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Natural Gas

Israel to Increase Natural Gas Export to Egypt through Jordan Pipeline

Israel will begin exporting an additional 2.5 billion cubic meters of gas to Egypt this month via the Jordan pipeline.

Coal Mine

Coal Will Exit Australia’s Power Market Despite AGL’s Recalcitrance

The bid by a green billionaire to buy Australia’s most polluting company may have stumbled at the first hurdle, but it’s likely the race is far from over.

Floating Offshore Wind

Dutch Firm Planning Two Floating Wind Farms off Belfast Coastline in £3bn Investment

A DUTCH marine engineering specialist wants to develop two offshore floating wind farms just a few miles off the Belfast coastline in what is potentially a £3 …

Hydrogen Technology

First Hydrogen Train in Japan to Hit the Rails for Test Run

The two car “Hybari” train -- a combination of hybrid and the Japanese word for a lark -- cost about 4 billion yen ($35 million) to develop and can travel up …

Australia

Coal Will Exit Australia's Power Market Despite AGL's Recalcitrance

​The bid by a green billionaire to buy Australia's most polluting company may have stumbled at the first hurdle, but it's likely the race is far from over.

CCS

Feds Roll Out $12.1B In Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines

The White House is gearing up to spend $12.1 billion under the federal infrastructure bill to develop and deploy carbon capture technologies and build carbon di…

Coal Mine

AGL reject takeover bid from billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, who plans to shut down coal plants

Energy giant AGL has rejected a surprise $8 billion offer from tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and a Canadian asset management company, who want to shut do…

Natural Gas

Ukraine and Putin: An Expanded Perspective

Ukraine is the largest natural gas transit system in the world, particularly to Europe and earns roughly $1.2 billion per year from transit fees at $2.66 per 10…

Hydropower Plant

Ethiopia Turns on the Turbines at Giant Nile Hydropower Plant

Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that n…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Smart Charging May Be Key to Saving Power Grid in World of EVs

As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, the big question for power grid operators, charging companies and governments is how to run tens of millions of vehicles wi…

Nuclear Power Plant

$30B Georgia Power Nuclear Plant Delayed up to 6 More Months

Georgia Power Co. now says the first of two nuclear reactors it’s building at Plant Vogtle near Augusta might not begin generating electricity until as late as…

Energy Investment

Bill Gates’ VC Investment Firm Leads US$50m Injection into Thermal Energy Storage Startup

Thermal storage startup Antora Energy has raised US$50 million from a group of investment firms including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures to accelerat…

Nuclear Power Plant

Why the U.S. Government Plans to Spend Billions to Keep Money-Losing Nuclear Plants Open

The U.S. government is going to spend billions of dollars to keep nuclear power plants open in the United States because they’re losing too much money to stay …

Nuclear Power Plant

US DOE Launches Nuclear, Hydrogen Infrastructure Programmes

DOE has set in motion its programme to invest USD9.5 billion in clean hydrogen technologies which may include the use of nuclear power.

Hydropower Plant

Guangdong No. 2 Hydropower Soars After Joining USD2.6 Billion New Energy Project

Shares of Guangdong No. 2 Hydropower Engineering surged nearly 10 percent after the renewable energy construction engineering company said it will participate i…