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Governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows
A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110 percent more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69 percent more than would be consistent with 2°C. This comes…
INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTS
In this article, I will focus only on those electricity sources that use renewable energy, which I know relatively well. These are small hydroelectric power plants, wind farms, solar power plants and power plants that use biomass that they burn…
Low-cost solutions can give billions access to modern cooking by 2030, but the world is failing to deliver
Nearly one in three people around the world still cook their meals over open fires or on basic stoves, resulting in significant damage to health, living standards and gender equality – and yet this challenge can be overcome this decade…
Global coal demand set to remain at record levels in 2023
Global coal consumption climbed to a new all-time high in 2022 and will stay near that record level this year as strong growth in Asia for both power generation and industrial applications outpaces declines in the United States and Europe,…
Two sides of Europe: coal or RES – polluted and unpolluted Europe
The Balkan Peninsula is an area that has significant deposits of coal, especially lignite, known as brown coal. Serbia has the most extensive coal deposits in the Balkans and ranks high for lignite deposits globally – right after Germany, Australia,…
CO2 emissions from EU territorial energy use: -2.8 percent
According to Eurostat estimates, in 2022, the EU carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion (oil and oil products, natural gas, coal and peat) for energy use in the EU territory reached almost 2.4 Gigatons (Gt), indicating a decrease…
Why is the desulfurization system at TENT important for Serbia?
While environmental problems like pollution and climate change have caused countries around the world to embark on an energy transition, Serbia still largely relies on one energy source – coal. If go deeper into the problem, the coal used in…