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United States

Conocophillips Considers Exiting U.S. Gulf of Mexico

ConocoPhillips is considering a potential sale of its minority stake in a Shell-operated oil and gas platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which would mark the e…

China

China Solar Installations More Than Double in First Half

China built nearly 31 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity from January to June, up 137% from a year earlier, with full-year installations on course to hi…

Hydrogen Project

UK Opens Joint Revenue and Grant Funding Round for Hydrogen

Projects will be able to apply both for grant funding through the GBP 240 million (USD 287m/EUR 282m) Net Zero Hydrogen Fund and revenue support through the Hyd…

Electric Car

Swappable Car Batteries Could Accelerate UK’s Transition to Electric Vehicles

A new paper from Cornwall Insight and law firm Shoosmiths has laid out why switching the UK electric vehicle (EV) model to Battery-as-a-Service, could cut upfro…

Nuclear Power Plant

Main Construction Phase for El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project Begins in Egypt

Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave a green light to the pouring of the "…

All-In-One Solar Tower Produces Jet Fuel From CO2, Water and Sunlight

Taking carbon dioxide, water and sunlight as its only inputs, this solar thermal tower in Spain produces carbon-neutral, sustainable versions of diesel and jet …

Energy Storage Project

Portuguese Utility EDP Adding Battery Storage to Floating Solar-Hydropower Hybrid Plant

Portuguese utility EDP is to add energy storage to a hybrid floating solar and hydropower project after it was energised earlier this month.

Smart Home Solutions Providing Much Needed Resilience

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptab…

Electric Vehicle Charging

VW and Energy Web Develop 24/7 Renewable Energy Charging Blockchain Solution for EVs

Energy Web and Volkswagen have partnered on a solution to match local renewables to electric vehicle (EV) charging.

United Kingdom

ZeroAvia Attracts $30MN in New Funding

New investment from Barclays, NEOM, AENU and IAG will further advance ZeroAvia’s 2-5MW hydrogen-electric powertrain development program.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Toyota Plans to Roll Out Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Trucks for the Japanese Market Next Year

Toyota, along with three other partners, is to work on the development of light-duty fuel cell electric trucks.

Joe Biden

Biden Stops Short of Declaring Climate Emergency, Takes Steps on Wind Power

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executi…

Electric Car

India’s Top Carmaker Hopes Govt Will Support ‘Green’ Tech Beyond EVs

India's top-selling carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, believes the government will show support for "green" car technology beyond full electric vehicles (EVs), such as h…

Net Zero Emission

New Zealand to Review Industry Support for Emissions Costs

New Zealand will review the provision of free climate pollution credits to local industry in a move to stop over-allocations to some businesses and encourage de…

Austria

OMV: Gazprom Seen Delivering 50% Of Agreed Gas Volume on Thursday

Austrian oil and gas group OMV said Russia's Gazprom is expected to deliver roughly 50% of their agreed gas volume on Thursday, returning to a level seen before…