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How solar power overtook coal in Europe for clean energy landmark

CHARTED: Nearly half of all electricity generated in the EU in 2024 came from renewables, Anthony Cuthbertson reports

The Independent UK

As Trump turns to fossil fuels, Europe sprints ahead with renewables

Solar and wind power are replacing coal and gas in power generation, but experts warn of hurdles ahead.

Al Jazeera

Solar overtakes coal in EU's energy mix as renewables continue to rise

Solar power overtook coal in the European Union's electricity production for the first time in 2024, and renewables made up nearly half of the bloc’s energy mix.

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Solar Power Surpasses Coal In EU For First Time

Solar overtook coal in the European Union's electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc's power sector, according to a report released Thursday.

International Business Times

Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels

A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration’s pursuit of more fossil fuels

The Independent UK

Australia expands four coal mines despite warning of climate ‘death sentence’

Approval comes even as Australia pushes to host Cop31 climate summit

The Independent UK

Renewable power set to overtake fossil fuels in the UK this year for the first time

The shift is driven largely by a decline in production from coal, gas and oil, as well as growing wind, solar and biomass power

The Independent UK

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Jeff Bezos's favorite smart mug is actually 'worth its weight in gold' –I won't get my caffeine fix any other way now

Any skepticism about using a smart mug disappeared as soon I tried this exceptional offering...

Homes & Gardens

Almost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going?

At Cop28 last year they also pledged to double energy efficiency in an effort to cut the world’s reliance on fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Southeast Asia deepening dependence on fossil fuels, report warns

ASEAN’s 10 members met the entirety of region’s rise in electricity demand last year through fossil fuels, report says.

Al Jazeera

This $199 smart coffee mug just revolutionized my work week — here's how

Ember's temperature-controlled TravelMug 2+ is perhaps the pinnacle of tech-infused coffee gadgets. With a price to match.

Tom’s Guide

See the greenhouse gas impact of Labor’s decision to expand three NSW coalmines

The 1.3bn tonnes of carbon that may be generated by the three projects is more than triple Australia’s entire annual emissions

The Guardian - AU

End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down

UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for good

The Guardian - UK

India Coal Expansion Risks Massive Methane Growth: Report

India's plans to expand coal mining could double emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its domestic coal sector by 2029, threatening its climate goals, a report warned Thursday.

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Local, Foreign Firms Facing Months Of Recovery In Storm-hit Vietnam

Factory roofs blown off, products worth millions of dollars destroyed, supply chains disrupted: Typhoon Yagi has had a disastrous impact on local and global companies in northern Vietnam who could take months to recover, business leaders warn.

The Guardian - UK

Wind and solar farms power Great Britain’s grid to greenest ever summer

Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across country

The Guardian - UK

Police acting as ‘private security’ for Drax power station, say climate activists

Greenpeace among 150 groups expressing outrage after preemptive arrests led to cancellation of protest camp

International Business Times

Energy-hungry Singapore Eyes Deserts, Forest For Renewables

With huge data centres set to drive up already outsized energy demand, the tiny city-state of Singapore is looking to Australia's deserts and Malaysia's rainforests for clean power.

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The Guardian - UK

Biomass power station produced four times emissions of UK coal plant, says report

Drax received £22bn in subsidies despite being UK’s largest emitter in 2023, though company rejects ‘flawed’ research

The Guardian - UK

Wind and solar energy overtake fossil fuels to provide 30% of EU electricity

Report finds 13 member states generated more energy from wind and solar power than coal and gas for first time in 2024

The Independent UK

Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets

Vietnam has passed a decree radically loosening the Communist Party-ruled state’s control on how electricity is sold to private companies

The National (Scotland)

Scottish transport business announces expansion of electric bus fleet

A SCOTTISH transport business has announced it has secured funding to expand its fleet of electric busses by more than a third ...

The Guardian - UK

In the race for new energy strategies, why does home insulation always lag behind?

It’s not a sexy subject in an election campaign, but the inefficiency of Britain’s housing stock is a crisis in waiting

Al Jazeera

Tripling clean electricity by 2030 achievable: International Energy Agency

The IEA says countries’ domestic ambitions achieve 70 percent of the goal, but experts warn goals are hard to achieve.

The Hindu

Fall in Japan’s power demand sees India as third largest producer of solar power in 2023

India surpasses Japan in solar power production, aiming to double output to overtake the United States.

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