The Verge: Energy
MARCH 1, 2024
It’s been almost a decade since the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to stop global warming. Severe drought, particularly in the US and China, led to an “exceptional shortfall” in hydropower in 2023, the IEA found. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low.
Business Green
JULY 1, 2022
The country is endowed with excellent resources, with geothermal energy pulsating just under its surface and thundering rivers providing hydropower galore. That cleared the way for the country to reach 100 per cent renewable electricity in 2015 (more on that in a later column). High on the menu of challenges to work out: resilience.
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Smart Energy International
JANUARY 24, 2024
In 2023 the share of electricity in final energy consumption is estimated to have reached 20%, up from 18% in 2015. Global CO2 emissions also are expected to decline, averaging 4% between 2023 and 2026, which is more than double the 2% in the period from 2015 to 2019. annually through 2026.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
China alone is forecast to account for a third of the world's entire electricity consumption by 2025, up from a quarter in 2015, although the IEA said there remain uncertainties about the country's future power growth due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and global economic headwinds.
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 29, 2021
Between 2015 and 2018, emerging markets accounted for an increasingly larger share of this investment, yet high-income economies have accounted for the majority since 2018. Clearly the green finance revolution has taken the world by storm, with investment in low-carbon energy remaining robust throughout the pandemic.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
The global energy body's annual clean power report today reveals almost 90 per cent of all electricity capacity added in 2020 came from renewables, led by wind, hydropower, and solar PV projects. Renewables are resilient to the Covid crisis but not to policy uncertainties," explained Birol.
Green Market Oracle
OCTOBER 25, 2020
University of California, Berkeley Score 81.47 | Berkeley, California After the coronavirus radically shifted students’ second semesters, UC Berkeley put together more than 40 virtual Earth Month events and unveiled a Resilient Sustainability Community Fellowship.
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