Ofgem to invest 300m in 1,800 ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers on the country’s motorway network. The investment will allow operators to triple the number of ultra-rapid (100kW+) chargers along main routesCabling improvements will also create capacity for a further 1,750 charging points in towns and cities around the country.Energy regulator Ofgem has said it will […]
Webinar: ‘How to Generate Carbon Credits From RE & Other Types of Projects’
EQ presented a webinar on How to Generate Carbon Credits From RE & Other Types of Projects on May 20, 2021. The speakers discussed carbon credits, energy efficient cookstoves integrated waste management and nature based solutions. Manish Dabkara, CMD & CEO – EnKing International (EKI Energy Services Ltd.) participated as moderator. The other speakers were […]
Climate Finance as a Way to Create Energy Access in Africa
Stories about climate finance are starting to flood the internet in the build-up to COP26 at the end of the year, but the conversations vary, depending on your geographic location. While financiers, power developers, utilities and everyone involved in producing energy can agree that financing to address climate issues is needed, the exact parameters vary. […]
Is Finance the Biggest Hurdle in the Race to Net Zero?
RECAI 57: with COP26 on the horizon, governments and institutional investors must rise to the challenge of honoring the Paris Agreement. Governments must raise their ambition to get the world on a trajectory to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Institutional investors need clearer commitments on infrastructure spending and details of pipelines […]
Seven Signs of Success for the Paris Agreement and COP26
EY France Climate Change Leader; Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY & AssociésHelping businesses and governments engage in low-carbon strategies. Creating and protecting long-term value for clients. RECAI 57: six years on, we highlight the key requirements needed to address climate change at COP26 if the Paris goals are to be realized. In brief […]
Global leaders recognise clean energy’s huge economic potential. Now they need to act
Energy and climate leaders from more than 40 countries who took part in the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit last week called on countries to work more closely together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stave off a potentially catastrophic rise in global temperatures. But they also emphasised that major international efforts to boost clean energy […]
Oman implements investment plans in clean, renewable energy
Abu Dhabi: The Sultanate of Oman has reaffirmed that it began to execute investment plans in the fields of clean and renewable energy, covering projects in solar energy and wind power whose feasibility was proved in studies. This was stated by Dr. Abdullah Ali al-Amri, Chairman of the Environment Authority, during the first regional dialogue […]
ECB pledges to buy green bonds as pressure rises on Bank of England over climate change
The European Central Bank stepped up its focus on climate change on Monday. It will invest in a green bond fund and create a dedicated “climate center”. UK lawmakers pressured the Bank of England over its support for polluters. The European Central Bank stepped up its focus on climate change on Monday, announcing that it will create a specialist team to […]
India leader on renewables, natural partner for Britain: Thompson
India is a leader on renewables and a natural partner for Britain in the shared mission to create a greener planet and enable a clean and resilient recovery from Covid-19, British Acting High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson said on Friday. New Delhi: India is a leader on renewables and a natural partner for Britain […]
