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bneGREEN: Fit for 55 – not fit for purpose
The EU’s Fitfor55 efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030 are woefully inadequate and unable to contain global warming to the 1.5°C target, with reductions of up to 77% needed instead to stand any chance of averting a climate catastrophe.
bneGREEN: Slovenia’s Sigma Energy deploys device to convert sea waves into electricity
Sigma Energy's full-scale Sigma WEC prototype deployed off Montenegro's Bar in the Adriatic Sea.
bneGREEN: Baltic states – except Russia – agree to aim for seven-fold increase in offshore wind
The heads of governments and energy ministers of the eight countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, apart from Russia, have committed to new volumes of offshore wind.
bneGREEN: Europe’s once-in-500-year drought threatens energy, food security
Europe is facing its worst drought for 500 years, as the European Commission has warned that nearly half of the EU’s territory faces severe water shortages in August, as climate change has caused low rainfall levels and record-high temperatures.
bneGREEN: Europe pays spiralling LNG prices to fill storages
Europe’s efforts to fill its gas reserves ahead of the coming winter could come with a hefty price tag, as global LNG price have reached up to 10 times their normal levels as the continent scrambles for available cargoes.
bneGREEN: Zero-carbon housing a key battleground for climate change
Zero-carbon housing is a key battleground in combating climate change and global warming, as the residential building sector across Europe has the potential to cut fossil fuel dependency and reduce emissions.
bneGREEN: Europe must double wind and solar deployment
EU countries need to double the rate of annual wind and solar capacity additions to reach the volumes required to meet the 1.5C aligned 2030 green capacities, think-tank Ember said in a recent report.
bneGREEN: Green output rises faster than power demand in 2022
Renewable power generation has grown faster than sluggish demand so far in 2022, driven by strong capacity additions, IEA data showed, dragging down global power sector CO2 emissions slightly despite rising coal use in Europe.
bneGREEN: Emissions surge to outstrip pre-pandemic levels
Global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases rose 6.4% to 51bn tonnes in 2021, eclipsing the pre-pandemic peak of 50.3bn tonnes in 2019 as global economic activity resumed, International Monetary Fund data showed.
Lithuania’s Leafood developing one of Europe’s largest vertical farms
Investments into vertical farms are increasing as a means to grow more food in smaller spaces and cut water use.
bneGREEN: The need for nuclear in the energy transition
Nuclear is set to make a "comeback," with capacity forecast to double between 2020 and 2050 from 413 GW to 812 GW, the IEA said.
RADIOACTIVE: Central Europe remains highly exposed to Russian uranium
Europe’s nuclear power sector is starting to worry about its fuel stocks as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is calling into question the security of uranium supplies and processing services provided by Russia.
