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France

TotalEnergies Says It Is Ready to Hold Wage Talks in October

French energy group TotalEnergies on Sunday proposed annual wage negotiations to start this month, subject to the end of industrial action that continues to res…

Oil Refinery

France Struggles with Refinery Strikes, but Not Planning Petrol Rationing

More than a fifth of France's service stations were grappling with supply problems on Saturday as strikes at refineries run by oil majors TotalEnergies and Exxo…

Carbon Emissions

New CO2 Conversion Technology Helps Fight Against Climate Change

By transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valued chemicals at affordable prices on an industrial scale, a new technology developed at the Univer…

Wind Power to Grow Nearly 2% Between 2022 and 2031: Report

This is equivalent to 25.6 gigawatts of new installed capacity.

Smart Grid

Marine Energy Smart Grid Pilot Enters Next Test Phase

A smart grid controller designed to integrate ocean and other energy resources and regulate their distribution is going into full-scale testing.

Smart Grid

Canada’s Ocean Energy Smart Grid Project Reaches Milestone Testing

A smart grid controller to integrate ocean and other energy resources and regulate their distribution goes into full-scale testing.

Wind Turbine

Developing the Next Generation of Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Motivated by the need to eliminate expensive rare-earth magnets in utility-scale direct-drive wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories researchers developed …

Carbon Emissions

France’s Totalenergies Plans to Spin off Canadian Oil Sands Assets

TotalEnergies said on Wednesday it is looking to spin off its Canadian oil sands operations and list the new company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, as the asset…

Itron’s IIoT and Samsung’s Smart Platform Link for Utility-Scale DERMS

The US tech giant is linking its Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) network solution with the entertainment powerhouse’s SmartThings’ services to enable uti…

Electric Vehicle Charging

EV Charge Points in Britain Are Now Nearly as Expensive as Gasoline, Research Shows

The U.K. wants to stop the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2030. It will require, from 2035, all new cars and vans to have zero-tailpipe emissi…

Hydrogen Project

Results Are in From New York’s First Utility-Scale Hydrogen Blending Test

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) said a recently completed demonstration showed reduced CO2 emissions when blending hydrogen with natural gas to generate pow…

Wind Power Project

Over 100 Wind Firms Call For ‘Dramatic Action’ to Scale up Re Transition

This comes ahead of the COP27 in November.

Electric Car

EV Sales to Hit All-Time High in 2022, IEA Says, but More Work Needed to Put World on Net-Zero Path

The IEA says both EVs and lighting are “fully on track for their 2030 milestones” in its net-zero by 2050 scenario.

Carbon Emissions

Paris and New York Join Climate Litigation Against TotalEnergies

The cities of Paris and New York have joined a coalition of associations and local authorities that are suing oil major TotalEnergies for failing to adequately …

Wind Power Project

Vestas Receives Order for 104 MW of Wind Power in Spain

Vestas has received an order for 104 MW for the Pinta y Guindalera wind farm, which will be located in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain.