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Akshay Urja Diwas 2021: Date and significance of national renewable energy day
Apart from being an important day, it is also an awareness campaign which is aimed at educating and informing the masses about the benefits of renewable energy resources for our planet.
Nuclear scientists come one step closer to developing a clean energy source
The energy only lasted for 100 trillionths of a second but it took them closer to the holy grail of fusion ignition - where more energy was created than what they were using.
Earth’s energy budget is out of balance: How does energy flow and what this means for climate change
Our climate is determined by these energy flows. When the amount of energy coming in is more than the energy going out, the planet warms up
Saudi Aramco's profit surges to $25.46 bn in Q2, half-year earning climbs to $47 bn
The majority State-owned oil company confirmed in its earnings report that its performance in the second quarter of 2021 'was primarily driven by higher crude oil prices'
World Oceans Day 2021: Can we use bio-fouling organisms to extract energy from ocean waves?
Waves have enough energy that every metre of coastline could power around five average homes and more during storms.
Stop new fossil fuel projects to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050: IEA report
Overall, fossil fuels are set to account for only around a fifth of the energy supply by 2050, down from almost four-fifths currently.
Reducing methane is crucial for protecting climate, health yet emissions are rising: UN report
Global methane emissions were fairly level about 15 to 20 years ago, but started creeping up over the past five years or so.
30 years since liberalisation, India's fight against poor energy access might get tougher owing to COVID-19 crisis
Covid-19 is expected to make energy access even more challenging as more people will be pushed to poverty and they will not be able to spend money on clean fuel.
South Korea signs USD 43 billion deal for 'world's biggest' offshore wind farm complex
Seoul announced last year its goal to become one of the world's top five offshore wind energy powerhouses by 2030.
National Energy Conservation Day 2020: Occasion for advocating energy efficiency, raising awareness on climate change priorities
Every year on 14 December,the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power, celebrates Energy Conservation Day
World's smallest memory device created to further energy-efficient computing chips
Smaller processors allow manufacturers to design devices, computers and phones that are more compact.
Wind, solar panels will soon become top source of electricity; surpasses natural gas, coal: IEA report
But renewables outside the electricity sector, like biofuel, are suffering from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic the IEA found.
Carbon neutrality: China's addiction to coal will erode its long-term climate goals
Between 2000 and 2018, China's annual carbon emissions nearly tripled, and it now accounts for nearly a third of the world's total greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
World's insatiable appetite for plastic is driving oil producers' future growth: Carbon Tracker report
Plastic production has increased around four percent every year since 2000 and the industry expects that rate of growth to continue, driven mainly by emerging economies.
Black hole explosion, 390 mn light years away, carves out crater from surrounding hot gas
Black holes don’t just draw matter in, they also blast out jets of material and energy and the first hint of this explosion came in 2016.
India's renewable energy sector might fail to meet its 175 GW target by 2022: CSE report
The stagnation in the sector is caused by auctions and power purchase agreements (PPAs) to rising costs and payment delays.
Power Ministry seeks Brazilian investment in fastest-growing Indian energy market; expects consumption to treble
Power Minister RK Singh on Thursday urged Brazilian investors to invest in the Indian energy sector, saying it is the fastest-growing energy market and its consumption will treble in coming days
Davos 2020: Donald Trump touts 'great American comeback' at WEF summit, says second phase of US-China trade deal soon
Shrugging off his impeachment trial back home, US president Donald Trump came out all guns blazing at the WEF summit in Davos on Tuesday as he lauded the unprecedented economic boom in the US
Nature and forests through 2019: The year of uncontrollable rain forests fires all over the world
2019 closed out a “lost decade” for the world’s tropical forests, with surging deforestation from Brazil to the Congo Basin.
Prince Williams announces Earthshot prize to help 'repair the Earth', pledges at least 50 solutions by 2030
By the end of this decade, they hope to have solutions that will solve some of Earth's greatest problems.