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Energy Technology

New Method Converts Methane in Natural Gas to Methanol at Room Temperature

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.

Joe Biden

How to Calculate the Social Cost of Carbon? Researchers Offer Roadmap in New Analysis

The Biden administration is revising the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decade-old cost-benefit metric used to inform climate policy by placing a monetary value…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Extends Gemini Contract

It will service the 600MW Dutch North Sea site for a further five years.

Hydrogen Project

EDP Launches Green Hydrogen Research Unit

The EDP Group has launched two units that will study the potential of green hydrogen and energy storage systems.

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Prices to be Halved by 2025

The South Korean government has decided to lower the price of an electric vehicle by at least 10 million won by 2025.

Solar Power Plant

Shoprite Expands Its Rooftop and Refrigeration Solar PV Project

The Shoprite Group now generates enough electricity to power over 1,100 households a year from solar energy, following the installation of rooftop PV panels at …

Personnel Appointment

Global Wind Energy Council Appoints New COO to Lead Global Operations

The Global Wind Energy Council has appointed a new chief operating officer, Stewart Mullin, who previously worked as the global director of public affairs and i…

Oil Exploration

Woodside to go Ahead with Myanmar Exploration Plans Regardless of Coup

Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum believes that the military coup in Myanmar is just “a transitionary issue” and will not affect its offshore drillin…

Substation

DEME Secures Contract for Two Offshore Substations in Dutch North Sea

DEME Offshore has secured a contract to transport and install the jackets and topsides for two Hollandse Kust offshore substations which will be located in the …

Combined Heat and Power

Wärtsilä Completes 100MW Combined Heat and Power Plant for German Utility

Technology firm Wärtsilä has announced that it has completed and handed over a 100MW combined heat and power plant to German utility Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbade…

Energy Storage System

Singapore Selects Hitachi ABB for Virtual Power Plant Storage

Technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to provide its energy storage solution for Singapore’s first virtual power plant.

Oil Price

Goldman Sachs Sees Minimal Oil Price Impact from Texas Freeze

Oil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South, creating a…

Crude Oil

Oil Drops as Investors Gauge Big Chill Impact on US Refineries

US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2% to $59.3 a barrel on Friday.

Paris Climate Agreement

US Returns to Paris Climate Agreement

The US officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement today, with the country's top climate diplomat calling for more action by the world's major emitters.

Natural Gas

Texas Energy Regulator Extends Gas Prioritization

State energy regulator Texas Railroad Commission late yesterday extended orders prioritizing natural gas for power generation, residences and hospitals and lowe…