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China’s Official Energy Finance in Emerging and Developing Economies Case 4. TFC Solar PV project in South Africa
Project overview and impact South Africa faces significant challenges regarding electricity reliability. The lack of investment, coupled with increasing demand have led to chronic load shedding, with household and industrial consumers affected. Energy-intensive sectors, such as ferrochrome smelting, face rising operational costs, production losses and growing pressure to reduce emissions in line with national and international climate objectives. To address power shortages, the South African government, since 2023, has allowed independent power producers to build power plants above 100 MW and sell electricity directly to private customers without an issued generation license.The Tubaste Ferrochrome (TFC) solar PV power…
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Global Methane Tracker 2026 Strategies to speed action
Making a business case for methane abatement Tackling methane emissions from fossil-fuel operations is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the methane abatement measures available today in the oil and gas sector would be cost-effective at a carbon price of about USD 20 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2‑eq). Methane abatement has not caught on as widely as it could, for several reasons. Companies may underestimate of the scale of the problem or be unaware of the available solutions. Capital is often steered toward higher-profile projects, while corporate…
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Global Hydrogen Review 2025 Progress summary dashboard
Progress summary dashboard
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Breakthrough Agenda Report 2026 Hydrogen
Hydrogen
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Outlook for Biogas and Biomethane Introduction to biogas and biomethane
…membrane separation or pressure swing adsorption. Biomethane can also be produced through gasification of solid biomass followed by methanation, although this is far less common. Consumption of biogases is increasing. However, biogases are still a relatively small part of the global energy mix – representing around 3% of total modern bioenergy production. Biomethane use has increased at a rate of 20% annually over the past 5 years, although from a low base (it is currently around 1% of natural gas demand). Most markets rely on public incentives to provide support and certainty to biogas and biomethane producers. These include: production targets…
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Energy Efficiency Policy Toolkit Clean Efficient Cooking
Clean Efficient Cooking
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Financing CCUS at Scale Executive summary
…capacity additions, operational capture capacity is set to nearly double by 2030 – and even more projects are at the planning stage.These developments represent significant milestones for a sector in which projects are complex, difficult to finance and faced with unique risks. At its core, the challenge for CCUS is commercial viability. In contrast to other clean energy technologies, CCUS manages CO2 – a product with little intrinsic market value and limited standalone demand. This fundamental constraint is compounded by several distinctive risks. As new business models develop around hubs or CCUS services, project developers must co-ordinate capture facilities, transport…
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Korea 2025 Infographic
Infographic
