The principle is simple: members go first, interested parties follow, join in - and are finally admitted to the club. This is how the new 'climate club', devised by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and launched at the G7 summit, is supposed to work. But who really benefits from the club?
Plan is that the G7 and particularly ambitious countries make a start as climate protectors with other countries following suit. Non-members could face long-term penalties in the form of tariffs or import bans. The aim is to increase international pressure on climate sinners and speed up the energy transition.
Not a new thought though: The German Chancellor already had the idea for his climate club when he was still Finance Minister under Angela Merkel. ...
China has the biggest offshore wind project pipeline at 98GW, the UK is in second place at 91GW (up from 55GW a year ago) and the USA is third with 80GW, said RenewableUK. ...
The association urges the Government to accelerate the pace and scale of decarbonisation dramatically. 
The EU Energy Council today agreed its position on a revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). 
India will require $223 billion of investment in order to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). ...
Saudi developer ACWA Powerhas announced plans to build a 1.1-GW wind farm in Egypt with an investment value of $1.5 billion. 
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Green Credit Fund I has signed a financing agreement with Capital Energy, a large Spanish renewables developer, for the development of an 1.0 GW portfolio of onshore wind assets in Spain. 
BluEarth Renewables celebrated the ground-breaking at its 145 MW Hand Hills Wind Farm in Alberta. The Project will inject over $250 million of capital investment into the Alberta economy and provide over 175 jobs during peak construction. 
Mark Kwok, AkzoNobel’s President of China/North Asia and Business Director for Decorative Paints China/North Asia: “The new production line will help to enhance our leading position in paints and coatings in China by expanding new markets and...
Among the sustainability initiatives presented in the report are ambitious efforts for greener transportation through sustainable marine fuels for ocean freights, for recycling of production waste materials, and for ...
Statkraft has updated its growth strategy within renewable energy with new, more ambitious targets towards 2030. 
June 22 was Climate Action Day at all Schaeffler locations worldwide, from Herzogenaurach, Germany to Taicang, China, and from Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Fort Mill, USA. 
GE and its regional solution partner Inogen have been selected by Sertavul to build one of the first Hybrid Wind + Solar projects in Turkey. 
Since its foundation as union of all 8.2 companies, the 8.2 Group e.V. was directed by Jürgen Holzmüller as sole member of the Board of Association. 
A consortium formed by Qair, TotalEnergies and BW Ideol has placed a 30 MW order for the Eolmed offshore wind park, a floating project off the French coast. 
In addition to the installation of the 83 offshore direct drive wind turbines at Borkum Riffgrund 3, Siemens Gamesa has been awarded a multi-year contract to service the turbines. 
The partners have applied to be selected as eligible bidders for the A06 tender – the respective announcement by the French government is expected during the coming weeks. 
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. 
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) and Sinbad Marine Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global floating offshore wind developer and technology provider, Hexicon AB to provide a ‘new approach’. ...