The European Commission has today issued the first of a series of guidance documents to support EU countries in transposing and implementing the revised Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings into national law. Today’s guidance (C/2024/7161) clarifies the requirement under Article 17 (15) to discontinue, at the latest from 1 January 2025, any financial incentive … Read more
The data and reflections present in the book Security, Integration and Energy Transition in Latin America: Challenges and Perspectives are solid contributions to the examination of a dynamic realitya, which demands of new countries institutional arrangementss in the midst of the energy transition and climate changes. The book has two central objectives. Firstly, it was … Read more
As of: October 4th, 2024 7:22 a.m According to the will of the Senate, numerous new wind turbines are to be built in Hamburg in the coming years. To this end, the environmental authority recently presented plans for new areas together with the urban development authority. The Federal Wind Energy Association considers these plans to … Read more
Pictures from Ratcliffe-on-Soar always look the same: green meadows, brick houses and the eight thick, steaming cooling towers in the background. Ratcliffe-on-Soar is a village in Nottinghamshire, in the middle of England, about 150 inhabitants, one church. Known because of the massive coal-fired power plant that has existed here since the 1960s. The BBC recently … Read more
Washington. The World Bank said Thursday that it provided a record $42.6 billion in climate finance during fiscal year 2024, a 10 percent increase from $38.6 billion the previous year and close to the goal of a 45 percent share of total financing dedicated to climate projects. Why is it important? World Bank President Ajay … Read more
The income that Mexico obtains from oil and gas extraction is an alternative to finance the migration to the use of clean and renewable energy, said Agustín Díaz Lastra, president of the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH). Participating in the “2024 National Petroleum Convention: For a growing Mexico,” the official acknowledged that the country is experiencing … Read more
Stuttgart. Work on the second section of the power line Suedlink in Baden-Württemberg can begin. The next planning approval decision for the section in the north of the state has been received from the Federal Network Agency, the transmission system operator Transnet BW in Stuttgart announced. This means that building permission now exists for all … Read more
The Federal Council has presented the key points of its message on the “Stop Blackout” initiative. The indirect counter-proposal, which seeks to remove the ban on new nuclear power plants from the law, is in contrast to the will of the Swiss people. They have repeatedly expressed their support for clean, domestic electricity from solar, … Read more
Ceramics as an extremely durable material for new data storage The German Startup Cerabyte has developed the prototype of a long-term data storage on ceramic layers. This is also of interest to investors from Silicon Valley: Accordingly, Cerabyte has announced its expansion into the United States (with offices in Silicon Valley, California, and Boulder, Colorado). … Read more
Mexico Metropolis. Local weather change, in addition to the socio-environmental crises related to it, are the consequence of an power mannequin that also dominates globally and should be modified, stated María Elena Álvarez-Buylla, basic director of the Nationwide Council of Humanities, Sciences and Applied sciences (Conahcyt). Presenting the guide “Truthful and Sustainable Power Transition,” the … Read more