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Analysis: Bolstering Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition

A Greener Life

Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. government partnerships that are mobilizing billions of dollars to meet the growing demand for clean energy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. © NamLong Nguyen / Shutterstock.com.

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Ontario: Now is the time to increase renewable energy, not fossil gas

Enviromental Defense

One is that gas plant contracts signed (or renewed) before 2025 will be able to evade meeting the national CERs beyond 2035 which is when the regulations are supposed to kick in. . And between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. But there are loopholes.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8 What can be done?

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Greece enters the offshore wind market

A Greener Life

This week, the country moved forward with plans to construct its first offshore wind farms. In a draft plan, the government of Greece Identified areas for private development, with the long-term intention of lessening dependence on fossil fuels. The zones cover a total area of 2,711 square km with an estimated minimum capacity of 12.4

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The Atomic Energy Advancement Act: Preparing the Way for Advanced Nuclear Power Plants  

Cresforum

Increased electrification in both the industrialized and the developing world is projected to help meet emissions reduction goals, and nuclear power could provide much of the future needs for electricity. The legislation comes on the heels of a report by the U.S. Moving the Ball Forward on U.S.

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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. The Kubuqi desert. Photo credit: Alamy.

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Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

A Greener Life

By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. Bao Zhong, political counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Islamabad, told me that the Chinese government stands by the pledge.