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Turkey stays out in front as Europe's largest coal-fired electricity producer
Country has surged ahead of Germany and Poland. Generation of inevitable CO2 emissions also up.
LNG and bio-LNG: which gas be the pillar of Poland’s energy transition?
Poland stands at a critical juncture in its energy landscape, facing pressures to transition away from fossil fuels and enhance energy security amid geopolitical challenges. Can gaseous fuels become main pillars of its energy transition?
What is causing the Biblical deluge in Central Europe?
Central Europe is underwater as it grapples with a Biblical deluge, with record rainfall smashing all records and across countries in what experts are calling a “historic flood event.” And this torrential downpour didn’t come out of the blue.
Hard to make and inefficient to use, hydrogen won’t save the climate
The numbers simply don't add up. It is predicted that 390mn tonnes of hydrogen will be required annually worldwide by 2050 but today a total of about 2.5mn tonnes is being produced worldwide and investors are shying away from the business.
AI will be a major source of GHGs by 2030, says Morgan Stanley
Energy ravenous AI data centres are set to become a major source of GHGs emissions by 2030 as the number of server farms needed to run the artificial intelligence services is set to expand exponentially over the next two and half decades.
MOL starts production at green hydrogen plant at Hungarian refinery
MOL has started production at the largest green hydrogen plant in Central and Eastern Europe, located at its Danube refinery near Budapest. The 10-MW capacity plant will produce 1,600 tonnes of carbon-neutral green hydrogen annually.
EV sales in China overtake conventional combustion engine car sales
China continues to solidify its claim to be the global green champion after EV sales overtook the sales of conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in July, Energy Intelligence reported on August 28.
IMF: Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help
What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry and that is increasing emissions.
Missing rail links push Central and Southeast Europe to rely on air travel
Western Balkan countries have Europe’s poorest cross-border rail connections in a region where eco-friendly train options are few, finds a Greenpeace report.
Global sea surface temperatures have surged
In the past 15 months, global sea surface temperatures have surged to unprecedented levels, fuelling heatwaves, and accelerated the melting of sea ice, alarming scientists and environmentalists alike.
Killer heat taking lives of hundreds of children across Europe, Central Asia each year, Unicef study shows
Analysis another climate crisis wake-up call. Indicates half of victims dying in first year of life.
Global solar panel glut caused by Chinese overproduction
There is an overproduction of solar panels worldwide, with production capacity exceeding demand by 2 TW. This surplus has led to falling prices.
Sea levels rise 10 cm since 1993 as ice caps melt
Sea levels are now 10 cm higher than in 1993, and the rise is accelerating, according to new high-resolution satellite measurements by NASA.
Plants absorbing less carbon dioxide in 2023, accelerating global warming
Plants and trees' ability to absorb carbon dioxide fell dramatically in 2023, due to increased heat stress in vegetation, a new study revealed.
Earth records hottest year since records began
Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded globally in 100,000 years according to the EU climate monitoring service Copernicus, warning that the Climate Crisis is accelerating.
Six out of nine “planetary boundaries” have been crossed and a tenth has appeared
Six out of the nine “planetary boundaries” that track how close humanity is coming to the environmental disaster have been crossed. And now there might be a tenth boundary: the amount of oxygen in oceans is starting to fall.
Hungary's solar capacity climbs over 6,700 MW
Demand for new solar panels surged after the government reduced utility subsidies for households in August 2022.