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Energy Storage Technology

US Grid-Scale Storage Capacity Breaks Market Record at 4.7GWH

According to a research report released by Wood Mackenzie, the US energy storage market grid-scale segment installed a record 4,733MWh in the third quarter of 2…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

End of Life for South Africa’s Komati Coal-Fired Power Station

After serving South Africa since 1961, Komati the coal-fired Power Station in Mpumalanga has today reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down …

Floating Offshore Wind

Seasapphire Awarded Research Permit for Floating Offshore Wind Farm

SeaSapphire, powered by Simply Blue Group and Eolus, has taken been awarded a research permit for a floating offshore wind farm in the Bothnian Sea, Finland.The…

Energy Subsidies

January Solar Policy Snapshots

A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.New Mexico’s new interconnection ruling is one of the most progressive for solar + stora…

LNG

Buhari Promises Fuel Delivery Assistance to Burundi Amid Fuel Scarcity in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari promised fuel delivery assistance to Burundi on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.According to a statement made available by the Special Adv…

Hydrogen Production

Sound Waves Boost Green Hydrogen Production

PhD researcher Yemima Ehrnst with the acoustic device used to boost hydrogen production. Image: RMIT UniversityEngineers at Australia’s RMIT University ha…

Net Zero Emission

BP Buys Us Biogas Company in a Push to Reduce Carbon Intensity

UK-headquartered energy giant BP has completed the acquisition of Archaea Energy, a Texas-based renewable natural gas (RNG) company.Archaea Energy operates 50 R…

Oil Price

Oil Prices End 2022 Higher Despite Demand Concerns

A surprise rise in US crude stocks is weighing on futuresA trader at the New York Stock Exchange. Brent, which hit a 14-year high of $140 a barrel in March, has…

Energy Storage Battery

U Birmingham Team Demonstrates Direct Reuse of Aluminum and Copper Current Collectors From Spent Li-Ion Batteries

Researchers from The University of Birmingham in the UK have demonstrated that the direct reuse of aluminum and copper current collectors from spent lithium-ion…

Energy Saving Products

Using an Ethylene Carbonate Solvent With a Sodium Iodide Salt to Create a New Kind of Refrigerator

A pair of researchers at Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory used a commonly known, naturally occurring phenomenon to build a new kind of environmentally safe …

Solar Technology

Researchers Develop a New Perovskite Solar Cell Technology

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported in the journal Science that a novel method for producing perovskite solar cells solved…

Carbon Emissions

‘Heat Pumps Can Cut Carbon From Biogas by 36%’

This is according to scientists, claiming they clean up the process of anaerobic digestionHeat pumps could see the carbon footprint of producing biogas drop by …

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Futures Prices Edge Higher as Models Tease Mid-January Cold; Production Still Way Down

With natural gas traders’ fingers and toes still thawing out from the weekend’s Arctic blast, most remained on the sidelines of the action on Tuesda…

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Energy. Fusion Energy May Not Be Too Far Away

Alongside energy-intensive hot fusion, work is also apace on low-energy nuclear reactions, or LENRSPARC, the ‘world’s first net energy fusion machin…

Electric Car

Daimler Forms Electrified Coach Project ELCH

By the end of this decade, Daimler Buses intends to offer all-electric coaches with its Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands. To accelerate development, Daimler Buses…