Energy

United States

Texan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extraction

Engineering firm Wood will work with start-up Eclipse Energy on producing hydrogen from disused oil wells using microbes at a target price of $0.5 per kilogramm…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches industrial production of gasoline with bioethanol made from grain processing waste

Kazakhstan has begun industrial production of Bi-95 automotive fuel with the addition of bioethanol made from grain processing waste, the Kazakh Agriculture Min…

China

CATL’s Shenxing 3rd Gen Battery Hits Full Charge in Under Seven Minutes

At its CATL Tech Day, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited rolled out the third generation of its Shenxing LFP battery, and the headline number is the ki…

United States

World's first 50 MW superhot geothermal power plant targets Oregon by 2030

Quaise Energy said it is moving ahead with plans to build what it describes as the world’s first power plant using superhot geothermal energy, with an ini…

Serbia

Serbia, Azerbaijan expect to agree on gas power plant project in May

Serbia and Azerbaijan expect to agree upon contract terms for the joint construction of a gas-fired power plant in Serbia's southern city of Nis in early Ma…

Italy

Italy's Ferrari sets price of first electric car at over $640,000

Italian luxury sportscar ​maker Ferrari has ‌settled on a preliminary ​price of ​about 550,000 euros ($647,130.00) for ⁠its first ​fully electric ​superc…

United States

US judge blocks Trump administration actions stymieing wind, solar projects

A federal ​judge on April 21 blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar ‌energ…

Spain

Spain and Ireland are set to assess viability of undersea power link

Spain and Ireland's energy ministers will sign a preliminary agreement on April 21 on ​assessing the viability of an undersea power link ‌between the …

Congo

Rosatom, Congo working on project to build 2 small HHPs with total capacity of 2.6 MW

Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Congolese government are working on a pilot project to build two small modular hydroelectric power…

Design efficiency up 70%: Digital platform transforms lighting project delivery, says industry innovator Chen Donghong

Lighting design has long been slowed by disjointed software, repeated modeling, and inconsistent on-site results. Now a fully integrated digital platform develo…

United States

Santa Fe County officials approve massive solar array near Stanley

One of the largest solar and battery energy storage developments proposed in New Mexico has won approval from the Santa Fe County Planning Commission.Thursday n…

Australia

Amazon signs first solar-plus-storage PPAs in Australia to power AI expansion

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar gen…

Colombia

Colombia announces renewable energy auction

Colombian Energy ​Minister Edwin Palma on April 15 announced an upcoming renewable ‌energy auction, saying that he would travel to the United States next …

United States

Nuclear reactor developer X‑Energy targets $7.5 billion valuation in US IPO

Amazon-backed X-Energy is targeting a valuation of up to $7.51 billion in its initial public offering ​in the United States, the nuclear reactor developer said…

China

BYD notches up 100,000th delivery of electric and hybrid cars in Australia

Chinese car maker BYD has announced it will bring an extra 30,000 new energy vehicles – both full battery electric and plug in hybrids – to Australi…