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India to come up with mitigation action for high carbon-emitting sectors like steel, cement, refineries, fertilisers
3 weeks, 4 days ago

India to come up with mitigation action for high carbon-emitting sectors like steel, cement, refineries, fertilisers

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union government plans to come up with mitigation action based on carbon capture and clean coal for industries that are among the biggest emitters of gases that cause global warming, Niti Aayog member V. K. Saraswat said in an interview. A NITI Aayog report, titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in …

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Driving decarbonization forward
1 month ago

Driving decarbonization forward

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The 2024 G20 summit in Brazil marks a critical juncture for global efforts to combat climate change. The International Renewable Energy Agency reports that China now accounts for more than 30 percent of the world's installed renewable energy capacity, a remarkable achievement that underscores its global leadership in the sector. China's leadership in renewable energy technologies aligns …

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HK plans power interconnection infrastructure project with mainland
1 month ago

HK plans power interconnection infrastructure project with mainland

China Daily  

Hong Kong is planning to strengthen its electricity interconnection with the mainland through a new infrastructure project, Wong Shuk-han, undersecretary for environment and ecology in Hong Kong, told China Daily in a recent interview. The project will increase the share of zero-carbon energy in Hong Kong's fuel mix for power generation in the long run, she said. "Upon completion of …

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King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead
1 month, 1 week ago

King coal is dirty, dangerous—and far from dead

Live Mint  

BRITAIN WAS the first country to generate electricity from coal. View Full Image If the current fleet of coal plants is run normally until 2050, they will emit some 250 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the International Energy Agency. South Africa has become a test case for the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a brainchild of the G7 club of …

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每日一词|碳排放核算和评价标准体系 standardized calculation and evaluation system for carbon emission
4 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|碳排放核算和评价标准体系 standardized calculation and evaluation system for carbon emission

China Daily  

国家发展改革委发布的方案提出，2024年，发布70项碳核算、碳足迹、碳减排、能效能耗、碳捕集利用与封存等国家标准，基本实现重点行业企业碳排放核算标准全覆盖；2025年，面向企业、项目、产品的三位一体碳排放核算和评价标准体系基本形成，重点行业和产品能耗能效技术指标基本达到国际先进水平。 By the end of 2024, 70 national standards on carbon accounting, footprint, reduction, energy efficiency and consumption, as well as carbon capture, utilization and storage will be published, covering all key sectors and companies, said the plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission. In the following year, a standardized calculation and evaluation system will be in place …

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Next-gen clean tech key to China's carbon neutrality goal
4 months, 1 week ago

Next-gen clean tech key to China's carbon neutrality goal

China Daily  

An employee operates carbon capture, utilization and storage equipment at a platform off Guangdong province in May 2023. MAO SIQIAN/XINHUA The clean energy industry contributed 11.4 trillion yuan to China's economy last year, accounting for 9 percent of the country's GDP and contributing 40 percent to its GDP growth. The clean energy industry has been one of the main drivers …

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Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China
5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily  

Advancing China's Green and Low-Carbon Maritime Development China has always been committed to protecting the marine environment, dedicating its efforts to comprehending and managing the vast oceanic expanse. Laying a solid foundation for green development of the marine economy China is committed to achieving its targets for peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality. The megawatt-class Fenjin marine current turbine …

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每日一词|碳纤维地铁列车 carbon fiber metro
5 months, 3 weeks ago

每日一词|碳纤维地铁列车 carbon fiber metro

China Daily  

6月26日，全球首列用于商业化运营的碳纤维地铁列车“CETROVO 1.0碳星快轨”正式发布。该列车由中车四方股份公司联合青岛地铁集团研制，具有更轻更节能等显著优势，将引领地铁列车实现全新绿色升级。 China has unveiled the world's first commercially operational metro train built with carbon fiber materials on June 26. The CETROVO 1.0 train, developed by CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Qingdao Metro, boasts reduced weight and energy consumption, paving the way for a greener future for subways. 观众登车体验“CETROVO 1.0碳星快轨”列车。图片来源：中国日报 【知识点】 传统地铁车辆主要采用钢、铝合金等金属材料，受制于材料特性，面临减重瓶颈。碳纤维因具有轻质、高强度、抗疲劳、耐腐蚀等优点，被称为“新材料之王”，它的强度是钢铁的5倍以上，但重量不到钢铁的1/4，是轨道车辆轻量化的绝佳材料。 该车的车体、转向架构架等主承载结构采用碳纤维复合材料制造，实现了车辆性能的全新升级，具有更轻更节能、强度更高、环境适应力更强、全寿命周期运维成本更低等技术优势。与传统金属材料的地铁车辆相比，该碳纤维地铁车辆的车体减重25%，转向架构架减重50%，整车减重约11%，运行能耗降低7%，每列车每年可减少二氧化碳排放约130吨，相当于植树造林101亩。 目前，该碳纤维地铁列车已完成厂内型式试验。按照计划，年内将在青岛地铁1号线投入载客示范运营。 【重要讲话】 推动经济社会发展绿色化、低碳化是实现高质量发展的关键环节。加快推动产业结构、能源结构、交通运输结构等调整优化。 A green and low-carbon economy …

