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Mining

Miners, financiers see scope in energy transition however struggle with choices: Russell

Mining financial investment conferences have a fantastic track record of pointing to the next development location for commodities, as they unite early phase investors and junior miners looking for to get jobs off the ground. A decade ago lithium was the popular metal, 5 years earlier it was the turn of gold and more just recently copper has been the flavour of the month at these occasions throughout Asia. However at the 121 Mining and Energy Financial investment conference this week in Singapore there was no clear option, and no real consensus on where the very best chances lie. If...

Fossil Fuels

Yellen states public, personal financial investments needed to sustain US growth

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated on Thursday that U.S. public financial investments that attract personal capital are crucial to promote sustainable and inclusive growth over the long term, but warned that China's design of huge state industrial aids were undesirable to the world. Yellen said in prepared remarks to the Economic Club of New York that the standard Republican design of supply-side. economics relies too heavily on tax cuts to stimulate investment and. has failed to benefit sufficient workers. Yellen's speech to top organization executives and Wall Street. leaders marked a rebuttal of sorts to a discussion that. Republican...

Carbon Emissions

Eku Energy intends to expand its worldwide battery storage to 9 GWh by 2028

Battery storage business Eku Energy aims to expand its international energy storage capacity to 9 gigawatthours by 2028 from about 1.3 GWh now, to assist speed up the energy shift and increase using renewables, the head of its Japanese unit said. Eku Energy, jointly owned by Macquarie Group's. green mutual fund and Canadian pension fund British Columbia. Investment Management, in April announced its very first task in. Japan to build a 30 megawatts/120 MWh battery energy storage. system in Miyazaki prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. As resource-poor Japan broadens renewable resource to satisfy. decarbonisation objectives and enhance energy...

Renewable Energy

Google invests 1 billion euros in Finnish data centre to drive AI growth

Alphabetowned Google will invest a more 1 billion euros ($ 1.1 billion). into the expansion of its data centre campus in Finland to drive. its artificial intelligence (AI) company growth in Europe, it. stated in a declaration on Monday. In recent years, numerous data centres have been found in the. Nordic nations because of the region's cooler environment, tax. breaks and plentiful availability of renewable power. Finland's Nordic neighbours Sweden and Norway have recently. grown progressively vital of hosting them, with some industry. professionals arguing the Nordic nations need to use their renewable. power for items such as green steel...

Power Markets

A Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in tidy energy investment, WoodMac states

A victory by Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 presidential election would threaten a predicted $ 1 trillion in lowcarbon energy investments and carbon emissions would be 1 billion tonnes more by 2050 than under present policies, according to a brand-new analysis by Wood Mackenzie released on Thursday. KEY QUOTE This election cycle will truly influence the pace of energy financial investment, both in the next 5 years and through 2050, said David Brown, director of Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Research study. Investments in low carbon supply require to be made in the near term to recognize longer-dated decarbonization targets....

Power Markets

Dominion preparing to power 15 more data centers in 2024

Dominion Energy expects to service 15 more information centers through completion of 2024 as the utility gets bigger power requests from computer warehouse developers, executives stated on Thursday. Rule's service territory consists of northern Virginia, that includes a cluster of counties that hold the world's. largest concentration of data centers. The method data centers are ramping up is much faster than they. have in the past and their demands are bigger than they've been. in the past, Dominion CEO Robert Blue said, adding that his business. has actually linked 94 gigawatts of information center capacity in the past. five years....

Climate Change

US prepares 12 offshore wind auctions over 5 years

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration revealed plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen auctions of overseas wind advancement rights through 2028, consisting of four before completion of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and others plan for jobs that need huge quantities of investment and infrastructure, the Interior Department stated in a declaration. Interior has held simply four offshore wind auctions since Biden took workplace in 2021. The last one, in the Gulf of Mexico last August, brought in uninspired market interest. The agency will frequently upgrade the schedule under brand-new guidelines finalized on Wednesday. The...

