Leaders from around the world met recently in Brussels, Belgium—in the shadow of the Atomium, a soaring monument to the atomic age—to reaffirm that nuclear power is a “key component” of the global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The event was just the latest sign that nuclear energy is increasingly becoming part of the […]
With the closure of nearly a dozen coal-fired power plants in recent years—including three that were disconnected from the grid this month—Chile is getting less and less of its electricity from coal. The government wants to accelerate that trend, but first it is looking at how the country can best address the technical, regulatory, and […]
The transition to clean energy not only will help the region tackle climate change; it will also spur investment, strengthen economies, and improve people’s lives, the Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Raquel Peña, said at the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). “When the region takes […]
Heavy industry accounts for close to a third of greenhouse gas emissions globally, and reducing those emissions poses significant challenges. After all, it’s not as if the world can suddenly start living without steel or cement. Considering their durability and cost, these types of materials for all practical purposes have no substitutes, according to […]
Years ago, in a meeting with government officials in a Latin America country, Guillermo Areas of BMW was talking about the benefits of electric vehicles when someone asked him whether he was referring to golf carts. It was hard to even imagine back then that electric vehicles would appear on the region’s highways. Fast-forward […]
With pressure growing to slow the pace of global warming, the goal of slashing methane emissions has come into sharper focus, spurring greater ambition and attracting more funding. At the recent United Nations Climate Conference, COP28, even major oil and gas companies pledged to get in on the action. Fifty companies representing over 40% […]
Latin America and the Caribbean will need to increase renewable energy generation exponentially in the coming years—and the region has the political will to make that happen, according to Andrés Rebolledo, Executive Secretary of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). In an interview with the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA)—an initiative […]
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