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Smart Grid

DCC Smart Meter Data to Enhance Energy Efficiency Schemes in UK

A new AI initiative by a tech firm has been announced, utilising the extensive data collected from smart meters in the UK to inform energy efficiency schemes.

Carbon Emissions

UK Launches Funding Pool for AI Decarbonisation Projects

The UK government launched a new decarbonisation programme to support use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions.

Net Zero Emission

ANZ Earmarks $67 Bln to Accelerate Net Zero Transition

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said on Friday it had earmarked A$100 billion ($67.63 billion) to help its customers lower carbon emissions by 2030,…

Net Zero Emission

Amazon UK Adds E-Cargo Bikes, Walkers in Decarbonisation Drive

Amazon UK said it would expand its electric-cargo bike fleet and make more deliveries on foot to accelerate the decarbonisation of the transportation network it…

LNG

Argentina Government to Send LNG Bill to Congress in Coming Months

Argentina's Economy minister Sergio Massa said on Thursday that the government was readying a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bill to send to Congress in the coming…

Canada

Canada's Alberta Province Forecasts C$12.3 Bln Budget Surplus

Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta on Thursday forecast a C$12.3 billion ($9.2 billion) budget surplus for the 2022/23 fiscal year, but warned economi…

Spain

Spanish Windfall Tax on Banks, Energy Firms Clears First Hurdle

An amended windfall tax proposal for Spanish banks and large energy companies cleared its first hurdle in parliament in the early hours of Friday with the backi…

Metaverse Energy Research to Launch in Australia

University of Wollongong Professor Willy Susilo has been awarded more than Au$400,000 (US$266,000) for research into green and sustainable energy-efficient meta…

Germany

Germany Is Not Blocking EU Energy Solution but Is 'Sceptical', Minister Says

Germany is not standing in the way of the European Union's solution to the energy crisis, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told the Handelsblatt daily on Thursday…

Smart Grid

Blockchain Demonstrated for Smart Grid Cybersecurity

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency.

Offshore Wind Power

Engie and Google Strike Power Purchase Agreement for Scotland’s Moray West Offshore Wind Development Project

French energy company ENGIE and technology giant Google said they had agreed to undertake a 12-year 100 MW corporate power purchase agreement to support Scotlan…

Wind Farm

France’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Starts Full Operations

France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm started full operations on Wednesday, adding 480 megawatts of capacity to the grid at a time when Europe is s…

Natural Gas

UK to Set Out More Energy Reforms ‘Very Soon’: Hunt

Britain's government plans to announce reforms to the country's energy market "very soon", finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, after lawmakers blame…

United Kingdom

UK’s Ofgem Says Household Energy Bills to Rise to Nearly $5,200/Year

British energy regulator Ofgem said its price cap for average household energy bills would rise by about 21% to 4,279 pounds ($5,170.74) a year from January to …

Wave Energy

A Wave-Powered Prototype Device Is Aiming to Produce Drinking Water From the Ocean

Ocean Oasis says its technology will enable “the production of fresh water from ocean waters by harnessing the energy of the waves to carry out a desalination …