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Norway will divest from coal

The Norwegian Parliament voted Friday to remove coal investments from the country’s $890 billion government pension fund, which is considered the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world. Under the ...

8 Jun 2015

Norway will divest from coal

News / Carbon & Climate

Hebei’s war on pollution starts to show results, but huge task remains

The Party Secretary and governor of Hebei province Zhang Qingwei had an unrelaxing start to 2015, a landmark year in China’s war on pollution, after being called in for a ‘chat’ with officials tasked ...

16 Feb 2016

Hebei’s war on pollution starts to show results, but huge task remains

News / Energy

Coal India said to plan building $1.2 billion of solar projects

Coal India Ltd, the biggest producer of the fuel, is considering building 70 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) of solar projects to compensate for carbon pollution, said people familiar with the plan. The...

24 Sep 2014

Coal India said to plan building $1.2 billion of solar projects

News / Policy & Finance

Asia wants Paris climate talks to tackle historic emissions and make some real change

On a late Friday afternoon as choking smog descended on the Indian Capital, Francois Richier, the French ambassador to India, took some hard questions from scores of journalists about the upcoming cli...

23 Nov 2015

Asia wants Paris climate talks to tackle historic emissions and make some real change

News / Energy

Solar’s $30 billion splurge proves too much for Japan

...renewables account for a fifth of the energy mix by the 2020s. Abe’s administration is pushing to restart reactors and is seeking a balance between renewables and other forms of power. “We will set th...

10 Oct 2014

Solar’s $30 billion splurge proves too much for Japan

Press Releases / Green Trade Project Office

Taiwan exhibitors unveil latest PV product lines at Intersolar US 2015

Continuing its 2015 ‘Green Light Outreach’ campaign, the Green Trade Project Office under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs is set to return to San Francisco, leading a group of ...

13 Jul 2015

Taiwan exhibitors unveil latest PV product lines at Intersolar US 2015

News / Energy

Bantul's wind farm expected to supply 50 MWs of electricity

The wind power plant to be developed in Bantul district, Yogyakarta, will supply households with 50 megawatts (MW) of clean electricity, an official said. "The wind power plant will generate 50 megaw...

6 May 2015

Bantul's wind farm expected to supply 50 MWs of electricity

News / Carbon & Climate

Australian emissions rise after carbon tax repeal: report

...renewables was replaced by more generation from black and brown coal power stations, according to the report. The upswing marked a change from a steady decline in emissions from electricity generation...

4 Sep 2014

Australian emissions rise after carbon tax repeal: report

Press Releases / Solar Media Limited

Indonesian director general of New Energy to address Asean solar industry

Indonesian Director General of New Energy, Renewables and Energy Efficiency, Rida Mulyana to address ASEAN solar industry on Indonesia’s vision for solar deployment plans Following the recent i...

30 Oct 2014

Indonesian director general of New Energy to address Asean solar industry

News / Green Buildings

Singapore’s new Green Mark scheme a 'game-changer'

Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has launched a new version of its flagship Green Mark scheme that promises to be a “game-changer” in raising sustainability standards of the build...

2 Sep 2015

Singapore’s new Green Mark scheme a 'game-changer'

News / Manufacturing

New sand mining guidelines call for robust monitoring and sustainable development

Three years after the Supreme Court ordered the Union environment ministry to formulate guidelines for sustainable mining, the ministry has released guidelines for mining of sand and other aggregates....

18 Sep 2015

New sand mining guidelines call for robust monitoring and sustainable development

News / Energy

Tata, Reliance Power bet big on renewable energy, to spend Rs 1,500 crore each

Two of the country's largest power producers Tata Power and Reliance Power are betting big on renewable energy and will spend about Rs 1,500 crore each on clean energy projects this fiscal. While Reli...

9 Jul 2014

Tata, Reliance Power bet big on renewable energy, to spend Rs 1,500 crore each

Opinion / Energy

Clean energy in Indonesia: A massive opportunity which must be seized by its new leadership

...renewables. Energy subsidies have been the main policy tool to keep prices down for the consumer and these have led to an inefficient and expensive system that hinders overall economic growth. Given t...

19 Sep 2014

Clean energy in Indonesia: A massive opportunity which must be seized by its new leadership

News / Green Buildings

The rise of smart buildings in Asia

As awareness on climate change and the risks it poses rise across the world, policymakers, building owners and architects alike are sitting up to take notice of the impact of buildings on the environm...

1 Apr 2016

The rise of smart buildings in Asia

News / Policy & Finance

Pope demands "action now" to save planet from environmental ruin

Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor" and plunging the Catholic Church ...

19 Jun 2015

Pope demands "action now" to save planet from environmental ruin

News / Energy

Plan to make renewables cheaper than coal within 10 years

...renewables and efficiency, with back-up where it’s needed.” Professor Lovins told the conference: “Business-as-usual is going to get really ugly. What’s the narrative we can produce to compete with ne...

3 Sep 2014

Plan to make renewables cheaper than coal within 10 years

News / Energy

Masdar delivers Samoa’s first wind farm

The Samoan Prime Minister, the Honorable Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, has inaugurated the country’s first wind farm. Delivered by Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, the 550 kWe proje...

1 Sep 2014

Masdar delivers Samoa’s first wind farm

Press Releases / ET Solar

ET Solar showcases high-efficiency PV modules at Ecobuild

On March 3, 2015, the three-day International Green Building Exhibition - Ecobuild 2015 -opened in London at ExCel Exhibition Center. ET Solar participated in this show with two types of its high-eff...

10 Mar 2015

ET Solar showcases high-efficiency PV modules at Ecobuild

News / Food & Agriculture

“Bringing private funds into land restoration is risky”

The world loses 23 hectares to land degradation each and every minute, adding up to the disappearance of 12 million hectares worldwide – an area half the size of the UK. In economic terms this loss of...

18 Nov 2015

“Bringing private funds into land restoration is risky”

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The Paris climate agreement: The real work starts now

The Paris climate agreement is an extraordinary achievement. It codifies the long-term goal of keeping global temperature increases below 2°C. It also sets a more ambitious aspirational target of capp...

17 Dec 2015

The Paris climate agreement: The real work starts now

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