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EnergySource
May 9, 2024
China builds more utility-scale solar as competition with coal ramps up
By
Joseph Webster
China’s transition to more utility-scale solar installations furthers its decarbonization efforts. However, regional resource limitations, limited interprovincial electricity transfers, and cheap coal present structural and economic headwinds.
EnergySource
May 7, 2024
Amid competing pressures, will Ukraine quit its transit of Russian gas?
By
Sergiy Makogon and Daniel Stein
The Russia-Ukraine gas transit agreement inked in 2019 will expire in December 2024, but Russian gas transit through Ukraine will remain a possibility. This doesn’t have to be the case.
EnergySource
May 3, 2024
G7 pledges to end coal—but only inclusive action will make a real climate impact
By
Elena Benaim
During the G7 energy ministerial in Turin, Italy, climate, energy, and environment ministers made a historic pledge to phase out coal power plants by 2035 among other agreements. But members ultimately need to turn pledges into action to blunt the impacts of climate change.