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Global clean power alliance launched UK Emissions abatement
On 19 November at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the UK prime minister Keir Starmer and Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed the launch of a new partnership, The Global Clean Power Alliance. Its aim is to speed up the global drive for clean power by uniting, developed and developing countries across the north and south of the globe. It will work together and share expertise with the goal of meeting the COP28 commitments to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency.
The new diplomatic grouping is led by the UK, with 12 signatories so far and support from the US and the EU. It will initially focus on a ‘mission’ to mobilise significantly scaled up energy transition finance, with more ‘missions’ to come. The targets that the new alliance will set, and how it will utilise the large number of existing alliances to drive real-world delivery, have yet to be announced. Brazil, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, and the African Union are the first countries to sign up to its first mission. The United States and the European Union will also partner with the UK in this initiative.
The Alliance will set up its missions to address the most critical energy transition challenges. The first of these, the Finance Mission, which was due to be published at the G20 summit, is co-chaired by Brazil, and will aim at harnessing the political leadership needed to unlock private finance on a huge scale, so that no developing country is left behind.
Leo Roberts, Lead of the Coal to Clean programme of the E3G climate think tank, commented: “Following its ambitious NDC [Nationally Determined Contribution] the UK is bringing leadership in the race to deliver clean power globally, in line with the global commitment to transition away from fossil fuels made at COP28.”
First 100 % H2-fuelled aeroderivative Australia Gas firing
Launched on the sidelines of COP29, GE Vernova’s LM6000VELOX package is expected to become its first aeroderivative gas turbine solution to operate on 100 % renewable hydrogen, enabling power generation with low or zero CO2
emissions. GE has been selected as
preferred turbine supplier for the Whyalla hydrogen power plant, in the Upper Spencer Gulf, South Australia, as part of the S. Australian government’s Hydrogen Jobs Plan, and is intended to provide crucial firming capacity to support energy transition in the State GE has secured an order with ATCO Australia for four of its LM6000VELOX units with commissioning expected in early 2026. They will be powered by renewable sourced hydrogen generated at the Whyalla complex, helping to produce zero CO2
exhaust during operation. The site will include one of the world’s largest hydrogen production and storage plants. When completed, the facility will utilise South Australia’s surplus renewable energy, generated by large-scale wind and solar farms, to produce the renewable hydrogen.
Whyalla power plant is to be rated at a capacity of up to 200 MW to help meet electricity during periods when renewable energy sources are not available or are not meeting full demand. “With more than 70 % of energy generated from renewable resources, South Australia is set to become a global leader in producing and utilising renewable hydrogen and we are delighted to be part of this project that can unlock decarbonisation opportunities,” said John Ivulich, CEO and Country chair of ATCO Australia.
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