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The world’s electrical utilities still progressing too slowly towards a renewable energy transition

Envirotec Magazine

However only 26 companies have plans to phase out coal – which significantly hampers international efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 alive without the electric utilities sector moving more quickly away from polluting fossil fuels to renewable energy. These companies have a huge opportunity to lead the way.

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The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

The City Fix

The past year registered record-shattering global temperatures. degrees C (2 degrees F) of global warming, compared to pre-industrial averages. People around the world are already witnessing epic heat waves, wildfires and drought at 1.1 With current policies putting the world on.

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Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN

Envirotec Magazine

The recent report also predicts global e-waste – discarded products with a battery or plug – will reach 74 Mt by 2030, almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019, some 24.9 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Mt and 0.7

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Revolutionizing Heavy-Duty Mobility with H2 Powered Mining Vehicles

Hydrogen Fuel News

To co-develop a power module based on hydrogen fuel cell technology that will power Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck. Notably, this partnership marked the first planned hydrogen-powered mining truck in Asia. This reliance contributes significantly to global carbon emissions, leading to climate change.

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Forget King Coal. Solar Is ‘New King’ of Global Power Markets, Says IEA

GreenTechMedia

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry.

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IEA: CO2 from global power generation set to plateau

Business Green

That is the headline conclusion of a fresh analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) today, which offers a glimmer of hope that global emissions are closer than ever to an historic peak, even if the rapid decline in greenhouse gases required this decade to limit temperature increases to 1.5C remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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Brazilian study suggests better ways of managing MSW

Envirotec Magazine

The Caieiras landfill has a biogas-fueled thermal power plant, where methane (CH 4 ) from decomposing organic matter drives electricity generators. CTL burns some of its CH 4 to produce CO 2 and steam (since CH 4 has 21 times the global warming potential of CO 2 ) and sends the rest to a thermal power plant with which it partners.

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