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August 03, 2022
SK E&S secures South Korea’s largest renewables PPA
SK Specialty, a subsidiary of Korean conglomerate SK Materials, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with South Korean natural liquefied gas (LNG) supplier and renewable energy company SK E&S, a unit of SK Materials.
August 03, 2022Amazon’s carbon emissions increase 18% last year driven by pandemic shopping
Amazon emitted 71.54 million tonnes of carbon emissions in 2021, up 18% from 2020 and a jump of 40% from 2019, according to its sustainability report issued Monday.
August 02, 2022Vietnam says AES plans to develop $13 billion offshore wind project
Vietnam announced on July 31 that US energy company AES Corp plans to develop a major offshore wind farm in Vietnam that could potentially increase the nation's wind power capacity.
August 02, 2022Taylor Swift, Drake, the Kardashians criticized for the biggest private jet emitter
Marketing and analytics agency Yard recently published a list naming the celebs with the worst private jet carbon emissions based on the purported use of their privately owned jet planes since the start of the year by examining flight tracking maps.
August 01, 2022India energy giant partners Greenko to develop 1.3 GW green hydrogen project
India’s state-owned fossil fuel corporation Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Greenko, one of the biggest renewable energy developers in the world, have formed a strategic cooperation to develop a 1.3 GW green hydrogen project powered by 24/7 renew
August 01, 2022Cambodia earns $11.6 million from selling carbon credits
Cambodia has earned $11.6 million from 2016 to 2020 by selling carbon credits in the global voluntary carbon market.
July 29, 2022Philippines opens Renewable Energy Market
Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) announced on July 28 the launch of the country's Renewable Energy Market (REM), a marketplace for trading Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
July 27, 2022Disney VIP tour will emit 6.2 tonnes carbon for each traveler
Disney has launched a 24-day, US$110,000 all-in-one elite tour package that comes with 6.2 tonnes of carbon emissions for each customer, 20 times more than a person’s carbon emissions in a low-income country in a year.
July 21, 2022Tesla's carbon credit sales fall 49% in Q2
Tesla’s carbon credits revenue came in at $344 million in Q2, down 49% from $679 million in Q1, and a 3% decline from the same period in 2021.
July 20, 2022Emerson joins RE100, aiming 100% renewable energy by 2030
Global software and engineering company Emerson has joined RE100, an international initiative dedicated to replacing all electricity generated by fossil fuels with 100% renewable energy.