【双语财讯】博鳌共话新质生产力：绿色创新为发展新质生产力注入强劲动能
8 months, 3 weeks ago

【双语财讯】博鳌共话新质生产力：绿色创新为发展新质生产力注入强劲动能

China Daily  

3月27日，在博鳌亚洲论坛2024年年会举行的“‘创新、绿色、数智、融合’引领高质量发展”分论坛上，来自政府、企业、学界的与会嘉宾纷纷表示，中国的绿色技术和数字创新为发展新质生产力和推进高质量发展注入了强大动能。 2024年3月9日，无人机在博鳌近零碳示范区拍摄的新闻中心改造项目和安装在新闻中心室外的光伏地砖。（图片来源：新华社） China's green and digital innovation is injecting great momentum into its efforts to develop new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development. 中国能建董事长宋海良在分论坛上指出，创新是新质生产力的核心和引领。 The company has been actively pursuing innovation to develop new quality productive forces and foster new strategic industries, Song added. 刘勇说：“我们也在追求创新的生产模式和经营模式。”他表示，一道新能源公司打造了国内首个完全智能化、数字化的工厂，实现了全过程数字化控制。 In addition to the energy sector, China's transportation industry has also actively pursued innovation …

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State Grid Weihai Power Supply Co turns marine ranch's energy systems green
1 year, 1 month ago

State Grid Weihai Power Supply Co turns marine ranch's energy systems green

China Daily  

An aerial view of Allen Bay Marine Ranch in Rongcheng, Shandong province. The "smart brain" is the Marine Ranch Smart Energy Efficiency Management Platform, which is the technological core of the zero-carbon smart energy demonstration project. The Allen Bay Marine Ranch is the first zero-carbon smart energy demonstration zone for marine ranch in Shandong province. It was developed by the …

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Electric heating systems exist now and must be rolled out, says new E.On boss
1 year, 4 months ago

Electric heating systems exist now and must be rolled out, says new E.On boss

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Electric heating systems such as heat pumps “exist now” and need to be installed rather …

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每日一词∣可再生能源装机容量 installed capacity of renewable energy
1 year, 4 months ago

每日一词∣可再生能源装机容量 installed capacity of renewable energy

China Daily  

据中国国家能源局7月31日介绍，截至今年上半年，全国可再生能源装机达到13.22亿千瓦，历史性超过煤电。 China's installed capacity of renewable energy hit 1.32 billion kilowatts by the end of June, exceeding the coal-fired power generating capacity, according to the National Energy Administration Monday. 7月21日，在甘肃省酒泉市阿克塞千万千瓦级可再生能源多能互补基地，工人在汇东新能源75万千瓦光热+项目建设现场安装定日镜。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 7月31日，国家能源局召开三季度例行新闻发布会。数据显示，截至2023年上半年，全国可再生能源装机突破13亿千瓦，同比增长18.2%，约占我国总装机的48.8%。 具体来说，水电方面，截至6月底，全国水电累计装机容量达4.18亿千瓦，其中常规水电3.69亿千瓦，抽水蓄能0.49亿千瓦。上半年全国水电发电量5166亿千瓦时，全国水电平均利用小时数为1239小时。 风电方面，截至6月底，全国风电累计装机达到3.89亿千瓦，同比增长13.7%。上半年全国风电发电量4628亿千瓦时，同比增长20%。全国风电平均利用率96.7%，同比提升0.9个百分点。 光伏发电方面，截至6月底，全国光伏发电装机容量达到4.7亿千瓦。全国光伏发电量2663亿千瓦时，同比增长30%。上半年全国光伏发电利用率98.2%，同比提升0.4个百分点。 生物质发电方面，上半年，全国生物质发电新增装机176万千瓦，累计装机达4308万千瓦，同比增长9.2%，生物质发电量984亿千瓦时，同比增长10.1%。 【重要讲话】 实现碳达峰碳中和是一场广泛而深刻的经济社会系统性变革。立足我国能源资源禀赋，坚持先立后破，有计划分步骤实施碳达峰行动。完善能源消耗总量和强度调控，重点控制化石能源消费，逐步转向碳排放总量和强度“双控”制度。推动能源清洁低碳高效利用，推进工业、建筑、交通等领域清洁低碳转型。 Reaching peak carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality will mean a broad and profound systemic socio-economic transformation. Based on China’s energy and …

