Fuel

CCS

Capturing CO2 and Repurposing It Into Neutral Chemicals

A new study performed by the University of Surrey has shown that Carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the encircling atmosphere and reprocessed into benefi…

Natural Gas

Canada's Ontario to Extend Gas, Fuel Tax Cut for a Year

The Ontario government said on Sunday it will extend a fuel and gas tax cut first introduced last spring by another year to help residents cope with high inflat…

Canada

Canada, Nigeria Target Oil and Gas Methane Emissions With New Laws

Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle the potent greenhouse gas methane with laws to rein in emissions in the foss…

United States

U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Launches Carbon Offset Plan

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday announced the creation of a carbon offset plan meant to help developing countries speed their transition away from fo…

Carbon Emissions

S&P Global to Launch Carbon Intensity Assessments for Diesel, Gasoline and Jet Fuel

S&P Global Commodity Insights said on Wednesday it would launch the first carbon intensity assessments and daily carbon offset premiums for transportation fuels…

Net Zero Emission

The Biofuel Boom Needs Greater Oversight

Biofuel has incredible potential to reduce the world’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Carbon Emissions

U.S. and EU to Crack down on Fossil Fuel Sector’s Methane Emissions

The United States and the European Union will unveil an agreement targeting methane emissions within the fossil fuel industry.

Electric Car

Autos Giant Renault Is Betting the Market for Gasoline Cars Will Continue to Grow

Renault’s focus on the internal combustion engine comes at a time when some big economies are looking to move away from vehicles that use fossil fuels.

Ammonia

ABS Green-Lights Cosco’s Ammonia-Fueled Vessel Design

COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co. and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology have won two approvals in principle from ABS classification society for their amm…

COP27: $1bn Signed for Grid-Based Projects ‘in Asia and Beyond’

A strategic investment partnership will see AIIB and GEAPP mobilise up to $1 billion and identify co-financing opportunities for projects and programs of common…

United States

Chevron and JERA Jointly Pursue Lower-Carbon Solutions in the US and Asia Pacific

Chevron New Energies, Chevron’s unit focusing on low-carbon fuels, and Japanese energy giant JERA have agreed to collaborate on multiple lower-carbon opportuni…

Energy Transition

Panama, Uruguay, and Norway Join Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative at COP27

The governments of Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hubs Initiative, a worldwide cross-sector initiative aimed at catalyzin…

Net Zero Emission

Shell Signs ‘Large’ Cellulosic Ethanol Deal With Raízen Amid Growing Sustainable Fuel Demand

Energy giant Shell has entered into a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-crane cellulosic ethanol in a bi…

United States

U.S. EPA Allowed Two-Week Extension to Issue Biofuel Blending Proposal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a biofuels trade groups have agreed to extend by two weeks a deadline the agency has to issue a proposal on 2…

Nuclear Power Plant

France Headed for Winter Blackouts as EDF Cuts Nuclear Output Forecast

France is staring down a serious risk of blackouts this winter, with French utility EDF lowering its nuclear power output forecast for this year to 275-285 tera…