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Hydropower Plant

Norway’s Power Outlook Improves After Efforts to Save Water

Norway's depleted hydropower reservoirs have received a boost in the past few weeks from rain and efforts to save water, but stocks will remain low by the end o…

France

French Power Group EDF Issues New Profit Warning

EDF said on Thursday it now expected a hit to its core earnings of around 32 billion euros because of lower nuclear production,a bigger loss than the 29 billion…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Eramet Examining Doubling of Lithium Capacity in Argentina

Eramet is studying potential to double a production target for its lithium project in Argentina as it responds to growing demand for minerals used in electric v…

LNG

TotalEnergies Clocks $9.9 Bln Profit in Q3, Books New Russian Impairment

TotalEnergies posted a sharp jump in its third quarter net profit compared with a year ago, as it joined other energy giants in its sector to have benefited fro…

LNG

Shell Posts $9.5 Bln Profit, Plans to Boost Dividend

Shell on Thursday posted a third-quarter profit of $9.45 billion, easing from the previous quarter's record high due to weaker refining and gas trading, as it a…

Energy Storage Battery

Masdar Acquires UK-Based Bess Developer, Arlington Energy

UAE-based renewable energy giant says acquisition will allow it to expand its UK and European presence and support net-zero objectives of other countries.

Electric Car

Tackling the Biggest Challenges Facing EV Adoption

UT Austin researchers are looking to tackle two of the biggest problems facing widespread EV adoption.

High Energy Prices Force the World’s Largest Chemicals Company to Downsize

The world’s biggest chemicals company, Germany-based BASF, will seek permanent cost-saving measures in Europe due to the high energy prices endangering its com…

Crude Oil

World Bank: Energy Prices Set to Decline in 2023 After Sharp Rise in 2022

The World Bank has predicted that energy prices will decline by 11% in 2023 after having surged 60% in the current year following the war in Ukraine.

Guyana

Exxon Makes More Oil and Gas Discoveries Offshore Guyana

U.S. oil and gas major Exxon Mobil has announced on Wednesday that it has made two more discoveries at the Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 wells in the Stabroek block of…

Net Zero Emission

Saudi Aramco Unveils $1.5BN Sustainability Fund

It will initially focus on sectors such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency.

Hydrogen Project

ACWA Power and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) Set to Explore Green Hydrogen Projects in South Africa

Agreement intends to accelerate the green hydrogen economy in South Africa and paves the way to project(s) potentially valued at $10 billion.

Solar Technology

Egypt’s First Financed Solar Battery PPA Project Secures Financing

A solar energy company spearheading a solar-plus-storage project in Egypt has secured $2.4 million in financing for the project.

Energy Transition

TotalEnergies Buys Stake in Brazilian Renewables JV

TotalEnergies and Brazillian developer Casa dos Ventos (CDV) have created JV to jointly develop, build and operate the latter's 12GW renewables portfolio.

Iberdrola Renewables Investment Rises

Iberdrola invested almost €8bn globally in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 14%, with 90% of funding allocated to renewables and smart grids.