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Joe Biden

Biden Blocks Sales of Inefficient Lightbulbs, Reversing Trump-Era Policy

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new energy efficiency regulations that will phase out old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs.

Net Zero Emission

100% Renewable Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility to Prove Concept

Bitcoin solution providers Blockstream and Block are developing a solar and battery-powered mining facility as a proof-of-concept.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Empyrean Ticks off ‘Major Box’ at Chinese Well

AIM-listed oil and gas exploration company Empyrean Energy has backed up its pre-drill interpretation of seismic data related to the Jade prospect well located …

SolarMente, the Startup that Seeks to Combine Blockchain Technology with Solar Energy

The use and investment within the field of sustainable energies is growing imminently; that is why day by day we see new proposals within this industry.

Brazil

Shell and TotalEnergies Win Fresh Exploration Blocks Offshore Brazil

Oil majors Shell and TotalEnergies have secured six and two offshore exploration blocks, respectively, in the Santos basin offshore Brazil as part of the countr…

Solar Power Panel

Alpina Awarded the Sixth Solar Leasing Tender Under the SolarNova Programme by HDB

The Project, with a solar capacity of 70 megawatt-peak ("MWp"), aggregates public sector demand for the installation of solar panels across 1,198 HDB blocks and…

Electric Car

Graphite Is the New Material on the Block for EV Battery Production

Graphite is the most stable form of carbon, which most people associate with pencil lead but it has potential as material for anodes in batteries as well.

Australia

Bids Called for Exploration Blocks in Western Australia

The state government in Western Australia has invited bids for one offshore exploration block and seven onshore permits in the Carnarvon and Amadeus basins.

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted Alleges BP Tried to Block its Hornsea 4 Offshore Wind Farm

Ørsted has claimed that bp is trying to block up to 675MW of capacity of its 2.4GW Hornsea Four offshore wind farm.

Oil Exploration

Deep-Water Exploration Permits Attract Attention in Australia

Offers submitted for nine exploration blocks of which six are off the south-east coast

Natural Gas

Lukoil Strikes Gas at a Caspian Structure, but Major Oil Prospect Proves to be a Mirage

Russian producer was hoping for a much-needed boost in oil reserves within large licence block in Russian sector of the Caspian Sea

Oil Exploration

Opportunities Still Exist in Kenya’s Oil, Gas Sector

Last week Kenya announced for sale 35 oil and gas exploration blocks mostly in the natural gas prone coastal Lamu Basin. This is an indication of revived upstre…

Crude Oil

Russian Banks' Exclusion from SWIFT to Hurt Indian Oil Companies

Sanctions and exclusion of Russian lenders from the SWIFT system, the most important international payment network, will hurt Indian state-run firms' abilit…

Oil Price

Oil Could Jump Back Above $100 as Traders Assess Russia SWIFT Ban

A decision by Western allies on Saturday to block certain Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system is likely to lift oil prices well above $100 a barrel as …

Crude Oil

Crude Rallies, Rouble Plunges to Record Low as Ukraine Risks Rise

Crude oil jumped while the rouble plunged nearly 30% to a fresh record low on Monday after Western nations imposed new sanctions on Russia for its invasion of U…