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Oil Price

Biden to Lay Out Plan to Complete Emergency Oil Sales, Support U.S. Production

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Wednesday to sell off the last portion of his release from the nation's emergency oil reserve by year's end, an…

Offshore Wind Power

U.S. To Hold Offshore Wind Power Rights Sale off California Coast in December

President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would hold the first ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California on Dec. 6…

Tidal Energy

UK’s HydroWing Taps Tidal Energy Potential in Indonesia

UK-based tidal energy developer HydroWing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned company Indonesia Power to develop tidal energy projec…

Oil Refinery

Guyana Opens Tender for Its First Oil Refinery

Guyana has called for proposals to design, finance and build a 30,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery, the first for the South American country as it becomes …

Australia

ARENA and Shell Energy to Demonstrate Commercial Flexibility in Australia

Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible de…

Natural Gas

BP Buying Leading RNG Production Group in $4.1 Billion Deal

British oil major BP is continuing to diversify its energy portfolio, announcing a deal to acquire a company considered an industry leader in production of rene…

Offshore Wind Power

First Set of Standards to Streamline Offshore Wind Projects in the US

The US offshore wind industry has the first set of standards for project development— a step advocates say will accelerate the growth of the burgeoning renewab…

Electric Vehicle Battery

China's Power Battery Output Surges Over 101 Pct in September

China's installed capacity of power batteries registered rapid growth in September amid a boom in the country's new energy vehicle (NEV) market, industry data s…

Iberdrola’s Information Campaign to Spur 11mn Customers to Reduce Energy Use

Through intelligent algorithms, the Spanish utility will produce 90 million communications with personalised advice for an information campaign to help househol…

Finland

First Commercial-Scale Sand Battery Goes Online in Finland

The sand battery was developed by Polar Night Energy as an efficient way of storing energy and reducing the emissions from district heating.

United Kingdom

Ofgem Confirms Plans to Launch UK Energy Regulator Campaign

Ofgem has announced that it will launch a campaign to help the UK population reduce its energy use, amidst growing concerns surrounding the energy crisis.

Oil Refinery

French Refinery Strike Further Hits Petrol Supplies, Prime Minister Says

Petrol supplies at French service stations fell further over the weekend due to a weeks-long strike at oil major TotalEnergies.

Natural Gas

South Korea’s Gas Consumption to Fall 4% in 2022: Report

It will stay the same in 2023 due to new nuclear and coal-fired plant start-ups.

Oil Refinery

CGT Union Shuns TotalEnergies Talks as French Petrol Crisis Drags On

The CGT union at the core of a weeks-long strike at oil major TotalEnergies slammed the door to talks on Friday, leaving more moderate unions to reach a wage de…

Carbon Emissions

Cement Industry Needs Economic Incentives to Drive Decarbonisation

The cement industry has the technology to decarbonise, however, it lacks the economic incentives and therefore lacks the drive to act.