Amos Zeeberg

1 month ago | spectrum.ieee.org | Amos Zeeberg

Last November, when Azerbaijan hosted COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world’s energy transition. Held in Baku’s Olympic Stadium, COP29’s headline talks were largely a flop.

1 month ago | evdriven.com | Amos Zeeberg

Last November, whenAzerbaijanhosted COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea,had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world’s energy transition. Held in Baku’s Olympic Stadium, COP29’s headline talks werelargelya flop.

Nov 6, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Amos Zeeberg

Azerbaijan next week will garner much of the attention of the climate tech world, and not just because it will host COP29, the United Nation’s giant annual climate change conference. The country is promoting a grand, multi-nation plan to generate renewable electricity in the Caucasus region and send it thousands of kilometers west, under the Black Sea, and into energy–hungry Europe.

Nov 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | Amos Zeeberg

NowThere’s a mind-bending Soviet-era oil rig city ‘floating’ on the planet’s largest lakeCNN — When filmmaker Marc Wolfensberger first found out about Neft Daşları, he thought it was a myth. He kept hearing about this secretive city, sprawled like floating, rusting tentacles across the Caspian Sea, far from the nearest shoreline. But very few had ever seen it, he said.

Nov 6, 2024 | evdriven.com | Amos Zeeberg

Azerbaijan next week will garner much of the attention of the climate tech world, and not just because it will host COP29, the United Nation’s giant annual climate change conference. The country is promoting a grand, multi-nation plan to generate renewable electricity in the Caucasus region and send it thousands of kilometers west, under the Black Sea, and into energy–hungry Europe.