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February 02, 2023
Tesla’s revenue from carbon credit sales hit record $1.78 Billion in 2022
Tesla’s carbon credit sales reached a new high in 2022, increasing 47% year over year in the fourth quarter, the company reported.
January 19, 2023
China building world’s biggest offshore wind farm as renewable energy growth gains momentum
China is building the world’s largest commercial floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Hainan, showing sign of growing momentum of renewable energy.
January 11, 2023
France pushes forward with law to accelerate renewables
French MPs on Tuesday moved ahead with a law to speed up the deployment of renewable energy, as the country’s nuclear plants were hit by maintenance and corrosion problems and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused energy costs to surge.
January 10, 2023
Chubb review recommends changes to Australian carbon credits scheme
A review of Australia’s controversial carbon credit system has recommended significant changes to how it is managed, but rejected claims that the scheme lacks integrity and is not delivering real cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
January 06, 2023
Australian forests could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, report finds
Forests in New South Wales are continuing to be cleared to a point that some could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, according to a report released in December by the New South Wales’ Natural Resource Commission.
January 05, 2023
UK enjoys record-breaking 2022 for renewables
A record-breaking level of green energy was generated in the UK in 2022, according to new analysis from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights.
January 04, 2023
Germany earns record 13 billion euros from carbon pricing
Europe’s carbon market and national scheme for heating and transport brought Germany a record 13.2 billion euros in 2022, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) said on Tuesday.
January 03, 2023
Brussels plans energy market reform to curb renewables cost
Brussels plans to overhaul the bloc’s electricity market to prioritise cheaper renewable energy, European Union’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson has said, despite industry warnings that the reforms could smother investment in wind and solar projects.
December 30, 2022
Taiwan sets new emissions reduction goal for 2030
Taiwan aims to reduce carbon emissions by 23-25% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels in pursuit of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the National Development Council said Wednesday at a press conference.
December 28, 2022
Collapse of Finland's carbon sinks wipes out decades of efforts to reduce emissions
Finland could be subject to billions of euros in costs as the diminishing capacity of forests as a carbon sink has undermined its effort to meet the sink target set by the EU.