Sustainable technologies
China overtakes Japan as largest car exporter
Data from a Japanese auto industry association show that China overtook Japan as the world's largest vehicle exporter last year.
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association reported Japan exported 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, up 16 percent from a year earlier, while domestic auto sales totaled nearly 4.78 million vehicles.
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Some $20 bln to be invested in energy efficiency: Minister
Türkiye's public and private sectors will make energy efficiency investments worth a total of $20 billion by 2030, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said.
Your Guide To Mykonos
Stroll through Little Venice, salt-blasted by the waves, and look out to the sunset over the famed windmills
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Over 110 countries support tripling renewables by 2030: EU chief
More than 110 countries want the COP28 climate negotiations to adopt a goal of tripling renewable energy and doubling energy efficiency by 2030, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday.
Japan to stop building 'unabated' coal plants: PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to stop building new coal-fired power plants that lack measures to cut carbon emissions.
The announcement was made at the UN's COP 28 climate summit in Dubai, as Japan, heavily reliant on imported coal and other fossil fuels, aims to become carbon-neutral by 2050.
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China emissions could fall in 2024 on renewables jump
China's carbon emissions are likely to fall in 2024 because record growth in renewable energy capacity is now sufficient to cover growing demand, a new analysis finds.
China is the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter and has brushed aside calls for a more ambitious carbon neutrality target than its current 2060 goal.
Floating wind farm projects
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Efforts for energy conservation in public sector
The Energy and Natural Resources Ministry has produced a conservation guide that recommends heating government offices to a maximum of 22 degrees Celsius in winter, installing solar panels on their roofs, and using bicycles for campus transportation at public institutions.
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Heating allowance for electricity users
A heating allowance for those who will heat their homes this year with electricity, a special tariff for those with many children, free electricity for vulnerable households through the Apollo program, as well as a strict framework for electricity theft and strategic defaulters, comprise the package of measures to reduce of energy costs that Environment and Energy Minister Thodoros Skylakakis p
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Greece plans first offshore wind farms to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Greece on Tuesday moved toward building its first offshore wind farms, identifying areas for private development in a draft plan that the current government hopes will lessen the country's dependence on fossil fuels.