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Oil&Gas Drilling

Chinese Semi-Sub Becomes the World’s First Rig to get DNV’s Smart Notation

A semi-submersible drilling rig from China Merchant Heavy Industry, SHEN LAN TAN SUO, has become the world’s first offshore unit to receive DNV’s Smart notati…

Crude Oil

BP Halts Production at UK's Foinaven Crude Field

BP said today it has suspended production indefinitely at the Foinaven crude fields west of Shetland as it prepares for the removal of the ageing floating produ…

Hydropower Plant

Axpo to Produce Green H2 from Swiss Hydro Plant

Swiss utility Axpo plans to produce green hydrogen using power from the Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine.

Hydrogen Production

Germany Steps up Hydrogen Production Infrastructure

Germany is stepping up its hydrogen production infrastructure, as the economy and energy ministry this week announced a second round of calls for hydrogen test …

Nuclear Reactor

Alberta Signs Small Modular Nuclear Reactor MOU

Alberta has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan to support the development of small modular nuclear reactors.

Oil & Gas Supply

Shell Plays Down Risk of Stranded Oil and Gas Reserves

Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday the majority of its oil and gas reserves will be produced by 2050, playing down the risk of stranded assets as it prepares to…

Electric Vehicle Battery

GM Expected to Announce Tennessee Battery Plant on Friday

The Detroit automaker has scheduled a news conference Friday morning in Nashville with CEO Mary Barra, Tennessee Gov.

Hydrogen Production

Wood Signs Green Energy Deal with NEL Hydrogen

UK-headquartered engineering company Wood has signed a three-year agreement with Norway’s NEL Hydrogen to “unlock sustainable solutions to global energy chall…

Energy Security

Dumping 1.2m tonnes of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water into the Ocean ‘Unavoidable Issue’

The Japanese Government decided on Tuesday to release 1.2 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the No. 1 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, th…

Carbon Neutral

Heineken Targets Carbon-Neutral Value Chain by 2040

Dutch brewer Heineken NV on Thursday announced a goal to become carbon neutral in its own production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Lithium Prices Could Triple As EV Production Soars

The global market share of electric vehicles is set to rise so quickly that battery manufacturers will not be able to meet production requirements, a Rystad Ene…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Retired New Mexico Coal-Fired Plant to be Repurposed to Hydrogen

A retired coal-fired power plant in Prewitt, New Mexico is set to be converted to produce blue and green hydrogen by a new technology collaboration, Escalante H…

Coal Production

China’s ETS to Reduce Coal’s Share of Power Mix: IEA

Without tighter allocation benchmarks for coal-fired plants or the introduction of allowance auctions, the scheme could fail to encourage any significant coal-t…

Electric Car

March 2021 Car Sales In China Is More Than Total PV Sales In India In 2020

With most of the global carmakers having a strong presence in the Chinese market, we have seen some unique and extended-wheelbase models specifically developed …

Energy Storage Battery

Flux Power Launches Next Generation M24 Lithium-ion Battery Pack for End Riders & Center Riders

Flux Power Holdings, Inc., a developer of advanced lithium-ion industrial batteries for commercial and industrial equipment, today announced the launch of the n…