Energy Top Stories

Pressure on gas and LNG prices to help switch from coal, says JP Morgan

The sharp growth in gas supply and the drop in prices could lead to a rapid conversion from coal to gas, the bank said.

Reuters | April 24, 2024 | 7:57 am

World’s biggest energy traders are returning to metals markets

Vitol, Gunvor and Mercuria Energy are among the traders building…

Bloomberg News | April 24, 2024 | 1:23 am

ESG Watch: Why climate change is leaving mining firms between a rock and a hard place

By 2050, the World Bank forecasts that demand for the…

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 4:40 pm

Zambia seeks power imports for key mining sector

State-owned Zesco stated that it is seeking to import power…

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 7:43 am

Coal trains also carry respiratory diseases to communities on their way – study

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates…

Staff Writer | April 23, 2024 | 6:06 am

The energy chief trying to get the UK to speed up carbon capture

Centrica Plc boss Chris O’Shea is on a mission to show the UK government that it needs to speed up carbon capture projects.

Bloomberg News | October 28, 2023 | 9:21 pm

Innovative solutions applied to some of world’s most pressing sustainability challenges

Kazakhstan has been taking measures to achieve decarbonization while also incorporating nature-based solutions.

Brendan Duprey | October 27, 2023 | 12:02 pm

$7 billion in subsidies raises spectre of Canadian hydrogen development

British Columbia's abundant clean hydro power is attracting a wave of hydrogen production and export proposals.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | October 27, 2023 | 11:35 am

Ottawa unveils interim plan for environment agency after court rules it unconstitutional

Ottawa is suspending the environment minister’s authority to force major energy or mining projects to be judged for environmental impact as part of a temporary operating plan for the Impact Assessment Agency.

Jeffrey Jones - The Globe and Mail | October 26, 2023 | 11:08 am

World Bank grants South Africa $1 billion loan for energy reform

The funding will help facilitate “restructuring of the power sector” through the unbundling of state-owned utility Eskom.

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2023 | 1:07 pm

International Energy Agency predicts fossil fuel demand decline after 2030

“The ‘Golden Age of Gas’, a term coined by the IEA in 2011, is nearing an end,” the outlook declares.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | October 24, 2023 | 4:33 pm

In Australia’s outback, Rio Tinto prepares for a low carbon future

Rio's newest mine, Gudai-darri, is on track to hit record production, while it halves carbon emissions by 2030.

Reuters | October 24, 2023 | 4:47 am

MXenes, ruthenium support sustainable green hydrogen production

Texas-based researchers have reduced by half the cost of catalysts used to produce green hydrogen.

Staff Writer | October 23, 2023 | 6:06 am

Offshore wind farms could offset billions of dollars in climate change-related costs in the Pacific Northwest – report

Floating wind farms off the coast of southern Oregon and northern California could potentially triple the Pacific Northwest’s wind power capacity.

Staff Writer | October 22, 2023 | 7:17 am

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