The cold corridors of South Africa’s once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world’s transition to green energy. Reduce reliance on fossil fuels Two years later, plans to repurpose the country’s oldest coal power plant have amounted to little … Read more
The Zahrani power plant, the last and only plant still providing electricity in Lebanon, reportedly shut down on Saturday, Sawt Beirut International reported on X, citing Lebanon’s electric corporation, Électricité du Liban. The Jerusalem Post could not access Lebanon’s Electric Corporation’s website. The South Lebanon Water Establishment said that shutting down power plants will … Read more
Shell Canada has announced it will forge ahead with a pair of carbon capture projects in Alberta, after recent setbacks for other proposed projects in the sector have cast doubt on the technology. The Calgary-based operator said Wednesday it has made a final investment decision for its Polaris carbon capture project at its Scotford refinery … Read more
The question of who should bear the financial risk for pricey carbon capture and storage projects has become a stumbling block slowing the technology’s adoption in Canada. It has been half a year since privately held Entropy Inc. inked a deal with the federal government that saw Ottawa agree to underwrite much of the risk … Read more
A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time since December, sending jets of lava into the sky and triggering the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island country’s biggest tourist attractions. The eruption began at about 1 a.m. ET along a three-kilometre fissure northeast of Mount Sýlingarfell, the Icelandic Meteorological … Read more
Intel has been forced into the spotlight after it announced a new billion-dollar investment in Israel, currently measuring at a staggering $25 billion. The US chip maker confirmed that it will be expanding the Intel Kiryat Gat fab 28 for 2nm node technology in the south of Israel, marking the largest investment ever made between … Read more
