green energy

WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND! I’m Suzanne Lynch, bringing you Global Playbook from Dubai, where negotiators at the COP28 climate talks are trying to hammer out agreement on an ever-expanding text — and delegates are frantically Googling flights to Baku.  Bak-who? Yes, the capital of Azerbaijan is now the favorite to host next year’s climate talks, […]

Jordan is solidifying its commitment to green hydrogen by entering into five pacts paving the way to feasibility studies for projects aiming to produce up to 2.35 million tonnes of green hydrogen and ammonia annually within the kingdom. The five memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed by Jordan’s energy minister Saleh Al-Kharabsheh and representatives of […]

Mauritania—Danish green energy developer GreenGo Energy plans to build Megaton Moon to develop what it says is 60 GW of wind and solar energy to power 35 GW of electrolysis that will annually produce 4 million tons of green hydrogen and 18 million tons of green ammonia. The project first phase would operate by 2028. […]

British company Centrica and Mitsubishi Power Europe have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development, construction and operation of the first ammonia-based power generation facility in Europe. The location is in Ireland. The use of low-carbon ammonia as fuel can contribute to the security of electricity supply while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to […]

The Quest To Replace Liquid Fuels As renewable energies progress, some limitations are becoming clearer. The intermittency of renewables requires the presence of energy storage. This could be in the form of batteries, as we explored in our article “The Future Of Energy Storage – Utility-Scale Batteries Tech”. However, some forms of energy consumption are […]

Kalain Hosein Meteorologist/Reporter kalain.hosein@guardian.co.tt Trinidad and Tobago is already a world leader in the production of ammonia and fertiliser, exporting between 20 and 25 per cent of the globe’s supply, according to the National Gas Company President, Mark Loquan. However, this ammonia production is derived from natural gas – a fossil fuel – which is […]

With global carbon dioxide emissions reaching a record high of 36.8 billion tons in 2022, the urgency to combat climate change is palpable. Concurrently, geopolitical uncertainty and rising energy demand, projected to grow 25 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050, exacerbate the challenges of energy security and affordability. Remarkably, almost 800 million people […]

DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Fortescue Executive Chairman and Founder, Dr Andrew Forrest AO, has joined leading scientists from around the world in signing an open letter to world leaders attending COP28 detailing lethal humidity’s growing threat to humanity. The letter from members of the Lethal Humidity Global Council includes the signatures of […]

In just 18 months the green ammonia capable ship has been converted to run in dual-fuel mode as it moves away from fossil fuels. Fortescue calls on all ports to license green ammonia loading and fuel around the world, facilitating pollution free shipping. Imagery can be accessed via this link here. DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 5, […]

Dutch Greentech company GreenGo has submitted an application to the Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines for the development of the world’s largest green energy park. Dubbed Megaton Moon, the park will have a generation capacity of 60GW/190TWh of hybrid solar and wind per year as well as 35 GW of electrolysis. From these […]