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Kenya Introduces World’s Harshest Law on Plastic Bags
Kenya has been a major exporter or plastic bag in the past – but now the country is cracking down on the plastic pollution with the toughest law of its kind in the world. Kenyans selling, producing, or just using…
Renault-Nissan Partner with Dongfeng to Make EVs in China
The Renault-Nissan alliance has today announced plans to launch a new joint venture with carmaker Dongfeng to make and sell electric cars in China, the biggest EV market in the world. China’s Dongfeng will own 50 per cent of the…
Households Should be Paid for Their Solar Energy – Report
The Government’s long-awaited move to incentivise the scaling-up of solar energy development in Ireland should not exclude individuals and small businesses who wish to avail of an opportunity to reduce their energy costs by installing rooftop panels. That is among…
US Renewables Matching Nuclear For Now, Soon To Overtake
The US Energy Information Administration last week published its latest ‘Electric Power Monthly’ which reveals US renewable energy is locked in a virtual dead-heat with US nuclear energy, each providing roughly 20% of the country’s electrical generation. However, according to…
GE Signs Order For 150 Megawatt Wind Project In Jhimpir, Pakistan
GE Renewable Energy has this week announced the signing of an agreement to provide wind turbines for the largest wind project in Jhimpir, Pakistan, a 150 megawatt project being built by Power China in the Gharo-Keti Bandar Wind Corridor in…
Major Changes Recommended In India’s 100 Gigawatt Solar Power Plan
An Indian Parliament committee has given recommendations for making major changes in the National Solar Mission which, it believes, are essential to achieve the 100 gigawatts of operational capacity target by March 2022. Committee members noted that the government has…
9 States Embrace Clean Energy, Agree to Cut Power Plant Emissions an Extra 30%
Nine Republican and Democratic Northeast and Mid-Atlantic governors committed to further cut pollution Wednesday through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The proposed changes to the RGGI program, reached after more than 20 months of negotiations, will include extending the…