Kolkata : NTT India has earmarked around USD 2 billion to boost information and communications technology infrastructure in the country over the next three-four years, aiming to tap the rise in data consumption, a top company official said. New data centres, cloud computing, submarine cable landing stations and solar parks are key areas where NTT […]
‘Dispatchable’ renewables in spotlight after upbeat IEA report: Maguire – EQ Mag
LITTLETON : This week’s upbeat renewable energy supply outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA) contained an important but overlooked lament about the slow roll-out of so-called dispatchable renewable energy sources. The main takeaways from the IEA outlook were that renewable energy development has been supercharged by the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war, and that […]
Indian Railways shows slow progress in switch to renewables – EQ Mag
The Railways is a long way from generating the amount of clean energy it needs to become net carbon neutral by 2030 Indian Railways, a sprawling network that ranks among the world’s largest, is a long way from generating the amount of clean energy it needs to become net carbon neutral by 2030, its own […]
Ukraine war: Germany looks to renewables after Russian invasion – EQ Mag
As Germany struggles with the energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many communities there are looking with added urgency at ways to try to wean themselves off gas and oil. Abensberg in Bavaria is among a number of towns which have pioneered alternative energy solutions in recent years. The town of 15,000 […]
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RAISE THEIR CLEAN POWER POLICY AMBITIONS – EQ Mag Pro
92% of emerging markets have set long-term renewable energy targets, but follow-through remains critical and incomplete, BloombergNEF finds in its latest Climatescope survey Sharm el-Sheikh : Policymakers in emerging markets and developing economies are raising their sights when it comes to renewable energy, research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) finds in the latest edition of its annual […]
EV charging’s next act is powering homes and the grid
The future of energy may lie with hydrogen, but the journey to get there won’t be easy – EQ Mag Pro
Hydrogen could be a vital bridge in the transition to renewables but investment, vision and commitment are lacking at a government level. At first glance, there is nothing altogether unusual about the train. Sitting on the platform at Spandau station in the suburbs of Berlin, it looks much the same as every other one. But […]
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2022, Renewables met all global electricity demand growth: Ember Report – EQ Mag Pro
Global electricity demand growth was met entirely by renewable power in the first half of 2022, halting the rise in fossil fuels. Renewables met all global electricity demand growth The world is in the middle of an energy crisis. With all the headlines, it might have been expected that coal and gas use would have […]
JAPAN’S AMMONIA-COAL CO-FIRING STRATEGY A COSTLY APPROACH TO DECARBONIZATION, RENEWABLES PRESENT MORE ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVE – EQ Mag Pro
Clean ammonia is better suited for the decarbonization of other applications such as fertilizer production Tokyo : Japanese utilities are exploring the case for retrofitting their existing coal power plants to enable co-firing of coal with ammonia to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, ammonia-coal co-firing is unlikely to become an economically viable path for Japan […]
Renewables: What’s Next in Energy Storage Systems? – EQ Mag Pro
Power design industry experts chart megatrends for storage of electricity from renewable sources. While more than a billion people on the planet don’t have access to a power grid, we are witnessing a growing pervasiveness of small solar systems in which a solar panel and a battery are connected to constitute a system along with […]
