Energy

Smart Grid

Smart Grids Continue to Advance Globally

SP Group’s annual Smart Grid Index indicates that grids are getting both smarter and greener in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Coal Mine

Balkan States Say Supply Security more Pressing than Ditching Coal

A surge in power costs and concerns about reliance on Russian energy have prompted Balkan utilities to reassess plans to shut down coal-fired power plants, desp…

Thermal Coal

India Looks to Russia to Solve the Energy Crisis Moscow Created

​Can Russia rescue India from the high energy prices caused by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine?

Electric Car

Tesla Raises Prices of EVs as Supply Chain Worsens

The crisis in Russia and Ukraine has led to key materials in EV production rising by up to 250%.

SMR

Ukraine, Climate, SMRs: EU and IAEA Nuclear Talks

The eighth European Union-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Senior Officials Meeting discussed opportunities to deepen cooperation in a range of areas, …

Nuclear Reactor

Newcleo, ENEA to Cooperate on Advanced Reactors

UK-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo has signed a framework agreement with ENEA - the Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustaina…

Electric Car

China: BYD Follows In Tesla Footsteps By Raising Car Prices

Tesla's recent price increases attracted a lot of attention, but the rises are not exclusive to Tesla.

Electric Car

Volkswagen to Launch all-Electric Mid-Size Sedan in 2023

Hot on the heels of the ID.Buzz electric microbus debut, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has let drop that the German carmaker will launch a new mid-sized electric…

Record-Breaking Hydrogen Electrolyzer Claims 95% Efficiency

A kilogram of hydrogen holds 39.4 kWh of energy, but typically costs around 52.5 kWh of energy to create via current commercial electrolyzers. Australian compan…

Coal Mine

US Coal Exports Increase 23% Between 2020 and 2021

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2021, coal exports from the US increased by 23% to 85 million short t from 69 million short t in…

Oil & Gas Supply

Uganda’s Oil and Gas Prospects Expected to Improve in 2025

Increased sanctioning activity in African energy has resulted in growth in cumulative expenditure of $23 billion by 2025, according to the African Energy Chambe…

EU

EU Can Tap Geothermal Potential to Cut Russian Gas - EGEC

EGEC has calculated that the EU can reduce its use of Russian gas by 3 billion cubic metres (bcm) this year with the help of geothermal district heating and coo…

Natural Gas

QatarEnergy Kicks-off Operations at Key Barzan Gas Plant

QatarEnergy has kicked-off operations from its Barzan gas plant in the Ras Laffan Industrial City, to handle production from its giant North Field development.

Hydropower Plant

GE Renewable Energy to Refurbish Generators at Swiss Hydropower Plant

GE Hydro Solutions has signed a contract with plant operator HYDRO Exploitation SA to refurbish two 120 MVA vertical synchronous generators at the Bitsch power …

Wind Turbine

Wind Turbines Can Breathe New Life into Warming Seas

Offshore wind is set to move further and further from shore, as demand for renewable energy grows and new floating turbine technology makes deep-water expansion…