Seth O'Farrell

Sector Focus
January 31, 2023

Enel to build Europe’s biggest solar PV plant in Sicily

Italian energy company is expanding to become Europe’s largest producer of solar panels. On the island of Sicily, at one of Europe’s southernmost points, plans...
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Interviews, Sector Focus
January 4, 2023

Indonesia eyes ditching coal to become sustainable battery hub

Indonesia’s investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia discusses the country’s outlook for electric vehicles amid big-ticket investments. For years, Indonesia has missed a trick. It has the...
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Interviews
December 20, 2022

Ecuador’s golden age of oil ‘has passed’

Energy minister on how mining will become the country’s main source of income After a decade under the government of president Rafael Correa and his...
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Sector Focus
December 7, 2022

Solar PV manufacturing needs $30bn to rival China, says IEA

Solar is en route to replace coal as the largest source of power capacity in the world by 2027, according to the International Energy Agency....
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Capital Flows, Sector Focus
November 3, 2022

Climate tech defies economic gloom to pull in VC funding

Climate tech is bucking the downward trend for investment, with observers predicting major growth opportunities. Others warn more government clarity and commitment is needed. Amid...
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Capital Flows, Sector Focus
October 13, 2022

Egypt emerges as unlikely green energy powerhouse

The country has clinched $100bn in green hydrogen pledges ahead of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt has attracted more than $100bn of investments in green...
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Sector Focus
June 22, 2022

US solar industry faces ‘most disruptive event’ in history

A probe into Chinese solar imports derails president Biden’s green ambitions. In the state of Indiana, two coal-fired power plants that were due to close by next year have been...
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Data
April 13, 2022

Is ESG drowning in a flood of data providers?

As investors and policymakers demand greater transparency on companies' environmental, social and governance credentials, a small army of start-ups is taking on the data challenge – though some wonder if...
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Interviews, Sector Focus
January 18, 2022

Carbon capture 'one quarter of the decarbonisation cake'

Climeworks’ co-CEO Jan Wurzbacher on how the world is running out of energy options Alongside the widespread focus on the decarbonisation of industry sits the carbon removal project, whereby existing...
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Sector Focus
November 9, 2021

Mining giant Fortescue digs for green

FFI CEO discusses plans to decarbonise the industry and produce green hydrogen at scale While the whole world was shocked into a pandemic-induced lockdown in 2020, the billionaire chairman of...
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tech company logos
Sector Focus
November 9, 2021

Is Big Tech the new power player in renewable energy?

Tech giants, as some of the biggest corporate buyers of renewables, are driving costs down – but some remain sceptical about their wider commitment to green Having pioneered corporate power-purchase...
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