EV

Explosion, Fire Reported at Hoover Dam

A transformer exploded and caught fire at Hoover Dam in Nevada on July 19, according to local officials.

South Korea

Acwa Power Teams up With South Korea’s Posco to Develop Green Hydrogen

Agreement aims to decarbonise power generation and steel manufacturing processes

Nuclear Fusion

Google and Chevron Invest in Nuclear Fusion Startup That’s Raised $1.2 Billion

Google and Chevron were part of a $250 million funding raise announced Tuesday for TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup with an unconventional strategy th…

Rolls-Royce and Easyjet to Test Hydrogen Combustion Engine Tech for Airplanes

Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce is pairing up with airline easyJet to develop and test hydrogen combustion engine technology for aircraft.

Oil & Gas Supply

IEA: “Europe Set to Face Supply Disruptions in Winter, Even With Gas Storage at 90%”

Dr Fatih Birol has said Europe needs to reduce its current gas consumption further to prepare for a “tough” winter

Electric Vehicle Battery

Solid State Batteries Can Reduce EV Carbon Footprint by 39% – Study

​New research has found that solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle (EV) batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasin…

Mainstream and Actis Agree to Sell African Renewables Giant Lekela

Renewable developer Mainstream Renewable Power and investor Actis have signed an agreement to sell the Lekela Power platform to Infinity Group and Africa Financ…

Crude Oil

UK-Based Firm Records ‘Largest Ever Realised’ Crude Oil Lifting

London-based and Oslo-listed oil and gas company Panoro Energy has completed a crude oil lifting, which it describes as the largest one to date, garnering over…

Energy Storage Battery

Frv and Harmony Energy to Construct UK Battery Storage Project

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, and UK developer Harmony Energy, have announced the initial construction works of Clay Tu…

United Kingdom

Two Thirds of Energy Industry Professionals Think the Market Needs to Be Drastically Reformed

A survey conducted by Cornwall Insight has shown nearly two thirds (63%) of people working in the energy industry believe the UK market needs to be drastically …

United Kingdom

UK Fires up “Biggest” Electricity Market Reform in a Generation

Linking electricity and gas prices could be soon part of the past as a result of the government’s Review of Electricity Market Arrangements

Energy Storage Battery

Dutch Battery Projects Combat Grid Bottleneck

Grid operator Liander and GIGA Storage, developers of large-scale battery systems, have started pilots in the Dutch cities Amsterdam, Alkmaar and Lelystad with …

Uniper: How Long 2 Bln Euro Credit Facility Will Last Depends on Market

Embattled German utility Uniper said that how long a 2 billion euro ($2.02 billion) credit facility it drew down earlier Monday would depend on how the market d…

Crude Oil

Iran Raises Aug Crude Oil Prices to Asia

Iran has set the official selling price (OSP) of its Iranian Light grade for its Asian buyers at $8.90 above the Oman/Dubai average for August, up $2.80 from th…

Australia

Australian University Receives Funding for Grid Connection Platform Dev’t

The platform will speed up the integration of RE projects to the grid.