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Rishi Sunak Announces Hundreds of New Oil, Gas Licences to Boost UK Energy Security
1 year, 4 months ago

Rishi Sunak Announces Hundreds of New Oil, Gas Licences to Boost UK Energy Security

News 18  

The UK government said Monday it would issue “hundreds” of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050. “Investment in the North Sea will continue to unlock new projects, protect jobs, reduce emissions and boost UK energy independence,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said in …

Energy Gas
India Today Roundtable discusses India's efforts to reduce carbon footprint
1 year, 5 months ago

India Today Roundtable discusses India's efforts to reduce carbon footprint

India Today  

The India Today Roundtable discussed India's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and meet its commitments to cut carbon emissions by 2030. They highlighted that while India's per capita emissions are low, the country is the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide after China and the US. India has made several major commitments to address this issue, including increasing renewable …

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Government plans £1bn per year for carbon capture technology
1 year, 9 months ago

Government plans £1bn per year for carbon capture technology

The Independent  

The Government has announced a new plan to funnel around £1 billion a year into technology which can help capture carbon emissions before they are released into the atmosphere. The Chancellor will next week set out what he promises to be a “clean energy reset” with extra money for carbon capture and new promises on nuclear power. This plan will …

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We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
1 year, 10 months ago

We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction

Al Jazeera  

More than a decade ago, investment experts James Altucher and Douglas Sease wrote a book for the Wall Street Journal called Investing in the Apocalypse. Apart from making climate change worse, these “solutions” also disproportionately harm marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples, as UN special rapporteur Tendayi Achiume has recently warned. ‘The biggest land grab in history’ Nature conservation has also …

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Study: Enough rare earth minerals to fuel green energy shift
1 year, 10 months ago

Study: Enough rare earth minerals to fuel green energy shift

Associated Press  

The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about the supply of such minerals. With a push to get more electricity from solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric and nuclear power plants, some people …

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Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the sources of emissions?

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, are all heating up the planet. It’s estimated that carbon dioxide can hang around in the air for 200 years or longer, so coal burned at the start of the industrial era would still be warming up the planet today. “Global warming is caused by accumulation …

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Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?
2 years, 1 month ago

Climate Questions: What are the solutions to climate change?

Associated Press  

As the world warms and extreme weather events mount, governments and corporations have been called on to address climate change by top officials, climate scientists and activists and to curb levels of heating. ___ Scientists and officials agree that it’s important to not make matters worse by burning even more fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — that …

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At COP27, move the needle on climate action
2 years, 1 month ago

At COP27, move the needle on climate action

The Hindu  

India and other developing economies are justifiably worried about the damage to growth from COVID-19, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the global economy’s downturn. But these troubles pale in comparison with the climate catastrophe already resulting from the current trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, whose effects hit developing economies and the poor hardest. That is why it is imperative that …

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Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly
2 years, 2 months ago

Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that it expects carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels to rise again this year, but by much less than in 2021 due to the growth in renewable power and electric cars. Last year saw a strong rebound in carbon dioxide emissions — the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming …

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Ukraine war thrusts German climate action into spotlight
2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine war thrusts German climate action into spotlight

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country’s climate envoy said Monday. “We are at a crossroads right now,” Jennifer Morgan said, adding that the war in Ukraine shows how interlinked energy security and independence are with climate security and peace. “We …

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提高资源利用效率产业前景看好
2 years, 3 months ago

提高资源利用效率产业前景看好

China Daily  

9月6日召开的中央全面深化改革委员会第二十七次会议审议通过了《关于全面加强资源节约工作的意见》。会议指出，节约资源是我国的基本国策，要促进资源科学配置和节约高效利用。 Aerial photo taken on Aug 22, 2021 shows a photothermal power station in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Energy efficiency is emerging as a burgeoning market with increasing investment opportunities as China pledged to accelerate the formation of a resource pricing mechanism during a recent meeting amid attempts to call for sustainably using resources while minimizing environmental impact, experts …

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Proposed oil field will have lowest possible carbon footprint, vows developer
2 years, 4 months ago

Proposed oil field will have lowest possible carbon footprint, vows developer

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Norwegian state-controlled Equinor said it wants to take forward …

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