Environment

United States sets prepare for 12 offshore wind auctions over 5 years

President Joe Biden's. administration unveiled plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen. auctions of overseas wind development rights through 2028,. including four before completion of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and others plan for. tasks that require huge amounts of investment and. infrastructure, the Interior Department said in a statement. Our offshore wind leasing schedule will provide. predictability to assist designers and neighborhoods prepare ahead and. will offer the self-confidence required to continue building on the. remarkable offshore wind supply chain and manufacturing. financial investments that we have actually currently seen, Interior Secretary Deborah. Haaland...

Renewable Energy

Set up offshore wind capability in U.S. sees almost six-fold jump in first-quarter, report states

Installed overseas wind capability in the U.S. grew to 242 megawatt (MW) in the first quarter of the year from 42 MW in the previous quarter, the Oceantic Network stated in its report, showcasing a recovery in a formerly volatile market. WHY IT is necessary The overseas wind industry is anticipated to play a significant function in assisting several states and, the Biden administration satisfy objectives to decarbonize the power grid and battle environment change. The industry had a difficult 2023 after designers wrote off billions of dollars in disability charges due to high-interest rates, supply chain snags, and rising...

Power Markets

China's dominance in wind turbine production

The European Union will examine aids received by Chinese suppliers of wind turbines predestined for Europe, the bloc's antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has actually said. Tuesday's move is the current in a growing effort in both Europe and the United States to protect domestic clean energy markets from low-cost Chinese imports, which authorities state benefit from anti-competitive state subsidies. Washington would not accept U.S. market being annihilated. by China's excess commercial capability in key items such as. EVs, batteries and photovoltaic panels, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet. Yellen cautioned during a visit to China today. Here is what we know about...

Power Markets

EDF Renewables to replace CEO and evaluate abroad teams

French stateowned utility EDF strategies to ask Beatrice Buffon to replace Bruno Bensasson as president of EDF Renewables next month, the company said on Thursday. EDF will likewise launch an evaluation of its international capabilities, Chairman and CEO Luc Remont said in a declaration without elaborating on possible results. This is an opportunity for me to start a conversation on the debt consolidation of our global abilities and the enhancement of the readability of our organisation for our external stakeholders, Remont said. EDF Renewables had 12.8 gigawatts of set up capacity at completion of 2023, mainly in offshore wind and...

Wind Farms

Alberta's ban on renewables might injure C$ 11 bln in investments, study says

Alberta's restriction on some eco-friendly jobs could hurt C$ 11.1 billion ($ 8.24 billion) in investments and stall up to 6.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power capability, a research study said on Monday. The new guidelines possibly impact 42 jobs and several thousand jobs, the Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based clean energy think tank, stated in the research study. Last month, Canada's primary oil-producing province carried out a ban on sustainable power tasks proposed for prime farming land and likewise purchased the production of buffer zones so that wind turbines do not spoil panoramas. The provincial federal government has,...

Europe

Renewable Energy

Macquarie weighs sale of among world's biggest offshore wind designers, sources say

Australia's Macquarie has actually engaged advisors for a possible sale of its subsidiary Corio Generation, among the world's biggest offshorewind developers, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Corio oversees a 30-gigawatt pipeline of overseas wind projects covering Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. It includes 5 GW of jobs throughout the UK such as West of Orkney in Scotland and Outer Dowsing off the east coast of England. Macquarie plans to evaluate interest from a handful of strategic and financial investors later on this year for a full or minority stake sale, said individuals, who spoke on...

Fossil Fuels

Italy to clamp down on permits for green energy jobs

Italy prepares to enforce fines on unauthorised renewable energy projects as it handles the need to establish green energy with a drive to secure its landscape and cultural heritage. A draft costs seen suggests the state will slap fines of between 1,000 and 150,000 euros ($ 1,091 - $163,650) on the owner, home builder and head of building of renewable resource plants built without an authorization. Small eco-friendly plants - such as solar projects with a. capability listed below 10 megawatts - will not require an authorization unless they. are built in secured natural locations or on secured properties,. according...

