Energy

Canada

Canada, Nigeria Target Oil and Gas Methane Emissions With New Laws

Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle the potent greenhouse gas methane with laws to rein in emissions in the foss…

Crude Oil

UK Considering Big Increase in Energy Windfall Tax, Sources Say

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt is considering a big increase in a windfall tax on oil and gas firms and extending it to power generation firms as he tries…

Electric Car

Synthetic Graphite Becomes Crucial to Meeting Battery Demand Surge

Rystad Energy: total EV sales this year will reach nearly 10 million units, a 43% jump from 2021 sales.

Hydrogen Project

Chevron, Keppel, Pertamina to Explore Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Projects in Indonesia

Chevron New Energies, Keppel New Energy and Pertamina Power Indonesia have signed a joint study agreement to explore the development of selected green hydrogen …

Romania

Romanian Government Partially Regulates Energy Markets Until 2025

Romania's government changed its energy support scheme for households, small businesses and industry on Friday, partially regulating its power market until Marc…

Germany

German Budget Experts Push for Dividend Ban Tied to Energy Subsidies

Budget experts from Germany's ruling coalition on Friday stressed the need for a ban on dividends and bonuses being paid out at companies that benefit from gas …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

The $15 Billion Plan to Curtail Indonesia’s Coal Industry

The United States and Japan will lead a group of counties that will offer $15 billion to Indonesia for retiring its coal power plants earlier and moving on to l…

Hydrogen Production

Philippines’ President Greenlights Offshore Wind, Green Hydrogen Plan

The Philippines’ President has given the country’s Department of Energy the green light to move forward with its plan to explore and develop the offshore wind…

Net Zero Emission

New Action Plan Comes Into the Limelight to Accelerate Decarbonisation

With COP27 in full swing, governments have set out an action plan to make clean technologies cheaper and more accessible in a bid to scale up decarbonisation ef…

Natural Gas

Persistent EU Rifts Seen Delaying Any Approval of Gas Price Cap

Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland on Friday threatened to block a new set of European Union steps to alleviate an acute energy crunch.

Energy Transition

Global Investment Firm KKR Invests $400m in India’s Serentica Renewables

Serentica Renewables seeks to enable the energy transition by providing clean energy solutions for energy-intensive, hard-to-abate industries.

Energy Transition

IRENA’s Energy Transition Platform Bags $1b Investments

The platform aims to ramp up funding for renewable projects in developing countries.

Energy Storage Battery

AGL Breaks Ground for 50MW Grid-Scale Battery

It is expected to start operations by mid-2023.

Wind Farm

RWE and Koehler Paper Sign Green Power Agreement

RWE Supply & Trading and Koehler Paper have agreed on a long-term green power supply of up to 175,000MWh per year.

Nuclear Power Plant

These Four U.S. Nuclear Plants Will Start Producing Clean Hydrogen

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is partnering with utilities on four hydrogen demonstration projects at U.S. nuclear power plants.