Environment

The impact of Covid‑19 on energy demand in 2020 could be more than seven times larger than the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on global energy demand.

The fuel will be used for charter flights carrying PPE – the energy giant claims associated carbon dioxide emissions will be offset through certified US projects.

Total electricity demand across the European continent shrunk to lows not seen since the Second World War between 10th March and 10th April.

The volume of the water at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has reached 5 million cubic meters, indicating a 650 million-cubic-meters rise compared with the corresponding date of the last year.

The World Meteorological Organisation suggests sustained climate action is needed to limit damage to the environment.

Energy ministers from some of the world’s largest economies on Friday linked for an unprecedented global summit over how to put renewables at the centre of post-coronavirus recovery plans – but the US and China were absent from the ‘cloudroom’. Danish climate & energy minister Dan Jørgensen claimed after the …

Some areas saw a reduction in nitrogen dioxide concentrations of as much as 43% compared to business as usual figures.

However, they are split on whether or not the government should take actions which might harm the environment to help the economy recover, according to a poll.

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Friday that governments should put renewable energy at the heart of economic rescue packages launched in response to the coronavirus outbreak to avoid a rebound in carbon emissions. “Putting clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans is an excellent strategy …

The new funding aims to drive down the cost of producing renewable hydrogen through commercial scale electrolyser projects.