Week 54: What happened this week?
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???? China Breaks Ground on $7.7 Billion Renewables Mega-Project. The facility in a derelict coal area in the mining hub of Datong will have 6 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity and 3.4 gigawatt-hours of energy storage. Read more here
???? TC Energy Plans to Discuss Selling Natural Gas Pipeline Stake to Indigenous Groups. Read more here
???? The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on Thursday. Read more here
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???? Morocco takes leadership of UN Rights body amid criticism. In a vote in Geneva on Wednesday, Morocco’s Ambassador Omar Zniber was elected council president after polling 30 votes. His South African opponent, Mxolisi Nkosi, managed just 17 votes. Read more here
???? The recently signed liquefied natural gas (LNG) development project in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province is a promising step on the long road to Africa’s just energy transition. Read more here
???? South Africa needs a massive power plant construction programme to ensure adequate electricity supply up to 2050, a government planning document released for public comment on Thursday showed. Read more here