Last weekend the COP26 world climate summit has started in Glasgow, Scotland - and with it the struggle for a lot of money and useful results. Some people were particularly in the focus - even if they weren't present.

It was her last big appearance on the international stage: on the first working day of the world climate summit, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a much-noticed speech and put her potential successor Olaf Scholz, along with his planned so called 'traffic light coalition', under a lot of pressure. Six years after the Paris climate agreement, the reduction targets set so far are not enough to achieve what was hoped for at the time, Merkel said (see below, image: Pixabay). She called for a "decade of action" - which the government she has led for the ...

Limiting the earth’s temperature rise to 1.5oC by 2050 requires a full decarbonisation of the energy sector. As such, the clean energy transition must progress rapidly. But to build a climate-resilient future, the energy transition must advance in a just and...

The Transition to 100% Renewable Energy is Possible! The Earlier the Better, Let’s Speed it Up!

Accordingly, The Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform call for speeding up the transition to 100% renewable energy globally. Countless ...

“Currently, half of the world, regardless of income levels, will not have a significant renewable generation share by 2030," says GlobalData.

Barbara Monterrubio, Energy ...

Major differences have been identified in the risk perception of moorings, dynamic cables and repair and maintenance concepts.

WORLD FORUM OFFSHORE WIND (WFO) published its first White ...

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments, urges for swift policy action to accelerate the pace of the renewable build-out and to meet the Paris agreement targets to limit the rise in temperature.

“Our ambition is to reach EUR 100bn in asset under management no later than 2030.  We have already seen tremendous growth in our portfolio since our establishment eight years ago. Now, we have set the ambitious target of increasing our annual investments ...

A Mainstream Renewable Power-led consortium was awarded 50% of the total allocation in the latest round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP)   

Mainstream Renewable Power announced that 12 of its projects won preferred bidder status in Round 5 of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The wind and solar projects, which have a total capacity of 1.27 GW, represent half of the total allocation in the Round, which ...

The solid result strengthens Statkraft’s financial capacity.

The underlying EBIT was NOK 4.6 billion in the quarter, an increase of NOK 3.5 billion compared with the third quarter last year. The increase was driven by ...

The partnership between Commission, European Investment Bank and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst will mobilise up to €820 million between 2022-2026 to accelerate the deployment and rapidly commercialise innovative...

The misalignment of shafts is a big problem for the operation of all types of machines.

If the shafts in pumps, compressors or gearboxes are not aligned with each other, this ...

The Global Solar Council and the Global Wind Energy Council, which represent private sector companies and associations across the wind and solar PV industries worldwide, have established the Global Renewable Energy Alliance to step up cooperation,...

There are around 40 000 registered users around the globe for the Roxtec Transit Designer™ which is a free software for design engineers working with cable and pipe penetration seals.

Roxtec Transit ...

"Our message to countries gathered there is, go big, go bold, follow the science, and the marketplace will have your back,” says ACP CEO Heather Zichal.

“COP26 is critical, both because of the urgency of ...