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Egat starts operation of mini-hydropower plant

State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has started operating its 10th mini-hydropower plant in Uttaradit as the country continues its effort to reduce power prices by adopting more renewable energy.

Bangkok Post

This is an era of plentiful, cheap, renewable energy, but the fossil fuel dinosaurs can’t admit it

For a couple of days this month, wind power supplied over half the UK’s electricity. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

3 ways Indonesia could make 2023 a turning point in its clean energy transition

2023 begins with some hope that Indonesia is speeding up its transition away from fossil fuels, towards cleaner, renewable energy sources.

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Mild weather has saved Europe this winter. Here’s what we must do to avoid future energy crises

Europe can't depend on luck for its energy security. Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán has a five-point strategy for the continent.

Fortune

Bristol City Leap renewable energy deal set to be worth £1bn to city

The initiative is aiming to help the city reach net zero and is predicted to create more than 1,000 jobs

Birmingham Post

Offshore wind farm construction is noisy – but gadgets used to protect marine mammals are working

The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and this is projected to increase by at least 25 times in the next ten years. While an expanding renewable energy sector is necessary to replace fossil fuels and slow climate change, it must not come…

The Conversation

Manufacturers urged to adopt renewables

Higher power bills will be a key factor awakening businesses in the manufacturing sector to a need to seriously adopt renewable energy to relieve an increase in their production costs, estimated at 4.88% on average, says the Industry Ministry.

Bangkok Post

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Clean, Renewable Energy Agreements Inked at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023

More agreements and partnerships in the field of clean and renewable energy are being signed at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a deal with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Uhde, which specializes in chemical engineering, to develop large-scale ammonia cracking plants. The memorandum…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed.

The Conversation

The green paradox: Habitat and wildlife under threat in rush to fast-track renewable projects

If a wind farm project has the potential to wipe out 925ha of koala habitat is it still green? John McCarthy investigates.

The New Daily

John Kerry tells AP he backs UAE oil chief overseeing COP28

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backs the United Arab Emirates’ decision to appoint the CEO of a state-run oil company to preside over the upcoming U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai, citing his work on renewable energy projects

The Independent UK

Renewable Energy Zone means big new transmission lines across the Hunter

Grid rebuild contains some difficult choices

Newcastle Herald

The A$30 billion Sun Cable crash is a setback but doesn't spell the end of Australia's renewable energy export dreams

Sun Cable – considered to be the world’s biggest renewable energy export project – announced this week it had entered voluntary administration following “the absence of alignment” with shareholders.

The Conversation

UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

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Int’l Mining Community Highlights Importance of Saudi Minerals in Meeting Global Demand

Officials and investors emphasized on Wednesday the importance to uncover the Kingdom’s mining wealth, given the gap the world faces in the need for minerals and renewable energy. During the first day of the International Mining Conference in Riyadh, senior officials and heads of major international companies said Saudi Arabia…

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Major renewables conference for SA

South Australia has been chosen to host a major international conference focussing on the renewable energy sector.

Asharq Al-Awsat

60 States Agree to Transform Region into Major Bridge for Int’l Transition to Renewable Energy

More than 60 government ministers and delegations responsible for their countries’ minerals and metals strategies attended on Tuesday the second Ministerial Roundtable hosted by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources in the largest-ever meeting of its kind. The ministers agreed that minerals are necessary to build a cleaner…

Birmingham Post

Humber Renewables Awards 2023 now open for entries

May event will celebrate 10 years of Offshore Wind Connections as finale to regional conference

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Remote islands adopt renewable energy for disaster preparation

Generating renewable energy such as solar and wind power is becoming more common on remote islands across Japan with the aim of securing electric power in case of disasters, as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Insider UK

University green energy spin-outs get Scottish Enterprise funding

£150,000 has been split between projects at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen

Birmingham Post

Sunderland innovator Vero Power says the sky’s the limit for solar

The renewable energy company exports its products around the globe but is now seeing a boom in business closer to home

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Seeks to Attract $32 Billion Investments in Minerals Sector

Saudi Arabia can play a global role in providing the strategic minerals necessary for the transition to renewable energy, and achieving the goals of net zero emissions, said a report by the Payne Institute for Public Policy, affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines. The report was published by the…

Bangkok Post

Egco sells stake in three Indonesian power plants

SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco), a power generation arm of state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, has divested its entire stake worth US$485 million in three geothermal power plants in Indonesia in order to make new investments, especially in renewable energy.

Fortune

Offshore wind project being built with union labor could be exactly what energy workers need

Labor unions and allied environmental groups have long argued that high-quality jobs can and should power the shift away from fossil fuels. Up until now, renewable energy jobs haven’t paid as well as those in traditional energy sectors, but that may be changing.

The Conversation

3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize

Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from worsening: stop burning fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, electrify transportation and industry, and reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture.

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