Samsung and Bloom Energy join hands to develop clean power ships
Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and develop fuel cell-powered ships. SHI and Bloom Energy are actively working towards the next milestone in this development with a target to present the design to potential customers in 2022. Following […]
Global warming.- Collective ambition on GHG cuts must increase more than fivefold to reach 1.5ºC goal, UNEP Gap Report says
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6% each year between 2020 and 2030, the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that going beyond 1.5°C will increase […]
Environmental risk and climate change top worldwide CEO’s ranking of threats to growth, 5th KPMG Global CEO Outlook shows
KPMG asked CEOs across all industries what they saw as the biggest threat to growth over the next three years. And, for the first time in the history of the KPMG Global CEO Outlook, they identified environmental and climate change as the top risk. Climate change rises up on the risk agenda, from fourth in […]
Decline in nuclear power risks energy security and climate goals, IEA report says
“Without an important contribution from nuclear power, the global energy transition will be that much harder,” said Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director. “Alongside renewables, energy efficiency and other innovative technologies, nuclear can make a significant contribution to achieving sustainable energy goals and enhancing energy security. But unless the barriers it faces are overcome, its […]
Biofuels to lead growth in renewable energy to 2013, says IEA
Half of all renewable energy consumption in 2017 came from modern bioenergy. While the growth in solar PV and wind is set to continue in the electricity sector, bioenergy remains the largest source of renewable energy because of its widespread use in heat and transport, sectors in which other renewables currently play a much smaller […]
Keeping global warming rise at 2ºC menaces planet ecosystems and UN Sustainable Development Goals achievement, says IPCC report
In case the global warming goal is kept at 2ºC temperature rise, by 2100 the global sea level would rise 10 cm higher with devastating effects in some coastal regions and 99% coral reefs would die. Impacts of these kind in some ecosystems would make it more difficult to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. […]