Cuba to introduce plan to address fuel shortage amid US blockade
The shortage has led to blackouts across the Caribbean nation.
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China’s emissions to peak later than previously forecast, experts say
Seven in 10 climate researchers expect China’s carbon emissions to peak by the end of the decade, survey shows.
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US and China provoke sharp fall in global outlook for renewable power
Lowered support means capacity now expected to grow to no more than 4,600GW by 2030, 900GW lower than 2024 estimate.
Iraq set to open huge solar plant in Karbala to battle electricity crisis
Iraq is advancing several solar power projects as part of a plan to meet its electricity needs.
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US and UK sign major nuclear power deal: What does it include?
The multibillion-pound deal will build up to 12 modern nuclear reactors in northeast England and power data centres.
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China leads clean energy revolution, but also CO2 pollution, says report
China has provided the manufacturing, finance and strategic vision to lead the world’s energy transition says Ember.
US appeals court allows Trump to peel back $20bn in clean energy grants
The ruling overturns a lower-court decision that found Trump was impeding Congress’s power to allocate funding.
Trump nixes $679m in funding for offshore wind farms amid fossil fuel push
The cancellation is Trump’s latest move against renewable energy, which the US president has dismissed a ‘scam’.
Renewable energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs, UN says
UN chief Antonio Guterres says ‘the fossil fuel age is flailing and failing’ as renewable energy becomes cheaper.
China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet
The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.
