Is Mexico’s 55% power market nationalisation an anti-business move?
Mexico’s government has consolidated its control over more than half of the country’s power generation market following state utility Comision…
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Analysis: cancellations threaten Biden’s 2030 offshore wind target
The US suffered another serious setback to its offshore wind plans just days into 2024, when oil majors bp and…
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New EU gas directive has big implications for hydrogen
In December, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU national governments reached a deal on a new EU gas directive,…
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EU electricity market reform: what’s in it
In the spring of 2022, tempers were running high at an EU summit of national leaders in Brussels as they…
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How COP28 accelerated the conversation on coal phase-out
DUBAI – COP26, which took place in Glasgow in 2021, was supposed to be the COP that “consigned coal to…
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Global Stocktake text signalling ‘end of fossil fuels’ is adopted at COP28
DUBAI – COP28 closed on Wednesday with a landmark Global Stocktake text that “calls on parties” to begin “transitioning away…
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Brazilian biofuels look for an opening at COP28
DUBAI – The world’s attention in the closing days of COP28 in Dubai has been firmly focused on the likelihood…
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EU pushing ahead on cleantech trade battle with China
In September, as she delivered her annual State of the EU speech to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula…
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Can EU green manufacturers ever compete with low-cost imports?
Economic security – an idea that encompasses a broad set of interconnected elements including supply chain resilience, research integrity, and…
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Weekly data: how captive coal plants are driving global coal growth
At the end of 2021, it seemed that coal was on its way out. The previous year, China's leader Xi…
