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Oil & Gas Supply

Switch From Gas Boosts Oil Demand, but Economic Headwinds Loom - IEA

Sweltering summer temperatures and soaring gas prices have boosted the use of oil in power generation, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday, i…

Nuclear waste

Deep Isolation Licenses Disposal Technology to Amentum

Deep Isolation has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with technical and engineering services provider Amentum to cooperate on the commercialisation of Deep Isola…

Nuclear Reactor

Chinese Molten-Salt Reactor Cleared for Start Up

The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) - part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - has been given approval by the Ministry of Ecology and Envir…

Oil Price

Oil Edges Lower as Supply Disruption Concerns Ease

Oil prices slipped in Asia on Thursday after gaining more than $1 in the previous session, as concerns over supply disruptions eased and markets looked for evid…

Nuclear Power Plant

French Nuclear Giant Sues Government for $8 Billion

French nuclear giant EDF, forced to sell power to competitors below market value, is now suing the French government for over $8 billion in compensation.

Wave Energy

Marine Power Systems to Test Wave Energy Technology at Emec

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed up to demonstrate a multi-megawatt wave energy array at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

Thermal Plant

Australian Startup Wins Funding for Novel Thermal Storage Tech

Australian clean energy company, MGA Thermal has been awarded AUS$1.27 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to scale up its thermal energ…

Germany

Critical Coal Barges at Deadlock as Rhine Is Set to Be “Impassable” by Friday

Shallow water across the river could reportedly mean that energy products remain undelivered.

Japan

GlobalData: Japan to Nearly Achieve 2030 Renewable Power Generation Target

Japan is focusing on the rapid development of renewable energy to fill the void created by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.

Net Zero Emission

Ørsted Extends Its 100% Renewable Electricity Target to All Suppliers

Ørsted has set a clear expectation towards all suppliers to use 100 % renewable electricity by 2025, becoming the first energy company in the world to do so.

Solar Power Plant

Iberdrola Starts up ‘Francisco Pizarro’, the Largest Photovoltaic Plant in Europe

The plant will produce enough clean energy to power more than 334,000 homes and prevent the emission of 150,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Smart Meter

Atlantic City Electric Set to Upgrade 565,000 Smart Meters

Atlantic City Electric will start the broad installation of new smart meters for its nearly 565,000 customers beginning in September 2022, and continuing throug…

Electric Car

Berkeley Lab Offers a Brief on EV Retail Rate Design Basics

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption has increased significantly over the past several years, with 640,000 EVs sold in the US in 2021, more than double the number sol…

Geothermal Power Plant

With Its Geothermal Plans Local Utilities in Germany Eye Lithium Extraction

As part of their geothermal heating development plans, two local utilities in Germany's Upper-Rhine region have also secured a Lithium exploration permit.

LNG

Centrica Strikes £7BN LNG Deal

The agreement will allow the company to purchase one million tonnes of LNG every year