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Accelerating capital projects to secure advantages in the net-zero transition

Ambitious net-zero deadlines require speedy project completion. Here’s how leaders of capital projects can strike a balance between the costs and benefits of accelerating delivery. Moving toward net-zero emissions is an urgent priority for companies today, and it is creating a massive wave of projects driven by sustainability concerns. As we discuss in an earlier […]

ADB and IFI Partners Launch Climate Finance Video Campaign Ahead of COP27

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other international financial institutions (IFIs) are for the first time launching a joint video campaign, “Investing for a greener world,” to showcase their role in facilitating climate change solutions, ahead of COP27. In addition to ADB, the group of IFIs includes the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Infrastructure […]

Low-carbon energy investment lagging in developed economies: study

NEW YORK: Investments in the low-carbon technology needed to reduce planet-warming emissions in emerging markets sank in the past four years even as financing jumped in developed economies, according to a study released on Tuesday. Building more clean power generation sites in emerging economies to help wean them off fossil fuels will be high on […]

ADB, Cambodia’s electricity supplier sign mandate for solar power in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a transaction advisory services mandate with Cambodia’s state-owned Electricité du Cambodge (EdC) to support the development of 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar power in Cambodia, the lender said in a press statement on Wednesday. The mandate will help the Southeast Asian nation achieve its goal of carbon […]

Ithaca Energy breathes life into UK stock market as bookrunners eye $3.6 bln listing

LONDON: Ithaca Energy’s IPO-IHEG.L London listing will be priced at 250 to 310 pence, giving the North Sea oil and gas producer an implied market value of 2.5 billion to 3.1 billion pounds ($2.87 billion to $3.56 billion), bookrunners said on Wednesday. Ithaca, which produced about 66,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in […]

S.Africa will need $500 bn to reach net zero: World Bank

South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, will require at least half-a-trillion dollars to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the World Bank said Tuesday. “Financing requirements associated with the transitions could amount to 4.4 percent of GDP per year — or 8.5 trillion rand (about $500 billion)” between this year and 2050, […]

Govt hikes ethanol price, targets 12 pc blending in petrol next yr

The government on Wednesday hiked the price of ethanol used for blending in petrol as it looked to raise the doping quantity to cut India’s reliance on imported oil. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raised the price of ethanol from all three varieties, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh […]

India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents

Kesa Bhai Prajapati beams with a smile as he moulds blocks of clay into jugs and vases on a potter’s wheel. These days, Prajapati, 68, from the village of Modhera in western India’s Gujarat state, has doubled the amount of earthenware he makes compared to a few months ago since he no longer has to […]

Farmers… 90% Government Subsidy if Solar Pumpset is set up… Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department Super Scheme!

Under the Chief Minister’s Solar Pump Sets Scheme, the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, M.R.K. Panneerselvam has appealed. The Tamil Nadu government, which has been implementing various schemes for the benefit of the agriculturists for the past two years, has set a record by providing one lakh electricity connections in the last year for […]

Expression of Interest For Setting up Manufacturing Zone for Power and Renewable Energy Equipment (Pilot Project)

Expression of Interest For Setting up Manufacturing Zone for Power and Renewable Energy Equipment (Pilot Project) For more information please see below link: