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2025 coal consumption peak steals the highlight in China’s energy outlook

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen The consumption of coal, the most climate polluting fossil fuel, is predicted to peak by 2025 in China, the world’s highest emitting country. Analysis by Sinopec, expects coal consumption to peak around 2025 at 4.37 This compares with 425 BCM and 9% of primary energy consumption projected for 2025.

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What Fixed Charges on Your Electric Bill Could Mean for Charging an EV in California

Union of Concerned Scientists

cents per kilowatt-hour for most customers of these utilities when the charge is rolled out between the end of 2025 and early 2026. But when and if the rate structure change is finalized (planned for late 2025 or 2026), it still won’t get at the reason for a significant portion of the recent electricity rate hikes: wildfire mitigation.

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Singapore Unveils Blueprint for Sustainable Air Hub

Clean Energy Law

The proposed initiatives and enablers for each domain are listed below: Notable Decarbonisation Initiatives National SAF target and SAF levy – From 2026, flights departing Singapore will be required to use at least 1% of SAF. The initiatives will be implemented across three domains: airport, airline, and air traffic management.

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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

UK ETS Currently the UK’s main measure to mitigate carbon leakage risk is the system of free allocation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS). The UK ETS puts a price on greenhouse gases emitted by domestic producers, through a “cap-and-trade” system, in which total carbon emissions and allowances under the scheme are capped.

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5 Pennsylvania Colleges, Join 3 From North Carolina In Joint Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement From Facility In Kentucky

PA Environment Daily

When combining this project with our 3-megawatt (MW) Solar Field, we are mitigating 100% of our Scope 2 carbon emissions.” The Sebree Solar II project is set to begin construction in early 2025 and commence commercial operation by the end of 2026.

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Real-time space observations can now keep watch over ‘super emitter’ power plants

Frontiers

Researchers show for the first time that this is already possible with data from existing satellites and instruments like NASA’s OCO-2 and OCO-3 (attached to the International Space Station), both designed to measure emissions at much larger spatial scales.

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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. That same year, Costa Rica reached another agreement, a US$60 million deal with the World Bank, for similar reasons, “purchasing” emissions reductions of 12 million tonnes to be achieved before 2025.