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Solar, wind power almost all households in China in 2022
20 February 2023 - Solar and wind power output last year jumped 21% to 1,190 TWh, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) announced
Study: energy crisis triggered by Ukraine war may push millions into extreme poverty
16 February 2023 - The University of Birmingham has said households in Sub-Saharan Africa are hardest hit in terms of the total energy cost burden rate
IEA: Renewables to meet almost all global power demand growth through 2025
14 February 2023 - The expected increase in the generation of electricity from renewable sources is set to cover 98.3% of net growth in global power demand
Who will win the race to install first small modular nuclear reactor
12 February 2023 - Judging by recent announcements, small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) are pushing ahead strongly on both sides of the Atlantic
Azerbaijan on track to double gas exports to EU, start green energy supply
06 February 2023 - The 9th ministerial meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku brought together representatives from 16 states and the EU
Iron-air batteries are 10 times as cheap as lithium, and will be produced from 2024
24 January 2023 - To replace lithium, alternatives are being developed around the world, such as iron-air batteries, whose commercial production will begin in the US in 2024
Davos 2023: Energy transition is a way out of gloomy global outlook
21 January 2023 - Clean technologies, renewable energy sources, and industry decarbonization should be the response to the current global crisis
2022 – year of extreme weather, climate events
10 January 2023 - The year was marked by record droughts, heatwaves, fires, floods and a record low level of the Antarctic sea ice, according to Copernicus
Chinese company CSSC Haizhuang unveils world’s largest wind turbine prototype
10 January 2023 - CSSC Haizhuang Wind Power is assembling the prototype of what would now be the biggest wind turbine on the planet
Most read articles on Balkan Green Energy News in 2022
31 December 2022 - With Russia's attack on Ukraine, the energy crisis took over from the coronavirus pandemic as topic number one this year
Three activist stories that marked 2022: public wake-up call
31 December 2022 - Young climate activists across the planet are increasingly daring to draw attention to the climate...
China completes world’s second-largest hydropower plant
28 December 2022 - The China Three Gorges Corp.'s Baihetan facility is in full operation. At 16 GW, it is the second-biggest hydropower plant in the world.
Nuclear power makes comeback to Japan’s energy plans
24 December 2022 - Following plans to abandon nuclear power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japan is now heading in a different direction
Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes from 2025
15 December 2022 - Japan is the fifth largest emitter of CO2 in the world and has committed itself to make those emissions net zero by 2050
Germany supports lithium mine project in Serbia to curb China’s global influence – Handelsblatt
13 December 2022 - The newspaper published the secret list of projects that Germany identified as important for the EU's geopolitical initiative Global Gate
UK approves first underground coal mining project in more than three decades
08 December 2022 - Environmentalists may turn to court to overturn the government's approval for the opening of a coking coal mine in northwest England