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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.

China
Energy Transitions

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.

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

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.

Africa
Brazil

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In the News

Apr 9, 2017

Vakhshouri joins BBC Persian News Hours to Discuss Rhum Gas Field in North Sea

By Sara Vakhshouri

Watch the full interview here.

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

In the News

Mar 31, 2017

Shaffer Quoted by VOA on Turkey-Israel Relations and Energy

By Brenda Shaffer

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Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Report

Mar 31, 2017

Transforming the power sector in developing countries: The critical role of China in post-Paris implementation

By Robert F. Ichord, Jr.

Since the International Energy Agency projects that almost 90 percent of world growth in electricity generation in 2014-2040 will occur in developing and non-OECD countries, increasing investment in clean energy and changing the electricity mix in these countries are of critical importance. China’s role will be central, accounting for an estimated one-third of future electricity growth in the non-OECD countries.

China East Asia

In the News

Mar 28, 2017

Pham Quoted by the Washington Post on Climate Change and African Crises

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Mar 27, 2017

Ralby Quoted by St. John’s College, Cambridge, News on the Report, Downstream Oil Theft

By Ian Ralby

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Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Mar 21, 2017

Ralby Quoted by the Guardian on International Oil Theft

By Ian Ralby

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Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

Global Energy Forum

Mar 20, 2017

Downstream oil theft: Implications and next steps

By Dr. Ian M. Ralby

On January 13, 2017, the Atlantic Council launched a major study on downstream oil theft at its inaugural Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Downstream Oil Theft: Implications and Next Steps draws on the launch event to examine the implications of the study's findings and to suggest tangible next steps in both further investigating this global scourge and beginning to confront it effectively.

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Hruby in allAfrica: Africa: Keeping the Lights on Power Africa

By Aubrey Hruby

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Africa Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 19, 2017

Grigas in the National Interest: Shale Shock: How to Use America’s Energy Market as a Foreign Policy Tool

By Agnia Grigas

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Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2017

‘Mexico Has Options’

Energy sector reform will continue with or without the United States, said former Mexican official Though recent political tensions threaten the stability of US-Mexico relations, Mexico’s ongoing energy sector reform will continue without US partnership, if necessary, according to Mexico’s former deputy secretary of energy. “Mexico’s energy reform does not depend on the United States,” […]

Energy & Environment Mexico