Fuels

Wind and Solar Not Meeting Rising Global Electricity Demand

While the fastest-growing source of electricity is clean power, wind and solar generation are not growing fast enough to meet the rise in global electricity dem…

Industrial Biomass: Is It a Mass Movement?

Biomass is one contender for replacing fossil fuels, but questions over its suitability, and the sustainability of its source, remain.

Electric Car

Saudi Aramco Partners with Hyundai Motor to Develop Advanced Fuels for Hybrid Vehicles

Saudi Aramco is teaming up with Hyundai Motor and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to jointly research and develop advanced fuels for an "ultr…

LNG

EU Seeks Answers to Energy Supply Crunch, U.S. LNG Deal

EU leaders are expected to agree at a two-day summit starting on Thursday to jointly buy gas, as they seek to cut reliance on Russian fuels and build a buffer a…

Wind Power Project

Netherlands Doubles Wind Energy Targets for 2030

The Dutch government on Friday doubled its forecasts for offshore wind power generation in the country by 2030 as the Netherlands seeks to curb its reliance on …

Hydrogen Transport

Making Hydrogen Transportation Commercially Viable

Hydrogen is a clean fuel that gives off water instead of carbon emissions when burnt, offering a sustainable alternative to conventionally used fossil fuels.

Energy Transition

As EU Leaders Split on Russian Energy Sanctions, Commission Moots 5-year Plan

The European Commission is drawing up plans for the EU to stop importing Russian fossil fuels by 2027, as national leaders disagree on the pace of a pivot to ot…

Energy Transition

At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and grim climate reports changed the conversation, but not the industry’s assertion that it will remain a critical part of the gl…

Crude Oil

What the Bans on Russian Fossil Fuels Actually Mean

Prices are up—but so is the pressure to switch to electric everything.

South Korea

Generating Carbon-Free Fuels

A metal foam could underpin a low-cost method for generating carbon-free fuels, researchers from KAUST have shown.

Investigating an Innovative Solution for Thermal Energy Storage

A PCM's ability to absorb and release energy has recently attracted more attention because of society's shift from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources…

Crude Oil

EU Leaders Tackle Escape Route From Russian Fossil Fuels

European Union leaders will tackle ways to wean themselves off Russian fossil fuels on Thursday and debate how quickly to ditch their key supplier.

Hydrogen Production

EU Draws out Plan to Increase Hydrogen Production to Replace Russian Fossil Fuels and Gas Dependency

The European Commission has revealed on March 8 a brand-new plan in which to phase out dependency on Russian gas and fossil fuels with hydrogen a key aspect of …

Ukraine Crisis Has Rewired Thinking on Future of Energy for Europe

Effects of sanctions, informal bans, war disruption and Russian counter-measures risks supplies of fossil fuels, fertilisers, food, aluminium, metals used in ba…

Net Zero Emission

Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Should Not Mean the End of Fossil Fuels – Natural Gas and LNG Must Be Part of the Energy Future

Too often, policymakers want to talk about issues in terms of black and white. In energy and climate policy, that tends to lead to the “renewables vs. fossil f…