Dec

Coal Mine

NZ Importing Record Amount of Coal to Power Homes and Businesses

New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it has in any other year, in the midst of a government-declared climate emergency.

Mercedes Plans to Go All-Electric by the End of the Decade

Germany’s Daimler said Thursday that its Mercedes-Benz brand would “be ready to go all electric at the end of the decade, where market conditions allow.”

Hydrogen Project

Haldor Topsoe Technology to Decarbonise Hydrogen Production at Edmonton’s Hydrogen Energy Complex

More plans have today been unveiled for the multi-billion-dollar hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Canada, which was unveiled last month by Air Products, in …

Microgrid

US Airport goes “Off-Grid” with Solar Hybrid Microgrid

Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, serving to inc…

LNG

Japan’s Toho Gas Starts Carbon-Neutral City Gas Supply

Japanese gas distributor Toho Gas plans to start carbon-neutral city gas supplies as a part of its effort to achieve decarbonisation by 2050.

Nuclear waste

Cavendish Nuclear Wins Hinkley Point A Waste Removal Contract

Nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract to provide Magnox’s Hinkley Point A site in the UK with the capability to immobilise Int…

Hydrogen Project

px Group to Support Cerulean Winds' Hydrogen Sites

Green infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds, which wants to build 200-turbine floating wind and hydrogen project in Scotland, has signed an agreement with px …

Hydrogen Technology

Cricket Valley Energy Centre to Decarbonise its New York Power Plant with Hydrogen

Cricket Valley Energy Centre wants to convert its New York-based carbon cycle power plant to a 100% hydrogen fuel capable plant as part of an effort to reduce i…

Hydrogen Project

DNV to Help Develop Hydrogen Site Offshore France

Shipping classification society DNV will lead a study into developing the world's first offshore hydrogen production site.

Energy Storage Project

U.S. Looks To Slash Long-Duration Energy Storage Costs By 90% By 2030

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Wednesday a new goal to support the increased rollout of more wind and solar power in the grid by reducing the cost o…

Solar Power Plant

China to Add 619 GW of Solar This Decade

Indonesia will catch the eye too over the next nine years, according to analyst WoodMac, as its market grows from 300 MW to 8.5 GW.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Serbian Government Sets up Council for Energy Sector Decarbonization

The Government of Serbia has established a council tasked with giving proposals and opinions regarding the operation of coal-fired power plants and replacement …

Oil Refinery

Iraq Signs Al Faw Refinery Deal with China's CNCEC

Iraq has decided to award a long-awaited contract to build a new 300,000 b/d integrated refining and petrochemicals complex on the southern Al Faw peninsula to …

Hydropower Plant

Croatia Prepares to Speed up Construction of Kosinj Hydropower System

Croatia plans to speed up the construction of Kosinj hydropower system worth an estimated 1.54 billion kuna ($243 million/205 million euro) by declaring it a st…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

RWE Decommissions Last Two Hard Coal Power Plants in Germany

RWE is decommissioning its last two hard coal power stations in Germany, marking a significant decarbonisation milestone for the company.