Power Markets

Siemens Energy raises 2024 totally free capital outlook after strong Q3

Siemens Energy on Wednesday raised its complimentary cash flow outlook for the second time in 3 months, mentioning stronger need for its power grid technology and gas turbines that also assisted it beat thirdquarter revenue quotes. The business, which provides equipment and services to the energy sector, is recovering from a crisis at its wind turbine division that caused it to seek help from the German government in 2015 in the form of job guarantees. Its shares have more than doubled considering that the start of the year, making Siemens Energy, which was spun off from Siemens AG in 2020,...

Western Europe

East Asia

Renewable Energy

China's MingYang signs Italy wind turbine plant deal

China's MingYang Smart Energy , Italian energy firm Renexia and Italy's industry ministry have actually signed a contract to set up a wind turbine making plant, the ministry said on Thursday. The deal imagines a financial investment of around 500 million euros ($ 546 million), the ministry said in a declaration, without clarifying how the cost would be shared. The memorandum of understanding follows a statement last week that an Italian company specialising in photovoltaic plants and a Chinese maker of photovoltaic panel elements had actually formed an alliance. Regardless of the difficulty of shipping big turbines, MingYang and most...

Natural Gas

China's thermal power generation falls on year for second straight month

China's thermal power generation fell on the year for a second straight month in June as hydropower generation rose, data from the National Bureau of Data showed on Monday. Thermal electrical energy, generated mostly by coal-fired capability, fell 7.4% in June after declining by 4.3% in May. However, thermal output still increased 1.7% over the first 6 months as a whole. Hydropower volumes rose 44.5% in June and 21.4% over the first six months. The pattern could put China on track for a year-on-year decrease in coal use for 2024 as a whole, if hydropower output remains strong, said David...

Wind Farms

Yellen: United States development requires public, personal financial investments, China subsidies extreme

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated on Thursday that U.S. public financial investments that attract private capital are crucial to promote sustainable and inclusive growth over the long term, but alerted that China's model of huge state industrial subsidies were inappropriate to the world. Yellen said in ready remarks to the Economic Club of New York that the conventional Republican design of supply-side. economics relies too heavily on tax cuts to spur financial investment and. has failed to benefit enough employees. Yellen's speech to top business executives and Wall Street. leaders marked a rebuttal of sorts to a presentation that....

Energy Markets

Sumitomo intends to set up 500 MW battery storage in Japan by early 2031

Sumitomo Corp aims to install 500 megawatts (MW) or more of battery storage in Japan by March 2031, from 9 MW now, to assist reduce renewable energy fluctuations and enhance the efficiency of the energy system, a. company official stated. As resource-poor Japan broadens renewable resource to meet. decarbonisation objectives and improve energy security, battery usage. is expected to increase to ravel the periodic supply of. solar and wind energy. Sumitomo's battery storage initiative becomes part of the. Japanese trading house's more comprehensive efforts to strengthen its energy. change company. We aim to add to the stabilisation and. decarbonisation of...

Mineral Resources

Japanese steelmaker JFE eyes overseas financial investments in the middle of slower earnings growth

JFE Holdings prepares to ramp up abroad investments as part of a longterm drive to double profits, Japan's No. 2 steelmaker stated on Tuesday, as it posted a 21.4% increase in annual net profit but likewise flagged a. smaller boost for this year. JFE President Yoshihisa Kitano, who took the helm on April. 1, said he would speed up the business's tactical shift from. quantity to quality, however did not offer a timeframe for doubling. its company earnings, other than stating it would take more than. 3-5 years. Enhancing abroad profits is necessary to our objective of. doubling revenues, he...

