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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Launches Growth Markets Fund II with a USD 3 Billion Target Size

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Launches Growth Markets Fund II with a USD 3 Billion Target Size

The fund is focused on investment in greenfield renewable energy infrastructure in high growth middle-income markets and is expected to enable more than 10 GW of clean energy COPENHAGEN, Denmark , Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Today, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced the launch of its Growth Markets Fund II (GMF II), during the [...]

Fluence Named an Official UN Global Compact Signatory Member

Fluence Named an Official UN Global Compact Signatory Member

Fluence’s participation as a signatory member of the UN Global Compact is well ahead of the 2024-2025 expected timeline outlined in the Company’s 2022 Sustainability Report ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Fluence Energy, Inc. (“Fluence”) (NASDAQ: FLNC), a leading global provider of energy storage products and services, and optimization software for renewables and [...]

Dutch Court Orders Greenpeace Protesters Off NORI Research Vessel, Greenpeace Complies

Dutch Court Orders Greenpeace Protesters Off NORI Research Vessel, Greenpeace Complies

The District Court of Amsterdam has ordered Greenpeace International to immediately disembark from the research vessel commissioned by TMC subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) to conduct legally-mandated environmental impact assessments requested by the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Since November 23rd, Greenpeace’s unsafe and unlawful activities have hindered independent [...]

Bahrain Unveils Its National Energy Strategy and Steps Up Commitment to Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2060

Bahrain Unveils Its National Energy Strategy and Steps Up Commitment to Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2060

MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 30, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Bahrain today unveiled its National Energy Strategy: a clear, credible, and responsible pathway to reaching the climate targets the Kingdom pledged to achieve at COP26, namely a 30 percent reduction in emissions by 2035 on the road to net-zero emissions by 2060. The Strategy is rooted in [...]

Research from Philips and Vanderbilt Shows How Decarbonizing Healthcare Also Helps to Reduce Cost

Research from Philips and Vanderbilt Shows How Decarbonizing Healthcare Also Helps to Reduce Cost

November 29, 2023 — Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Chicago, USA (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) a global leader in health technology, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), home to top-ranked adult and pediatric hospitals in the Southeastern U.S., today announced initial results of a research collaboration to decarbonize the health system’s radiology department. The project, [...]

New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining on Critical Forested Carbon Sinks Amid Battery Metals Boom

New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining on Critical Forested Carbon Sinks Amid Battery Metals Boom

Commissioned by TMC, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence assessed the impact of mining on terrestrial carbon sinks in top nickel and cobalt producing regions In 2022, 75% of the world’s cobalt production came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and 50% of the world’s nickel production came from Indonesia. Both DRC and Indonesia are megadiverse [...]

European Investment Bank to Finance Iveco Group N.V. for Up to 500 million Euros for the Decarbonisation of the Transport Sector

European Investment Bank to Finance Iveco Group N.V. for Up to 500 million Euros for the Decarbonisation of the Transport Sector

The financing signed represents the first tranche of 450 million euros of the 500 million total approved by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors for the operation with Iveco Group. The EIB financing is aimed at the development of cutting-edge technologies for the electrification, efficiency and safety of the transport sector. The investments [...]

Schneider Electric Survey Reveals Energy Efficiency Top Priority in Homes

Schneider Electric Survey Reveals Energy Efficiency Top Priority in Homes

▪️ 86% rank energy efficiency as most desired home improvement ▪️ 75% of households reduced energy use last winter, over 70% doing so to lower energy bills▪️ 7 in 10 respondents consider sustainable lifestyles important Making homes more energy efficient is the most popular home improvement action according to 86% of consumers in a new [...]

Pacific Green and SSE enter into Energy Optimization Agreement for Pacific Green’s 249MW / 373.5MWh Sheaf Energy Park Battery Development

Pacific Green and SSE enter into Energy Optimization Agreement for Pacific Green’s 249MW / 373.5MWh Sheaf Energy Park Battery Development

London, Nov. 21, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (“Pacific Green”, OTCQB: PGTK) announces that Sheaf Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Green, has entered into an agreement with SSE Energy Supply Limited (“SSE”) wherein SSE will provide trading and optimization services for the 249 MW / 373.5 MWh Sheaf Energy Park battery [...]

U.S. Senators Push for UNCLOS Ratification as Members of Congress Call for ISA to Adopt Seafloor Mining Regulations

U.S. Senators Push for UNCLOS Ratification as Members of Congress Call for ISA to Adopt Seafloor Mining Regulations

Led by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a bipartisan coalition re-introduced a resolution calling on the U.S. Senate to ratify the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which details the rights and responsibilities of countries regarding the world’s oceans, including “the management of marine natural resources.” At the close of part III of [...]