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EBRD and EIB provide €46.5 million loan each for power transmission in Tunisia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) – the EU Bank – are supporting vital developments required for a reliable and efficient operation of the electricity transmission grid in Tunisia. Both EBRD and…
World Bank Steps Up Climate Funding in Arab World
The World Bank Group announced few days ago a new plan to ramp up support for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to confront the multiple threats of climate change. Over the next four years, the…
Britain’s Last Coal Power Plants to Close by 2025
The last coal power station in Britain will be forced to close in 2025, the government has said as it laid out the detail of its plan to phase-out the polluting fossil fuel. Ministers promised last year that the UK…
Methane Progress Should Guide Regulatory Approach
API Upstream Group Director Erik Milito discussed ongoing industry efforts to reduce methane emissions and the risk to emissions reductions progress posed by adding new layers of regulation during testimony this week before the environment subcommittee of the U.S. House…
OSCE Promotes Green Technologies Transfer in Kazakhstan
ASTANA, 14 September 2016 – Promoting the Green Bridge Partnership Initiative (GBPI) with a focus on exchange of green technologies and improved co-operation is the topic of a two-day OSCE-supported international conference that started today in Astana. The conference brought…
China’s Oil Production Tanks, Foreign Oil Dependency Nightmare Intensifies
It might seem disingenuous to call any country’s foreign oil dependency a nightmare, but that’s exactly what it is. A myriad of problems stem from foreign oil dependency, ranging from a massive transfer of wealth, to securing vital supply lines…
Insights from Higher Wind and Solar Generation in Eastern Grid, USA
A new study from the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power grid of the eastern United States could operationally…