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Natural Gas

German Energy Market Would Collapse Without Gas Levy - Habeck

Germany had to introduce its new levy to help utilities cover the cost of replacing Russian supplies or else its energy market would collapse, Economy Minister …

Oil Field

Norway’s Climate Choice: Old Oil, Gas Fields Switch to Green Power or Close Early

Norway will have to phase out some of its old oil and gas fields prematurely to achieve its 2030 climate goals, unless it can use carbon-free power on more offs…

CCS

Oil Industry Gears up to Tap U.S. Climate Bill for Carbon Capture Projects

Tax credits in the $430 billion U.S. climate and tax bill set to be signed into law this week will kickstart carbon sequestration projects, say oil and gas prop…

Electric Car

U.S. States Urge Postal Service to Halt Gas Vehicle Purchases

A group of 17 state attorneys general urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to halt planned purchases of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles pending a new environ…

Crude Oil

Switzerland Considers Switching to Oil for Power Plants

Amid a looming energy crisis, Switzerland could turn to oil for electricity production in the winter in case of an emergency, Swiss Energy Minister Simonetta So…

Natural Gas

Heatwave Sends European Gas Prices Higher

Europe’s benchmark gas prices at the Dutch TTF hub increased by 2% to $215.50 per MWh on Monday.

Natural Gas

German Households Will Foot the Bill for New Gas Tax

A new natural gas tax designed to keep importers afloat amid an energy crisis prompted by the war in Ukraine is set to cost German families, who will have to fo…

Nuclear Power Plant

California Might Keep One Nuclear Plant Open

Anticipating electricity supply shortages well into 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed allowing the state’s last-remaining nuclear power plant…

Offshore Wind Power

Change Is Coming to the Offshore Wind Towers Sector

Ambition, demand and tower sizes are all scaling up in the offshore wind arena

Wind Farm

Wind Energy in Brazil Has 22 GW and 9,294 Wind Turbines

In July 2022, wind energy in Brazil reached the mark of 22 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity, enough to supply 28.8 million homes per month. This is equivale…

Energy Transition

American Clean Power Week 2022 Kicks Off

During a time of historic legislative action that will turbocharge the domestic clean power industry, the American Clean Power Association today kicked off Amer…

Wind Turbine

Optimizing the Energy Output of Wind Farms

Wind energy has provided society with basic power needs for centuries, from harnessing the wind to propel boats as early as 5000 BC to driving irrigation pumps …

Nuclear Technology

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Raises $750 Million for Advanced Nuclear Technologies

TerraPower, one of the companies racing to build a small modular reactor (SMR), announced it raised $750 million.

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL Announces Second European Battery Plant in Hungary

CATL is to build a new battery plant in Hungary. €7.34bn plant will be built in Debrecen and will supply both cells and modules to European automakers

Hydropower Plant

Smart Tools to Enhance the Flexibility of Hydropower Turbines in the US

A team of GE Research engineers has been awarded a project through US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office to improve the operating capacity …