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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% It also looks at the persistence of fossil fuels in its energy mix. On the other hand, DNV forecasts fossil fuels will still account for 40% of its energy mix in 2050. of the total electricity supply in 2023.

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New hydropower awards announced from Niagara Power Project

Renewable Energy World

The NYPA board awarded two Erie County businesses with low-cost hydropower allocations — generated at NYPA’s Niagara Power Project hydroelectric facility in Lewiston — and one St. NYPA’s board also approved a 400-kW low-cost hydropower allocation to Niagara Refining. LW1 plans to invest at least $24.2

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. None of which need be a show-stopper.

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

Mobility & Transportation Navalt Solar & Electric Boats Pvt Ltd., Industry Heatrix GmbH, Germany, [link] Heatrix’s wants to competitively replace fossil fuels in energy-intensive industries by converting renewable electricity into storable, high-temperature process heat.

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America’s ‘First’ Renewable Resource Overlooked as States Embrace Clean Energy

GreenTechMedia

The best option of today and tomorrow is the nation’s first renewable resource — hydropower — a flexible and reliable clean resource that helps to integrate other renewables onto the grid. Under New York's RPS, only hydropower under 30 megawatts is eligible for certain renewable energy credits (RECs).

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'Economic injury': How the UK's electricity and transport networks could be racking up £264bn in hidden societal costs

Business Green

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. It's yet even more sobering evidence that the UK needs to move away from fossil fuels and ambitiously pursue rapid decarbonisation," he added.