Energy

Smart Grid

Why Smart Power Grids Are Now Essential

Smart power grids – able to balance supply and demand – will help us make the most of renewables and should be at the heart of our energy strategy writes Euan…

Electric Car

New Crystal Battery Boasts Triple Energy Density

Global lithium-sulphur cathode technology manufacturer Theion has launched its crystal battery for all mobile applications. The new battery boasts triple energy…

Natural Gas

Russia's Gazprom Says Gas Exports to Europe via Ukraine Continue

Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it was continuing to supply natural gas to Europe via Ukraine in line with requests from European cons…

Hydrogen Production

European Hydrogen Development and Opportunities

The war in Ukraine has made the security of energy supply a top priority, increasing pressure in Europe to accelerate the transition to cleaner fuels, including…

Siemens Energy Plans Gigawatt-Scale Electrolyser Factory in Berlin

Siemens Energy AG is planning to start industrial-scale production of electrolysers for green hydrogen at a multi-gigawatt factory in Berlin next year.

Australia

Sunshot Plans 800-MWh Battery, Green Hydrogen Hub in Western Australia

Australia’s Sunshot Energy is proposing to build a new battery and green hydrogen industrial hub in Western Australia powered by renewable energy and with the …

Offshore Wind Power

U.S. Wind Energy Is Venturing Offshore

The first major offshore wind project in the U.S. is underway, decades after similar efforts in Europe. Many other U.S. proposals are now on the horizon.

Oil Price

IEA to Release New Emergency Oil Stock to Curb Market Turmoil

The International Energy Agency has said its members have agreed to release more oil from emergency reserves to offset the market turmoil caused by Russia’s wa…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Green Lights East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

The UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, has granted development consent for the East Anglia ONE North and Eas…

Wind Farm

Windin’ Capital Acquire Three Wind Farms in Chile

Windin’ Capital, an equity fund focused on the renewable energy sector, has completed the acquisition of three wind farms in the regions Biobio and la Araucani…

Electric Car

A New Moovement Towards the Electrification of Buses

Swvl and Moove partner to scale up the electrification of buses across the MENA region.

Electric Car

Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Mineral Production for Renewable Energy, EVs

Facing higher oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act this week to increase the mining of cri…

Carbon Neutral

Meta Advances Sustainability Goal with Solar Farm, Net-Zero Data Center

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it is advancing its clean energy and sustainability goals with plans for a net-zero data center in Miss…

Crude Oil

U.S. Issues Formal Notice of Record Sale of Oil From Reserve

The U.S. Energy Department formally outlined a sale of oil from emergency reserves on Friday, a day after President Joe Biden announced the largest release ever…

Natural Gas

With War in Ukraine and Threats From Putin, Europeans Anxiously Wait for Energy Rationing

European countries are facing the possibility of energy supplies being rationed, as a dispute between Moscow and the West over payments for Russian exports rage…