At battery plant fueled by EV incentives, Kemp slams federal green energy perks

Gov. Brian Kemp picked an unusual spot to deliver his sharpest remarks yet against President Joe Biden’s green energy initiatives: an electric battery supplier that is directly benefiting from a surge of federal spending championed by the White House. At a Tuesday ceremony for a new $800 million Anovion Technologies factory in Bainbridge, Kemp framed … Read more

Green energy pioneer stands down saying ‘exciting future lies ahead’ 

Gunther Newcombe is standing down as Orion project co-ordinator. One of the leading figures behind Shetland’s energy transition is to step down – saying the project’s main ambition has been achieved. Gunther Newcombe will leave the leave the Orion project at the end of September after more than three years involvement. Mr Newcombe, who came … Read more

Coal prices plummet as green energy surges in China

By Laio Coal prices have fallen to their lowest level since June 2021, primarily due to oversupply and subdued demand from China. Meanwhile, solar power capacity in China doubled that of coal power, with a 33.7% year-on-year growth rate. As China’s commitment to renewable energy strengthens, coal-fired power generation showed a modest 1.8% increase. In … Read more

Fossil fuel consumption steady despite record growth in renewable energy

The consumption of fossil fuels remained steady despite record growth in the renewable energy sector. According to the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy , primary energy demand growth slowed in 2022 by increasing about 1.1 percent compared to its increase of 5.5 percent in 2021. The report noted that the energy sector shifted … Read more

Thodoros Skylakakis to become Greece’s new minister of environment, energy

Thodoros Skylakakis is taking over from Kostas Skrekas in the Greek Ministry of the Environment and Energy. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is about to get a new cabinet. After his New Democracy party won the general election in Greece, he picked former Deputy Minister of Finance Thodoros Skylakakis to be the minister of environment and … Read more