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Energy Transition

The European Commissioner for Energy Backs Geothermal to Bolster EU Energy Security

The EU’s Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, called on Europe to “harness geothermal energy’s potential.

Electric Car

Tesla Gets Ready to Offer New Dual Motor Model Y Variant with 4680 Cells

Electric vehicle market leader Tesla is seemingly on the verge of offering a new version of its Model Y with a range of 279-miles (449-kilometres)

Wind Farm

140MW Wind Farm Starts Feeding South Africa’s Grid

African independent power producer Red Rocket has announced commercial operations of its first wind farm in South Africa, Roggeveld, now feeding much-needed ele…

Net Zero Emission

Shell Directors May Face Lawsuit over Climate Transition Plans

Environmental lawyers ClientEarth said on Tuesday they were preparing legal action against the directors of Shell over the company's climate transition plan.

SMR

Kärnfull Teams up with GEH for SMR Deployment

Kärnfull Next - a fully-owned subsidiary of Kärnfull Future AB - will collaborate with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) on the deployment of the BWRX-300 in Sw…

Coal Mine

Water Sampling Unlocks UK’s Geothermal Energy

Using the UK’s abandoned coal mines as a source of geothermal energy for district heating schemes is a positive development for the nation’s net zero goals.

Nuclear Power Plant

Efforts Continue to Restore Power to Chernobyl

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Energoatom CEO Petro Kotin had told him on Sunday that specialists had fixed one of two damaged lines to the p…

Electric Car

Ford to Ramp up EV Offering in Europe, Plans Major Battery Facility in Turkey

Ford Europe’s chair, Stuart Rowley, says “electrification represents the most transformative change in our industry in over 100 years.”

Solar thermal

Convert Oil Wells to Solve the Solar Storage Problem

The odd coupling of oil wells and solar may lead to large-scale, long-term solar storage.

Crude Oil

Japan to Call on Middle East Oil Producers to Raise Output

Japan will ask oil producing countries in the Middle East to ramp up production in the face of surging prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime …

OPEC

Russia-Ukraine War: Develop Gas Infrastructure to Increase Export to Europe

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has asked the federal government to improve Nigeria’s gas infrastructure.

CCS

What to Do with Captured CO2?

Mitsubishi joins growing movement to ship carbon dioxide from emission sites to storage.

Crude Oil

Can OPEC Help Manage the Ongoing Crude Price Rally with Its Spare Capacity?

The group needs to reassure consumers as to how much spare capacity it holds and that it is ready to use it in an emergency.

Hydrogen Production

Risen Energy to Supply 650W PV Modules to Sinopec’s 361MW Project

Risen Energy Co. will be supplying 210mm 650W photovoltaic modules to Sinopec’s 361-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen demonstration project.

Carbon Pricing

Green Hydrogen Needs Industrial Policy Making and Certification

With its ability to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors like chemicals and steelmaking industries, green hydrogen is expected to be in high demand as countries ar…