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The world’s power generation is about to become even more green, according to a new publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The group on Nov. 10 published its “Renewables 2020″ report, and highlighted how generation capacity from both wind and solar will double across the next five years and …

The International Energy Agency task force has issued a new report, revealing that residential solar PV with battery storage has the potential to reduce emissions up to ten times compared to coal generated electricity. Australia is participating in a research program with the International Energy Agency to assess the lifecycle …

This was supposed to be a time when things were getting closer to normal for OPEC. A recovery in oil demand after the first wave of the pandemic, coupled with a deep slump in U.S. production, was meant to leave the world needing more of its members’ crude. But it …

The International Energy Agency recently said solar farms were among the cheapest sources of electricity. It called solar “the new king of electricity”. But there has always been one aspect of solar that, unlike costs, cannot really change: land need. Solar farms need a lot of land and critics have …

Oil prices dropped by nearly 2 percent early on Friday as the U.S. reported a second consecutive day of record coronavirus cases, while the counting in the presidential election continued. Oil prices rose earlier this week and on Election Day on Tuesday, supported by a rally in financial markets and …

OPEC+ inched closer to delaying its January output increase, with Russia actively discussing keeping its current curbs for an extra three months as oil markets weaken. The producer group has been dropping hints for weeks that its plan to add almost 2mn barrels a day to oil markets next year …

The COVID-19-induced shortage in key oil investments could spell trouble for the entire industry for years to come. Thirty-five percent: this is the size of the spending cuts oil and gas companies are likely to have made this year in response to the effects that the coronavirus pandemic is having …

Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday as a jump in US crude inventories and surging Covid-19 cases raised fears of an oversupply of oil and weak fuel demand amid rising coronavirus cases in the US and Europe. Brent, the international benchmark for more than half of the world’s crude, slipped …

Crude settled higher on Tuesday as companies shut down some U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production ahead of an approaching storm, although surging coronavirus infections and rising Libyan supply limited gains, Trend reports with reference to Reuters. Companies including BP, Chevron, Shell and Equinor ASA evacuated rigs or closed facilities. …

Addressing the Japanese Parliament, the Prime Minister said that measures to tackle climate change are no longer a constraint on economic growth.