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Offshore Wind Power

Norway Setting Strategy for Offshore Wind

Offshore wind is big business in the North Sea, with dozens of wind power installations commissioned in the region over the past two decades.

Net Zero Emission

Countries Can Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions While Maintaining Economic Growth, Study Says

A new paper in Oxford Open Energy, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that countries can get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while maintaining…

Paris Climate Agreement

Wind and Solar Energy Generate 10% of Global Electricity

Ember research found 50 countries generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar energy in 2021, up from 43 in 2020.

Carbon Emissions

Australia’s Santos Deepens 2030 GHG Reduction Target

Australian independent Santos plans to deepen its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission cuts to 30pc for scope one and two emissions by 2030, up from its previous targe…

Net Zero Emission

Climate Week Opens with Strong Call to Accelerate Climate Action

The first-ever Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Week, MENACW 2022, opened with a strong call to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Offshore Wind Power

UK Looks to Triple Solar and More than Quadruple Offshore Wind Power

The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is set to soon unveil targets to triple solar power capacity, quadruple offshore wind installa…

Electric Vehicle Charging

BP Pulse to Invest $1.2 Billion into UK Electric Vehicle Charging

bp pulse, bp’s EV charging business, announced a £1 billion ($1.2 billion) investment into EV charging in the UK, which will be unfurled over the next decade.…

Nuclear Reactor

Most Japanese Back Nuclear Power for First Time Since Fukushima

For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority of Japanese now support restarting idled nuclear reactors.

Crude Oil

China's Sinopec Plans Its Biggest Capital Expenditure in History

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, better known as Sinopec, is planning its highest capital investment in history for 2022 after recording its best profit in a de…

Oil Price

Sinopec's 2021 Profit More Than Doubled on Higher Oil Prices, Sales

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.'s 2021 net profit more than doubled to its best level in nearly a decade on higher prices and demand for petroleum products.

Shell to Invest up to £25 Billion in UK Energy System over Next Decade

Shell has announced it will invest up to £25 billion in the UK energy system in the coming years.

Offshore Wind Power

BP Establishes Partnership Focused on Offshore Wind in Japan

BP has agreed to establish a strategic partnership with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni that will focus on offshore wind development and potentially look at “ot…

China

China's Annual Energy Production Capacity to Be 4.6 Bn MT Coal by 2025

China recently decided to raise its annual comprehensive energy production capacity to over 4.6 billion metric tonnes of standard coal by 2025.

Hydrogen Production

Green Hydrogen to Decarbonise Europe’s Largest Steelmaking Site

Thyssenkrupp Steel and STEAG have agreed on the delivery of hydrogen from STEAG’s Duisburg-Walsum site to thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg, Germany.

Nuclear Reactor

Belgium Pushes Nuclear Exit back a Decade due to Ukraine Crisis

Belgium has delayed its decision to cut nuclear energy by 10 years due to the rise in energy prices from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.