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By Alex Sims A Structural Shift in Clean Energy Financing The U.S. government’s Direct Pay provision, introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act, is reshaping how nonprofit organizations access and finance clean energy projects. Historically, tax-exempt ...
Capital Flows Accelerate Into Energy Transition Strategies Lime Rock New Energy has closed its second fund at $640 million, surpassing its initial $500 million target and nearing its hard cap. The raise doubles the size ...
Google has started building a new data center in Upper Austria. The project responds directly to rising demand for AI computing and cloud services across Europe. The facility will support core products such as Search, ...
A new report has, for the first time, quantified the scale and economic value of the UK’s carbon credit economy, placing it at £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) annually and positioning the country as a global ...
Sport Meets Systemic Food Reform Liverpool FC Liverpool FC has become the first football club globally to secure the Food Made Good Standard across its entire food and beverage operation, marking a significant shift in ...
Meta has signed a major energy storage agreement with Noon Energy, securing up to 1 GW and 100 GWh of ultra-long duration energy storage capacity to support its next generation of AI data centers. The ...
A Strategic Bet On Central Asia’s Energy Transition In southeast Kazakhstan TotalEnergies has approved and financed a large-scale wind and storage project designed to reshape the country’s power mix and improve grid resilience. The $1.2 ...
The US has escalated its trade intervention in clean energy markets, imposing preliminary antidumping duties on solar cells and panels imported from India, Indonesia, and Laos. The decision reflects mounting pressure from domestic manufacturers seeking ...
The European Commission has unveiled AccelerateEU, a policy package designed to protect households and industry from volatile fossil fuel markets while fast-tracking the shift to domestic clean energy. The move comes as geopolitical tensions in ...
Egypt is moving to reposition its aviation sector as a regional hub, combining fleet expansion, infrastructure upgrades, and climate initiatives in a coordinated national strategy. Civil Aviation Minister Sameh El-Hefny outlined the plan during a ...
As global demand for solar infrastructure accelerates, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to align operational scale with sustainability performance. India-based Premier Energies Limited is positioning ESG as a core operating framework rather than a compliance ...
British International Investment has unveiled a five-year strategy to mobilise £15 billion into developing economies, signalling a decisive shift in how the UK approaches global development finance. The strategy places private capital at its core. ...
Major coffee companies are deploying satellite technology to map farms and track deforestation risk, as tightening European regulations reshape global commodity trade. The Coffee Canopy Partnership brings together some of the world’s largest coffee traders ...
EcoVadis is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities through a new partnership with Google Cloud, positioning agentic AI at the center of its global sustainability ratings and supply chain intelligence platform. The company will deploy Google ...
At WindEurope in Madrid, Hitachi Energy introduced EcoSpace, a digital sustainability platform designed to quantify and visualize the environmental footprint of power grid projects. The launch reflects growing pressure on utilities and developers to align ...
The International Sustainability Standards Board has agreed on a structured path to formalise nature-related disclosures, advancing efforts to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem risks into global financial reporting. At its April board meeting, the ISSB confirmed ...
India Channels Climate Finance Into Rice Farming India is emerging as a testing ground for agriculture-based carbon markets, as Amazon commits $30 million to a large-scale carbon removal initiative tied to rice farming. The agreement ...
A cross-industry alliance between logistics, aviation, technology and energy players is moving to scale one of the most constrained segments of the energy transition: sustainable aviation fuel. DSV, Microsoft, United Airlines and Phillips 66 have ...
As global payments scale at speed, Mastercard is testing a critical question for the digital economy: can growth in data, infrastructure and transactions occur without a parallel rise in emissions? The company’s latest results suggest ...
CarbonCure Technologies has appointed Yuliya Kravtsov as Chief Executive Officer, marking a strategic leadership move as the company prepares for its next phase of global expansion in concrete decarbonization. The company’s technology is already widely ...
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