Cypress Creek Renewables has reached financial close and started construction on its Hanson Solar project in Coleman County, Texas. The 505 MWdc solar farm will deliver electricity to the ERCOT grid, while Meta purchases the environmental attributes to advance its net-zero and clean-energy commitments. The project, backed by a mix
Abu Dhabi has moved a major step closer to becoming a regional hub for low-carbon jet fuel, as Masdar and Tadweer Group advance plans to build the emirate’s first commercial-scale waste-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant. The project, backed by a recently signed Joint Development Agreement, is designed to convert
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) and Nan Fung Group have inked a HKD 1.5 billion (US$193 million) sustainability-linked loan, breaking new ground by tying the financing to quantifiable social impact -not just environmental metrics. The five-year, multi-currency deal marks Nan Fung’s first-ever loan linked to a social value
A new global coalition is taking aim at one of the most urgent challenges of the energy transition: how to manage soaring electricity demand as AI, electrification and population growth push power grids to their limits. Schneider Electric and Bloomberg New Economy have unveiled the Energy Technology Coalition, a cross-sector
Google has unveiled a new Energy Assessment tool designed to help plant and sustainability managers at manufacturing companies identify energy efficiency opportunities and drive cost and emissions reductions across their operations. The platform aims to tackle long-standing challenges in energy efficiency, including the high cost of consultants, limited in-house expertise,
Singapore has teamed up with leading carbon crediting bodies Gold Standard and Verrato launch a new Article 6.2 Crediting Protocol, a move set to streamline cross-border carbon markets and help countries meet their Paris Agreement climate targets faster. The protocol allows governments to leverage existing voluntary carbon-market frameworks rather
Rio Tinto is investing US$22 million in Calix’s Zesty Green Iron Demonstration Plant in Kwinana, advancing low-emission steel production in Australia. The project, co-funded by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, will test hydrogen-based direct reduction and electric heating to produce up to 30,000 tonnes of low-carbon iron
Belém, Brazil - Brazil is shaking up COP30 with a simple but forceful move to curb fossil fuel influence: asking attendees to publicly reveal who paid for their trip and to affirm support for the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal. More than 1,600 fossil fuel-linked delegates are
Marks & Spencer has launched RE:Spark, a new program designed to slash supply chain emissions by accelerating the switch to renewable energy. The initiative, created with Schneider Electric, targets the biggest source of M&S’s climate impact: the suppliers responsible for 95% of its carbon footprint. Part
Boeing has inked a major deal with Charm Industrial to offtake up to 100,000 tonnes of permanent carbon removals, its first agreement with an aviation company. Charm captures CO₂ from the atmosphere by converting agricultural and forest residues into bio-oil and biochar, then storing it underground, where it solidifies
Memphis, TN -FedEx has announced new agreements to source sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Chicago-O’Hare and Miami International Airport, marking a major expansion of the company’s SAF deployment across U.S. hubs. The deals follow FedEx’s first major U.S. SAF purchase earlier this year, when the
Paris, France - Crédit Agricole has unveiled a bold set of sustainable finance goals, including a target to achieve a 90/10 green-brown ratio by 2028, meaning every euro of fossil fuel financing will be matched by nine euros for low-carbon energy projects. The announcement came during the bank’s