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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

Envirotec Magazine

Calcutta, India: In southern Asia and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM 2.5 concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 μg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said.

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Smart grid innovations booming with Asia as emerging hub

Smart Energy International

Over the same period there also has been a significant shift in the geographical distribution of the smart grid innovations with a halving of activity in North America from 39% in the period 2002-2006 to 16% in 2017-2021. In East Asia – mainly in Japan and China – there was a doubling from 27% to 55% over the same periods.

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

have reduced in Europe and North America in this period, while levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean. The study noted that, In southern and eastern Asia, more than 90% of days had daily PM2.5 µg/m3) and Southern Asia (37.2 Daily levels of PM2.5

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Global Power Sector Embracing Renewables but Ditching Fossil Fuels Too Slowly

GreenTechMedia

Much of the new renewable capacity being built around the world is being offset by new coal and gas capacity, leaving the global generation mix more or less how it was in 2000. The research used machine learning to look for trends in the portfolios of companies between 2000-2018. Data was provided by S&P.

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From Fukushima to SMRs: How Nuclear Power is Evolving Globally

R-Squared Energy

China continues to dominate in expanding nuclear capacity, accounting for around 60% of all new additions since 2000. Regional differences are apparent, with North America and Europe as early adopters, while Asia has seen the most growth in recent years.

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After Violent Clashes of 2019, Investors Reassess Chile’s Prospects for Renewable Energy

GreenTechMedia

Chile's unrest threatened to stymie foreign interest in clean power investments that had helped the country's renewables market become one of the hottest in Latin America, with a compound annual growth rate of 31.5 percent for non-hydro renewables from 2000 to 2018, according to GlobalData.

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2024 RE statistics highlight lagging growth of geothermal for electricity

ThinkGeoEnergy

Growth of renewable energy generation from 2000 to 2022 (source: IRENA) From 2010 to 2022, the growth of renewable electricity was mostly driven by solar and wind energy. Asia (30227 GWh) continues to play a major role in geothermal electricity generation mainly by the contributions of Indonesia (16677 GWh) and the Philippines (10425 GWh).