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Since joe biden became America’s president in January, few senior American officials have visited China. But as The Economist went to press, Mr Biden’s special envoy for climate change, John Kerry, was in the middle of his second trip this year. With relations so rancorous in almost every other domain, the two countries appear to welcome the chance to talk about a problem they hope can be tackled together. There may be political dividends for both. Mr Kerry has set his sights on coal, a big contributor to global warming.…

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Renewable energy could power the world within the next 30 years, and wind power is one of the cheapest, most efficient ways to get there. Except 80% of the world’s offshore wind blows in deep waters, where it’s difficult to build wind farms. A new design for a radically different kind of wind turbine could begin to change that. Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems is developing a floating, multi-turbine technology for wind farms that could generate five times the annual energy of the world’s largest, single wind turbine. This increased…

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In line with the vision of present government’s policy of “Ease of Doing business” and for promotion of clean and green energy, Alternative Energy Development board (AEDB) has issued simplified Certification Regulations for installers of solar and wind Projects in the country. AEDB Board has enacted new Alternative Energy Development Board (Certification) Regulations, 2021, effective from August 30, 2021, said a press release. Previously, AEDB Board had approved the AEDB (Certification) Regulations in 2018 for the safe, secure and quality-assured supply of solar and wind energy generation projects, products and…

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The World Economic Forum has published a new study on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to accelerate a more equitable energy transition and build trust for the technology throughout the industry. As the impacts of climate change become more visible worldwide, governments and industry face the urgent challenge of transitioning to a low-carbon global energy system. Digital technologies – particularly AI – are key enablers for this transition and have the potential to deliver the energy sector’s climate goals more rapidly and at lower cost. Written in collaboration with BloombergNEF and Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) – the German Energy…

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The government is mulling extending concessional power tariff to domestic and commercial consumers in off-peak months, which will help cut gas demand and ease burden on national exchequer, officials said on Friday. The industrial sector is already enjoying this facility since November 2020. Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) in a tweet said: “Min(istry) of Energy is moving a proposal for seasonal energy pricing for domestic & commercial consumers to encourage power consumption during off-peak months [mostly in winter months].” “The success of Industrial Energy Package demonstrates that…

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