposing a ‘carbon border tax’ on power imports
The move reflects the country’s efforts to achieve environmental targets amid rising climate change...
Balfour Beatty to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm
The UK multinational infrastructure group has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to build the onshore substation for Ørsted’s offshore wind farm: Hornsea Project Two...
The irony of St. Petersburg’s waste-to-energy plant
The plant sets a classic example of a city project with an environment-friendly goal, and yet embraces energy conversion using methane gas...
The Clearing House taps IBM for payment systems
IBM Power Technology to deliver The Clearing House’s real-time payments system to US banks in 2017 September 22, 2016: IBM announced The Clearing House, a national payments system operator for the US banking industry, has selected it to help deliver a new real-time payments system. It is due to roll out in 2017. Set to...
Saudi Arabia cuts back its solar target
No concrete reason given; wants to concentrate on gas Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya June 28, 2016: In a move that has surprised many, Saudi Arabia has scaled back its renewable power targets as the world’s largest producer of oil plans to use more natural gas, backing away from goals set when crude prices were about triple...