The Washington Post reports on a new study from the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation, shedding light on which nations are driving the largest share of this planet-warming pollution — and which airports stand out. Globally, private jets emitted up to 19.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023. Aircraft departing from the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 29, 2025
India’s energy transition
Will Dubitsky writes on the Green Transition website about the progress India is making in its green transition. India: Coal monopolizes, solar goals stymied Renewables and Reality In May 2025, India announced it has raised its renewables target of 500 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 to 900 GW. The Indian government claimed it is on track … Continue reading India’s energy transition
Developing new light-driven techniques inspired by nature’s efficiency to help the chemical manufacturing industry become more efficient
In an article on The Conversation website, Arindam Sau, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder; Amreen Bains, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry, Colorado State University; and Anna Wolff, Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, Colorado State University discuss a new energy-efficient approach for the chemical manufacturing industry. Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry … Continue reading Developing new light-driven techniques inspired by nature’s efficiency to help the chemical manufacturing industry become more efficient
New EEA report on renewable electricity in Europe’s energy transition
Scaling up renewable electricity sources across the EU could reduce electricity generation costs, improve energy independence, and support the transition towards clean industry, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published this week. At the same time, accelerating the electrification of heating, transport and industry is needed to support Europe’s clean and competitive future. … Continue reading New EEA report on renewable electricity in Europe’s energy transition
Tracing the origins of China’s dominance in the electric vehicle market
Annabelle Liang & Nick Marsh write on the BBC news website about how China came to dominate the global EV market. How China made electric vehicles mainstream "I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor," says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou … Continue reading Tracing the origins of China’s dominance in the electric vehicle market
Britain’s energy transition: while the government’s priority is energy savings for larger businesses, SMEs typically pay the highest rates for their energy
Sam Hampton, Researcher, Environmental Geography, University of Oxford and Jan Rosenow, Leader of the Energy Programme, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, write on The Conversation website about plans to cut energy bills for large industry but SMEs are getting no relief. One worries that this could seriously affect the overall economy. … Continue reading Britain’s energy transition: while the government’s priority is energy savings for larger businesses, SMEs typically pay the highest rates for their energy
AI is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities
Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, writes on The Conversation website about the value of AI to make cities more sustainable AI applications are producing cleaner cities, smarter homes and more efficient transit Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the … Continue reading AI is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and distribute energy, acting as the invisible conductor that orchestrates cleaner, smarter and more resilient cities
Is there a future for carbon capture and storage?
In an article on The Conversation website, Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia argues that carbon capture offered an expensive “Band-Aid” on old technology. Investing in materials innovation and new techniques for making them promises fundamental transformation for the future. How the end of carbon capture could spark a … Continue reading Is there a future for carbon capture and storage?
New EEA report on noise pollution in Europe
Just over 110 million people, or more than 20% of Europeans, are exposed to high levels of transport noise that exceed thresholds set under EU reporting rules and which harm our health, the environment and the economy, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report on noise pollution published this week. The report calls for … Continue reading New EEA report on noise pollution in Europe
Energy in Demand News, June 22-23, 2025
The European Union is making a big effort to decarbonise and to reduce its dependence on Russian gas. One of the options is to expand the use of nuclear energy. However, the Financial Times writes about how complicated it is to reduce dependence on Russia for nuclear fuel: “The EU has 101 nuclear reactors of … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 22-23, 2025
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