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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

. | Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Ember, an energy think tank that crunched the numbers, calls it “an unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”

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Scientists generate heat over 1,000 degrees Celsius with solar power instead of fossil fuel

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

Instead of burning fossil fuels to smelt steel and cook cement, researchers in Switzerland want to use heat from the sun. The proof-of-concept study uses synthetic quartz to trap solar energy at temperatures over 1,000 C (1,832 F), demonstrating the method's potential role in providing clean energy for carbon-intensive industries.

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World’s biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations

The Guardian: Energy

G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate.

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Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says

The Guardian: Energy

Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress Fossil fuel companies are forcing governments to compensate them for lost earnings in the transition to a low-carbon global economy, and destroying the world’s ability to counter their harmful activities , former top UN officials have warned.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals

The Guardian: Energy

Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7tn (£5.6tn) in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, according to research.

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Prospective GB News Board Member is Fossil Fuel Investor

DeSmogBlog

According to his parliamentary register of interests, Lord Theodore Agnew has shares of at least £100,000 in Equinor, the Norwegian state-owned energy producer. The IEA, a free market group that has advocated for more fossil fuel extraction, received funding from BP for at least 50 years. Agnew and Edwards declined to comment.