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Electricity Transmission

Uk’s First Flexibility Demand Shift Trial

The UK’s first trial to shift electricity demand and augment local network capabilities has been completed, allowing customers to capitalise on the opportuniti…

HYBRIT: A Unique, Underground, Fossil-Free Hydrogen Gas Storage Facility Is Being Inaugurated in Luleå

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are inaugurating HYBRIT’s pilot facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas storage at Svartöberget in Luleå, Sweden.

Electric Car

UK Ends EV Buyer Grant Scheme to Boost Infrastructure

The plug-in grant funding will now be used to increase charging access and cut ‘range anxiety’.

Energy Security

Lithuania Seeks to Cut Ties With Russian Grid Earlier

Lithuania’s President said the fastest decoupling would increase the energy security of the Baltic countries.

Carbon Neutral

Hydrogen Will Give U.S. Natgas Pipes New Life in Carbon-Free World

Natural gas companies plan to use hydrogen and renewable natural gas (RNG) made from landfills or agricultural waste to extend the life of existing pipelines in…

Net Zero Emission

Japan Tests Deep-Ocean Current Turbines in Search of New Renewables

Japan has lots of coastline and control over the world's sixth-largest territorial waters, making ocean-based alternative energy ideas particularly attractive.

Wind Farm

Iberdrola Completes Commissioning of Mikronoros Wind Farm

Located in the province of Rhodope, Thrace, Northern Greece, the Mikronoros wind farm has commenced operations, having been fully energised and connected to the…

Hydrogen Project

BP Buys Into Australian Wind, Solar, Hydrogen Mega-Project

BP plc has agreed to buy a 40.5% stake and become operator of an Australian renewable energy project that could become one of the world's biggest producers of g…

EU

EU Lawmaker Panels Object to ‘Green’ Label for Gas, Nuclear Investments

Two European Parliament committees on Tuesday backed an attempt to stop the EU labelling gas and nuclear energy as climate-friendly investments.

Hydrogen Production

Howden Supplies Hydrogen Compressors to European Energy

Howden's hydrogen compression solution aims to power the world’s first container vessel operating on carbon neutral fuel.

Net Zero Emission

U.N. Campaign Sets Out Tougher Standards for Company Net-Zero Plans

A U.N.-backed campaign to drive faster climate action on Wednesday laid out a tougher set of minimum standards for the growing number of companies looking to pl…

CCS

DOE Injects $39M R&D Funding Into ‘Buildings as Carbon Storage’ Projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $39 million in awards for 18 projects seeking to develop technologies that can transform buildings into net carb…

Natural Gas

EU Sees a New Energy Future for Europe

Russian gas is increasingly being shunned and the EU has declared that it envisions a future without the Kremlin's primary bread-winner: natural gas.

Offshore Wind Power

Shell Bids to Bring Offshore Wind Power to the Polish Baltic Sea

Amber Baltic Wind Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell, has submitted proposals for new offshore wind locations in the Polish Baltic Sea zone as part of the …

Geothermal Power Plant

Japanese Companies to Jointly Utilize New Geothermal Heat Recovery Technology

A joint consideration between TEPCO and MOECO aims to develop a geothermal project in Japan using new heat recovery technology.