by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 18, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
India’s government has said it was committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2070, and official data reviewed by Reuters shows that renewable energy generation grew 21% in March to October, even as coal use for power increased. MUMBAI: India’s coal-fired power...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2022 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
“Accelerated retirements (of coal plants) within the OECD and the collapse in the scale of new project proposals in the rest of the world have been counteracted by the ongoing expansion of the coal fleet in China,” said the PPCA, an international campaign aimed at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 13, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Despite the huge deployment of renewables, burning coal remains the preferred way of generating electricity worldwide, accounting for 35% of all electricity.As Western producers take advantage of record prices – with companies such as Glencore pledging to operate the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 8, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Indian News, Regulation
However, the use of low-sulphur coal in thermal power plants has been exempted from the ban New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has issued directions to ban the use of coal in industrial, domestic and other miscellaneous applications in the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the increase was “a worrying sign of how far off track the world is in its efforts to put emissions into decline towards net zero.” Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global...