Renewables and Efficiency

Enel has launched an investment program worth more than €100 million at its Sicilian technology hub.

For producing one ton of aluminum. about 450 kilograms of the material is required.

Ireda plans to issue 13.9 million shares. priced at 10 rupees each. but the government has not yet specified a date for when the IPO will be launched.

The turbines for Statoil'.s Hywind floating wind park off Scotland will be installed this summer and will be fully operational by the end of the year.

Bangladesh has a total installed hydroelectric generating capacity of just 230MW. the lowest in the Asia Pacific region.

The price of gas-fired electricity in March was 129.51 won ($0.1160) per kilowatt-hour (kWh). 40 percent more than coal and nearly double the cost of nuclear power.

The PV industry was the largest employer in 2016. with 3.1 million jobs - up 12 percent from 2015 - mainly in China. the United States and India.

Saudi Arabia and Russian companies are discussing a number of joint oil and gas projects.

Cold climate areas offer a great potential for wind power worldwide.

The Paris agreement on climate change was adopted on December 12. 2015. following the results of a conference in the French capital.