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South Korea: Scientists Create Fuel Cells To Draw Energy From Urine; To Clean Wastewater – EQ Mag Pro

October 29, 2021 Anand Gupta

South Korean scientists from Korea Maritime and Ocean University have developed urea-based cells that can extract renewable energy using cheap catalysts. In a major step towards renewable power generation, scientists from South Korea’s Korea Maritime and Ocean University have developed a device that uses human urine to produce clean energy. Named Direct urea fuel cells […]

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AIIB Increases Funding for Renewables in Turkey Through TKYB – EQ Mag Pro

October 28, 2021 Anand Gupta

Additional USD100M for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has approved an additional loan of USD100 million to Türkiye Kalkınma ve Yatırım Bankası (TKYB) for the TKYB Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency On-Lending Facility established to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. This approval will increase AIIB’s loan […]

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AIIB to Fully Align with Paris Agreement Goals by Mid-2023

October 27, 2021 Anand Gupta

Currently projects USD50 billion investment for climate finance by 2030 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced today that it will align its operations with the goals of the Paris Agreement by July 1, 2023. The Bank currently estimates its cumulative climate finance approvals to be USD50 billion by 2030. This amount would represent a […]

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Ahead of COP26 summit, China releases action plan to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030

October 27, 2021 Anand Gupta

Beijing : China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas producer, on Tuesday released an ambitious action plan to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, according to which the share of non-fossil energy consumption will be about 25 per cent and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will drop by more than 65 per cent compared […]

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Japan OKs plan to push clean energy, nuclear to cut carbon

October 23, 2021 Anand Gupta

Japan adopted a new energy policy on Friday that promotes nuclear and renewables as sources of clean energy to achieve the countrys pledge of reaching carbon neutrality in 2050.The new basic energy plan, adopted by the Cabinet just in time for the climate summit in early November, calls for drastically increasing use of renewable energy […]

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Indonesia’s Path to Net Zero CO2 Includes a Nuclear Plant and Banning ICE Cars

October 23, 2021 Anand Gupta

Indonesia’s path toward using entirely renewable energy sources by 2060 includes banning the sales of fossil-fuel vehicles and operating a nuclear power plant. While the world’s top exporter of thermal coal has pledged to cut emissions by 29% within 10 years, President Joko Widodo’s administration remains wary of the economic trade-offs. His government pushed through […]

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New ADB Energy Policy to Support Energy Access and Low-Carbon Transition in Asia and Pacific

October 21, 2021 Anand Gupta

MANILA, PHILIPPINES : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new energy policy to support universal access to reliable and affordable energy services, while promoting the low-carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific. “Energy is central to inclusive socioeconomic development, but the expansion of energy systems has come at the cost of harmful impacts […]

ADB Approves Power Project Loan in Nepal

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ADB Raises 2019–2030 Climate Finance Ambition to $100 Billion

October 14, 2021 Anand Gupta

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced it is elevating its ambition to deliver climate financing to its developing member countries (DMCs) to $100 billion from 2019–2030. “The battle against climate change will be won or lost in Asia and the Pacific,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa. “The climate crisis is worsening daily, […]

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JinkoSolar’s High-efficiency N-Type Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Sets New World Record with Highest Conversion Efficiency of 25.4%

October 13, 2021 Anand Gupta

SHANGRAO, China: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has achieved a major technical breakthrough on its N-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell. JinkoSolar has set a new world record for the fourth time in a […]

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China’s New Renewable Project Rivals All Wind and Solar in India

October 13, 2021 Anand Gupta

China has started building a massive renewable energy project that’s bigger than all of the wind and solar power in India. Construction on the first phase, comprising 100 gigawatts of wind and solar, in the desert has started smoothly, President Xi Jinping said via video link Tuesday at a United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Kunming. […]