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Thermal Plant

China’s Carbon Neutral Push Gathers Pace as Coal-Fired Power Plants Drop Below 50% for First Time

China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, but it has committed to achieving carbon neutrality in 2060

Energy Security

Several Thermal Power Plants Restarting in Japan After Quake Shutdowns

Several thermal power plants in northeastern Japan are being restarted after shutdowns from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake offshore Fukushima on Feb.

Energy Security

Bill Gates Reveals What Caused Deadly Power Outages in Texas

On Saturday, US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the Lone Star State allowing the government to allocate more funds to help millions of people a…

Solar Cell

Perovskite Solar Cell with 21% Efficiency Includes Tech to Prevent Lead Leaks

They claim the method captures lead ions in leaks, while also increasing cell efficiency.

Crude Oil

Mexico Overhauls Its Huge Oil Hedge

Mexico’s billion-dollar oil hedge to protect next year’s revenues against oil price volatility is getting an upgrade—and the new Hacienda Hedge 2.0 is gettin…

AB Energy to Supply Technology to Evergaz Biomethane Project

The facility prevents 4965 tpy of CO2 emissions and enables the spreading of natural fertilizer on the fields of 63 local farms, covering 4500 ha.

Chile

Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Clean Hydrogen Join Forces in Chile

Aker Clean Hydrogen and Mainstream Renewable Power have signed a Letter of Intent to explore the development of green hydrogen and low-cost ammonia production i…

Joe Biden

How to Calculate the Social Cost of Carbon? Researchers Offer Roadmap in New Analysis

The Biden administration is revising the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decade-old cost-benefit metric used to inform climate policy by placing a monetary value…

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Prices to be Halved by 2025

The South Korean government has decided to lower the price of an electric vehicle by at least 10 million won by 2025.

Personnel Appointment

Global Wind Energy Council Appoints New COO to Lead Global Operations

The Global Wind Energy Council has appointed a new chief operating officer, Stewart Mullin, who previously worked as the global director of public affairs and i…

Oil Exploration

Woodside to go Ahead with Myanmar Exploration Plans Regardless of Coup

Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum believes that the military coup in Myanmar is just “a transitionary issue” and will not affect its offshore drillin…

LNG

Woodside Signs new LNG Supply Deal with Germany’s RWE

Australian independent Woodside Petroleum has signed a seven-year, 840,000 t/yr sales and purchase agreement to sell LNG to the energy trading unit of German ut…

Hydrogen Technology

Enel Green Power and Saras Partner on Green Hydrogen

Enel Green Power and Saras signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia, Italy.

Carbon Emissions

EU ‘on Track to Miss 2030 Emissions Target’

Wood Mackenzie has forecast the EU will fall short of achieving its 2030 emissions reduction target unless it accelerates wind and solar buildout.

Hydrogen Technology

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO form Hydrogen Partnership

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO have formed a new hydrogen partnership, through which they will jointly develop hydrogen energy utilisation technologies.