Energy

Oil Price

Release of Us Oil Reserves Addresses ‘Underlying Crisis’ and Not Higher Prices, Envoy Says

US energy envoy Amos Hochstein says the country will continue to use its strategic reserves to help resolve crises. Antonie Robertson / The NationalThe US relea…

Tidal Energy

Minesto Secures First Client for Tidal Power Site Evaluation in Asia

Swedish marine energy company Minesto has received its first ‘historic’ sales order of site development services for Dragon Class tidal energy power…

United Kingdom

2023 Predictions: Renewables, Hydrogen and Grid Connections

Here, Mark Rowcroft, development director at solar and storage developer Exagen, spotlights six areas to watch in the UK energy sector this year.2023 will see s…

Oil & Gas Trade

Greek Firms Start Construction of 840 MW Gas Plant in Alexandroupolis, Target Balkans for Power Exports

A consortium consisting of Public Power Corp. (PPC), DEPA Commercial and Damco Energy marked the start of works on a gas-fired power plant in Alexandroupolis in…

Wave Energy

Us National Lab Goes Nanoscale for Ocean Monitoring Using Wave Energy

Animation of a new wave energy nanogenerator for observation platforms (Animation by Sara Levine/PNNL)PNNL’s nanogenerator harnesses the energy of the oce…

Electric Car

Mazda Introduces Series-hybrid Plug-in Version of MX-30 EV, With Rotary Engine Genset

The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, a plug-in series hybrid model that uses a rotary engine as a generator, made its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show. (Ea…

Poland

Preparations Underway for Geothermal Drilling in Grodziec, Poland

Castle in Grodziec, Poland (source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland / flickr, Creative Commons)The commune of Jasienica in Grodziec, Poland has received two…

Energy Security

Lithuania-Latvia Gas Pipeline Hit by Explosion, Operator Says

A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia, like the one seen here, has been hit by an explosion. Reuters.A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was…

United Arab Emirates

Masdar Signs Agreement with Four Dutch Companies for Green Hydrogen Exports

Dr Sultan Al Jaber with Netherlands Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra, third from left, Masdar chief executive Mohamed Al Ramahi, right, and other officials at th…

Geothermal Power Plant

CEGA Research Supporting Low-temperature Geothermal Use in Chile

Valparaiso, Chile (source: Sarah Colin / flickr, Creative Commons)Through the work being done by the Center of Excellence in Geothermal Energy of the Andes (CEG…

Solar Technology

Net Zero Review Calls for “Rooftop Revolution” to Unlock 70GW of Solar by 2035

Net Zero Review calls for rooftop revolution to unlock 70GW by 2035. Image: Getty.The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has release…

United Arab Emirates

The Arab Green Summit

The current global warming measure of 1.0 – 1.1 °C above pre-industrial level has caused various natural disasters that are significantly challenging to human…

Wind Farm

Delays to Onshore Wind Investment Increase Long-Term Power Prices in Ireland

Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s fourth - ‘All-Island Power Market Outlook to 2030’ – has forecast that energy prices will not retur…

Energy Storage Technology

New Technique to Turn Abandoned Mines Into Batteries

Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections. Credit: Hunt et al.A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Stor…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Increases Expected Contribution of Nuclear Power

Nuclear energy will account for 34.6% of South Korea's electricity generation by 2036, compared with 27.4% in 2021, according to the latest plan finalised b…