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Natural Gas

Energean Begins Tests at Disputed Israel-Lebanon Border Gasfield

Lebanon and Israel have engaged in on-off indirect talks since 2020 to delineate their Mediterranean border

Natural Gas

German Gas Commission Wants One-off Payment Now, Price Break Next Year

Germany's expert commission charged with drawing up plans to ease the impact of soaring gas prices on consumers favors a one-off payment this year and a price b…

France

TotalEnergies Accelerates Refinery Wage Talks as Fuel Supply Shrinks

Wage talks had been scheduled for mid-November

France

TotalEnergies Says It Is Ready to Hold Wage Talks in October

French energy group TotalEnergies on Sunday proposed annual wage negotiations to start this month, subject to the end of industrial action that continues to res…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South African State Utility Reinstates Rolling Power Cuts from Monday

South African state utility Eskom said on Sunday it would resume rolling power cuts from Monday till Wednesday during night-time to attend to unplanned breakdow…

China

China Now Has 30 Concentrated Solar Power Projects with Thermal Energy Storage Underway

The development of Concentrated Solar Power is entering into a fast track in 2022 here in China.

Energy Storage Battery

The World Desperately Needs to Invest More in Battery Storage

Over the past year, energy companies have been steadily planning for the development of battery storage facilities, to support their renewable energy operations…

Wind Turbine

Goldwind Will Supply 111 Wind Turbines to the Wind power in Uzbekistan

Goldwind has secured a new deal with Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company to supply 111 units of GW155-4.5MW turbines, which is the largest of its kind in Uz…

Wind Turbine

Xinjiang’s Largest Wind Turbine Lifted into Place

A 6.7-megawatt wind turbine was lifted into its place in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday, with electrical lines commencing inst…

OPEC

Oil Jumps 4% to 5-Week High Lifted by OPEC+ Output Cut

Oil prices jumped about 4% to a five-week high on Friday, lifted again by an OPEC+ decision this week to make its largest supply cut since 2020 despite concern …

Energy Storage System

Netherlands Commissions Country’s Largest Energy Storage System

An energy storage system (ESS) co-located with solar and wind power assets is now online at a research center in the Netherlands.

United States

GE Will Cut 20% of U.S. Onshore Wind Workforce

General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business.

Electric Car

Nighttime Charging of EVs May Overburden the Grid

As EVs proliferate, charging habits might have to change

Turkey

Turkiye’s Cheapest Tomato Is Produced with Geothermal Energy

In Erzurum, one of Turkiye's coldest provinces, the country's cheapest cluster tomatoes are produced with geothermal energy.

Carbon Emissions

Companies Are Not Reporting Financial Risks of Emissions, US Study Finds

No company disclosed all the information recommended by Climate Action 100+ to get the world’s biggest polluters to address climate change