Policy

The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, recommends that Kazakhstan introduce at least 2GW of new renewable energy capacities by 2025. She said this during a meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors in Nur-Sultan, local media reported. “We recommend introducing at least 2 GW of new renewable energy …

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U.S. President Joe Biden will allow duty-free imports of solar projects and panel parts from four countries in Southeast Asia, enabling U.S. renewable energy developers to cut costs. The White House move was part of a package to accelerate the clean energy transition, including invoking the Defense Production Act to boost domestic production of solar …

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The German Ministry of Economic and Climate will present a package of measures to accelerate wind energy development. The country is switching to renewable energy sources to reduce the use of Russian fossil fuels. The new law will impose mandatory targets for the expansion of onshore wind power to the federal states and open landscape …

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Environmental organization WWF supports the German government’s plan no longer to provide hydropower subsidies for plants for electricity generation. During the ongoing revision of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG 2023), WWF Germany is advocating for eliminating environmental subsidies for new and environmentally particularly problematic small hydropower plants. To this end, WWF published a commentary document …

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South Korea’s new industry minister, Lee Chang-yang, has vowed to revise the country’s energy policy to use nuclear energy to ensure energy security and achieve zero-emission targets, Yonhap news agency reported. The move reverses the previous administration’s plan to phase out nuclear power. “We will review the country’s energy policy from a scientific point of …

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Tashkent will allow companies to mine cryptocurrencies using solar energy and will exempt all cryptocurrency operations of domestic and foreign companies from income tax. This is stated in the decree of the President of Uzbekistan, and miners will power their farms by installing their solar panels. They can also connect to the grid but will …

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India and Denmark intend to strengthen cooperation in renewable energy development without the use of fossil fuels. Following their meeting in Copenhagen, the two counties stated their intentions in a joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. According to the joint statement, the two countries’ leaders agreed to …

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China will take measures to minimize the impact of green energy development, such as solar and wind power, on the country’s biodiversity during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), according to a recent environmental impact assessment. The document was published by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, China Daily reported. …

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The bill, according to which, from fiscal year 2025, new homes must meet energy saving standards, was adopted by the Japanese government, local media reported. The government hopes that a bill to revise the law on improving the energy efficiency of buildings will be passed during the current regular session of Japan’s Parliament, which ends …

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The German government aims to accelerate the development of offshore wind power for homes. Moreover, the goal is to increase the volume of electricity generation from offshore wind farms. Thanks to a new law that authorities have passed, the volume of tenders will be increased, as well as the procedure for approving projects will be …

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