5 years of climate leadership: The World Bank Group’s first climate action plan

And as countries embark on cleaner energy pathways and transportation, they should think through how to ensure a just transition for fossil fuel-dependent communities. “In order to effect a transition which is going to be successful we will have to find ways of mitigating the impact on people who work in the coal economy,” says Ranjit Lamech, Infrastructure Director for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Region.

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The revolutionary tech that’s turning waste into energy

By Chris EverettThe $150-billion organic food industry has a major fertilizer problem that could hinder its growth.Massive livestock operations from Europe to North America have an even bigger problem: They’re producing catastrophic volumes of polluting waste they have nowhere to put, and it’s a damage-control cost they have to deal with.The solution to both will…

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Resolving nuclear power generation during COVID-19

Economic slowdown during the coronavirus quarantine led to decline in electricity consumption. Rosatom looks into the depth of this decline and its influence over the nuclear industry. The analysis covers countries with the largest number of operating nuclear power plants, namely, the United States, France, Russia and China, which are also among the most affected by the pandemic.

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Enel Green Power fuels recovery by connecting three new Wind Farms in North America

Enel Green Power North America has begun operating a 50 MW expansion to the High Lonesome wind farm in Texas, increasing the project’s total capacity to 500 MW -The 105 MW Riverview and 29.4 MW Castle Rock Ridge II wind farms in Alberta, Canada are connected and delivering energy to the power grid -The High Lonesome expansion brings the project’s overall investment to 720 million US dollars, while the total investment for both Canadian projects amounts to over 210 million Canadian dollars.

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