Energy

Energy Storage Project

New Zinc Batteries Take On Dunkelflauten & Dendrites, Too

Zinc batteries are beginning to crowd lithium-ion out of the energy storage picture, with green hydrogen also in play.More renewable energy is pouring into the …

Oil & Gas Supply

Australian State Bans Gas to New Homes From 2024

SYDNEY: The Australian state of Victoria will ban natural gas connections to new homes from next year as part of a plan to cut emissions and lower energy bills,…

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Drillers Cut Oil Rigs for Eighth Month in a Row, Baker Hughes Says

A drilling rig is seen in the Austin Chalk about two hours outside of Houston, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Ernest ScheyderU.S. energy firms in July cut t…

Wind Farm

New Jersey Residents Challenge Orsted Offshore Wind Farm's $1 Billion Subsidy

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Orsted logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado RuvicNew Jersey residents have …

Oil Pipeline

Venture Global LNG's Calcasieu Pass 2 Project Gets Final U.S. Environmental Nod

Venture Global LNG's proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) project in Louisiana on Friday received the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) envi…

Nuclear Technology

Zimbabwe and Ethiopia Sign Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreements With Russia

Two more countries - Zimbabwe and Ethiopia - have signed agreements with Russia to cooperate on the peaceful use of nuclear technology on the sidelines of the R…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alaska Simplifies Microreactor Regulations

The US state of Alaska has adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for the siting of microreactors. The new regulations, which waive some requi…

Biofuel

Drax Increases Pellet Capacity, Considers US BECCS Projects

Drax Group plc on July 27 announced its pellet plants produced approximately 1.9 million metric tons of wood pellets during the first half of 2023, down slightl…

Wind Farm

ACP Statement on Nepa Phase 2 Rule

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) generally supports the Administration’s new guidance intended to help accelerate environmental reviews for clea…

Energy&Power

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Renewable Energy

Uncertain Outlook for Energy Bills as New Cap Announcement Looms

Cornwall Insight has unveiled its latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) covering the period October 2023 (Q423) to September 2024 (Q324). The …

Electric Vehicles

Basildon Council and NRG Riverside Roll Out the First Fully Electric Food Waste Collection Fleet in the UK

Skelmersdale/July 27, 2023: NRG Riverside, the contract hire and fleet solutions provider, has delivered seven fully electric food waste trucks to Basildon Boro…

Energy Storage Project

Horizon Focusing On Vanadium Flow Batteries for Energy Storage

Horizon Power, a utility owned by the Western Australia government, has signed an agreement with Perth-based energy storage company VSUN Energy for the purchase…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Plan For World's Biggest Battery Plant Hits Water Issues in Drought-Stricken German State

U.S. car manufacturer Tesla will have to revise its plans to expand its gigafactory for electric cars in the German state of Brandenburg over concerns the new b…

Electric Vehicles

Used Tesla Model 3 Listed With a Wild $150,000 Price Tag

Tesla has been lowering prices for most of this year but now there is a used Tesla Model 3 with nearly 6,000 km that has a wild asking price of $150,000.This is…