‘Gaps in Global Methane Pledge pose threats to success’

Two years after its initiation by the US and the EU, the effectiveness of the Global Methane Pledge faces uncertainty due to inadequate oversight, according to a report

US sees decline in waste-to-energy capacity since 1994

Electricity generating capacity from energy recovery plants averaged around 2,219MW for 24 years before the fall

‘Russia’s natural gas pipeline exports to Europe near historic lows’

Exports to Europe and the UK declined by almost 40% during the first seven months of 2022, according to a new report

US takes over as world’s largest LNG exporter

LNG exports increased by 12% in the first half of 2022, averaging 11.2 billion cubic feet per day, compared with the second half of 2021

Greece taken to EU Court over environmental impact assessment failures

The Environmental Impact Assessment Directive applies to a wide range of defined public and private projects including long-distance railway lines, motorways and express roads and airports

US records a boom in all-electric homes

Over a quarter of all US households are all-electric, new study finds

Global energy use projected to increase by 50% by 2050

Falling technology costs and government policies that provide incentives for green energy will result in the growth of renewable electricity generation to meet growing power demand

‘World’s longest operating’ solar thermal facility retiring almost entire capacity

Only one solar thermal unit will remain operating at the plant, originally with a 356MW capacity, after the eighth one is closed this month

US large-scale battery storage capacity up 35% in 2020

The country saw its battery power capacity reach 1,650MW at the end of the year

US produced the least energy emissions in 2020 ‘than it has in four decades’

Carbon emissions are expected rise by 7% in 2021 as the US emerges from the pandemic and travel and the economy start to grow again