Energy

United States

U.S. Power Use to Hit Record in 2022 on Economic Growth, Hotter Weather -EIA

U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 because of increasing economic activity and hotter summer weather, the U.S. Energy Information Adminis…

CCS

Denmark Awards First CO2 Storage Permit

The Danish Energy Agency has granted the first-ever permit for a CO2 storage project in Denmark. The project includes the injection and storage of up to 15,000 …

Pumped Storage

‘Geomechanical Pumped Storage’ Startup Quidnet Gets Us$10 Million ARPA-E Funding

Quidnet, a company developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, has been selected to receive funding from the US Advanced Research Projects Ag…

Energy Storage Project

KBR to Design Offshore Energy Storage for Crosswind

KBR has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture (JV) between Shell and Ene…

Romania

MET Group Enters Romanian Renewables Market

Swiss-based European energy company, MET Group, has announced its entry into the Romanian renewables market, with the acquisition of a 100% stake in a solar pro…

Energy Investment

North Star Raises £140 Million Investment to Build Next Wave of Renewables Fleet

North Star has secured a £140 million financing package to support the next phase of its offshore wind growth plan as it looks to broaden its position as the U…

Electric Car

Prices of EVs Could Rise by 10% In 2024

That’s the warning from carmakers, after EU rules on manufacturing are set to change in two years.

United States

Methane Production Increases at a Faster Rate in Response to Ecosystem Warming

Scientists working at the ongoing Department of Energy's (DOE) Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experiment use the site's nort…

Petrofac Selected by Shell for EPS Services on Omani Project

EPS services provider will undertake three contracts including a five-year EPS contract for Shell’s Block-10 Mabrouk Phase 2 Project.

Net Zero Emission

Global Renewable Power Capacity Growth Set to Double by 2027, IEA Says

Energy crisis a 'historical turning point' towards cleaner energy, IEA's executive director Fatih Birol says.

Electric Car

Amsterdam Smart Charge Trial Illustrates Potential of Flexible Charging

Results from an electric vehicle (EV) charging trial – which used a flexible charging speed at public charging points for electric cars in Amsterdam, the Nethe…

Denmark

ØRsted and Skovgaard Energy Team up on Power-to-X Facility in Denmark

Ørsted and Skovgaard Energy, a Danish renewable energy developer, have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a Power-to-X facility in Denmark.

Energy Storage Battery

Balance Power Adds More Capacity to UK’s Battery Storage Pipeline

Energy developer Balance Power has announced the approval of its latest 49.5MW battery storage project in St Austell, Cornwall, UK.

Solar Technology

U.S. Will Consider New Priority Areas for Solar Energy on Public Lands

The Biden administration on Monday said it would begin a process to identify new areas for solar development in the Western United States to ramp up permitting …

ADNOC, Petronas Sign Abu Dhabi Unconventional Oil Resources Deal

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) on Monday signed a deal awarding the first concession in the Middle E…