APT Translations

A U.N. climate change conference in Dubai last year set a goal of tripling renewable energy capacity worldwide by 2030 to more than 11 terawatts (TW).

Electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind assets during the first half of 2024 was a record 401.4 terawatt hours (TWh), compared to 390.5 TWh from nuclear reactors, data from energy think tank Ember shows.

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent. But the tribes said the deal was signed with false representatives of their communities.

Brookfield and Leap Green recently entered into definitive strategic investment agreements pursuant to which Brookfield has acquired a majority controlling stake in the Company

Kalpataru Projects International Limited (KPIL) along with its joint ventures and international subsidiaries have secured new orders/notification of awards of Rs 2,995 crore, the statement said.

It said China has broken ground on a third of new wind and solar capacity it has announced to date, compared to a global average of just seven percent.

The power sector focus of the Union Budget of July 2024 is likely to feature a continuation of the focus on renewable energy, which contributed 71 per cent of India’s new capacity addition in FY24, as reported by an Economic Times article.

The Centre approved the scheme to increase the share of solar rooftop capacity and empower residential households to generate their own electricity.

Recommendations by NSEFI include maintaining the exemption from basic customs duty on imports of key renewable energy components such as wafer, ingots, and polysilicon.

The session was marked by detailed discussions on the reports from these committees, addressing the full spectrum of CO2 capture, utilization, transportation, and storage.