Fossil Fuels

China's rising hydro and solar set to cap coal usage in 2024: Kemp

China's electrical energy usage increased by 209 billion kilowatthours, or 10%, in the first three months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, when the country was emerging from the exit wave of the coronavirus. Consumption development was focused in production (+112. billion kWh) as factories returned to normal operations after. widespread disturbances caused by lockdowns in 2022 and 2023. However there was also substantial development from services companies. ( +53 billion kWh), domestic users (+41 billion kWh) and. main markets such as farming and mining (+3 billion. kWh), according to the National Energy Administration. Chartbook: China electrical...

Renewable Energy

Orsted says Taiwan wind task to power TSMC on track for 2025 finish

Denmark's Orsted , the world's most significant offshore wind farm designer, stated on Wednesday a task in Taiwan that will supply power for chipmaker TSMC is progressing well and is on track for completion next year. Orsted stated in March of in 2015 it had actually made a final investment decision to proceed with its planned 920 megawatt ( MW) Greater Changhua 2b and 4 overseas wind farms, which will primarily supply Taiwan Semiconductor Production Co (TSMC). , the world's biggest contract chipmaker. Orsted has not stated how much it is buying the task. We are advancing very well on...

Energy Markets

Germany's LEAG plans to build four gas power plants

Coal miner and power generator LEAG, owned by Czech energy company EPH, plans to construct gasfired power stations at four places in Germany as part of a federal government strategy to add more such plants, its CEO informed in an interview. We will certainly be associated with this, stated Thorsten Kramer. We have 4 power plant sites. We are getting all of them, he stated, describing Berlin's plans to tender capability in an auction system that is yet to be defined. Preparation for the websites, which would have a combined capacity of a minimum of 3 gigawatts (GW), has been...

Renewable Energy

British Service - March 25

The following are the top stories on business pages of British papers. has not confirmed these stories and does not attest their accuracy. The Times - China has targeted a group of senior politicians at Westminster as part of a new age of state-backed disturbance targeted at weakening British democracy. The Guardian - Sadiq Khan has actually vowed not to extend the scope of London's. ultra-low emission zone scheme if he goes back to the role after. May's election. The Telegraph - Wind farm owners are being investigated by the energy. watchdog for supposed market manipulation after they were implicated....

Power Markets

IKEA stores owner Ingka looks for green energy expansion in S.Korea, Japan

Ingka, which owns the majority of IKEA stores worldwide, is seeking its first sustainable investment opportunities in South Korea and Japan, with offshore wind the most appealing alternative, the head of its financial investment arm said. Ingka Investments has actually quickly become a significant owner of renewable energy possessions in Europe as a method to decarbonise its own company as well as its broader supply chain, Peter van der Poel, its managing director, told . We are still actively searching in Europe however we're likewise still looking, for example, in South Korea and in Japan, where we also have existence,...

Electric Utilities

Japan picks JRE, Ibedrola, Tohoku Electric for offshore wind farm

The Japanese government has selected a consortium making up Japan Renewable resource, Iberdrola Renewables and Tohoku Electric Power as the wind power operator for an overseas block tendered in a second round of auctions, it said on Friday. The 375-megawatt (MW) wind farm is located off the coast of Happo-Noshiro in Akita prefecture in northern Japan and is part of Japan's efforts to grow its overseas wind market to 10 gigawatt (GW) by 2030, and up to 45 GW by 2040. Danish wind turbine maker Vestas will supply turbines for the Happo-Noshiro task that should be introduced in June 2029,...

Climate Change

China, decarbonisation present Australia's iron ore miners with costly options: Russell

Australia's large iron ore mining sector is facing stark options as its biggest consumer China has likely hit a peak in its steel production and global pressures install to decarbonise one the world's most contaminating markets. The scale of these difficulties are enormous, but they are far from insurmountable, and there are a selection of choices that Australia's iron ore miners can pursue. The trick is selecting a path that increases earnings, or at least reduces expenses, while ensuring that the market continues to flourish. Australia is the world's biggest exporter of iron ore, the crucial basic material utilized to...