JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 5 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The South African government's failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at risk of injury and death and risks polluting resident's water sources, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 45-page report, "The Forever Mines: Perpetual Rights Risks from Unrehabilitated Coal Mines in Mpumalanga, South Africa," documents the threats to communities  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Two standalone energy storage system (ESS) tenders by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and NTPC will augment the country's energy storage capacity by 1 gigawatt (GW)/4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) and create further opportunities in the Indian ESS market, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Researc  more

PARIS, France, July 5 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release July 4, 2022: Global natural gas consumption is expected to contract slightly in 2022 and grow slowly over the following three years as Russia's war in Ukraine pushes up prices and fuels fears of further supply disruptions, according to the IEA's latest Gas Market Report. Today's record high gas prices are depressing demand and causing some gas users to switch to coal and oil, while recent sharp  more

YORK, England, July 5 (TNSres) -- The University of York issued the following news release: A prototype fusion energy plant could bring huge economic benefits to the region - potentially generating more than pound sterling1b in gross value added (GVA), an economic report has concluded. If the proposed site to host the plant near Goole in East Yorkshire is given the go-ahead by the Government, it could also create more than 8,000 jobs during the manufacture and construction of the prototype pow  more