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United Kingdom

Get Back on the Bus: Government Unveils Plans to Boost Uk’s Bus Sector

Latest initiatives include new drive to support skills across the bus industry and a £3m investment in a new electric bus fleet in LeicesterTravelling by …

Solar Power Panel

SEG Solar Acquires Houston Manufacturing Facility for Solar Module Assembly Plans

SEG Solar says it has acquired a building in Houston, Texas, for its planned 2-GW solar module assembly factory. The site consists of 145,000 sq. ft of manufact…

Energy Technology

A Fresh Start for Concentrated Solar Power?

SolarReserves Crescent Dunes CSP Project, near Tonopah, Nevada, has an electricity generating capacity of 110 MW. Photo from SolarReserveEpisode 40 of the Facto…

Carbon Emissions

‘Epidemic of Climate Anxiety’: Woodland Trust Warns Nature Loss Is Impacting Mental Health

The conservation charity has commissioned new research which demonstrates younger generation is increasingly worried about climate change and has limited access…

Hydrogen Production

Budweiser and Protium Start Planning Green Hydrogen Future for Samlesbury Brewery

The goal is to decarbonize the location and save as much as 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.Budweiser and Protium have announced their intentions to deepl…

Net Zero Emission

Schneider Electric Launches Enhanced Energy Management Solutions for Sustainable, Net-Zero Buildings

The enhanced solutions for hotels and enterprise buildings will improve access to real-time data that is essential to making smarter energy-management decisions…

Energy Storage System

Jurong Island Ess Advances Singapore’s Ambitions for Energy Storage

DNV played a key role in commissioning South-East Asia’s largest energy storage system (ESS) as technical advisor.DNV’s testing and evaluation suppo…

Carbon capture

SUBSEA7 Begins Pipe Spooling for Northern Lights CCS Project

A Subsea7 pipelay vessel has begun pipe spooling for the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project being developed in Norway.The vessel Seven Oce…

Hydrogen Production

Green Hydrogen: How Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting May Become Competitive

Hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water, ideally with solar cells or wind power providing the electrical energy required. This "green" hydrogen is exp…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Japanese Firm Taking Over Country’s Only Offshore Drilling Contractor to Fortify Its Oil & Gas Business

Hakuryu-11 jack-up rig; Source: JDCJapan’s oil and gas player JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation is in the process of acquiring the country&rsquo…

Energy Saving

Report: Over a Million Households Affected by ‘Extreme Fuel Poverty'

Friends of the Earth calls for a street-by-street insulation program for the most in-need neighbourhoods, after new study reveals huge extent of 'extreme…

Oil & Gas Trade

Venezuelan Oil Minister Resigns on Investigation

Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami offered his resignation after three years in the post in the wake of a corruption investigation into state-owned …

Oil & Gas Trade

IMF: Libya’s Economy Will Depend on Oil and Gas Production for the Foreseeable Future

The country faces the challenge of reducing its reliance on hydrocarbons, while fostering stronger and more inclusive private sector-led growth, lender says

Net Zero Emission

‘Muddled Waters’: Mps Urge Government to Revamp Clean Maritime Plan

Transport Committee warns the UK could miss its net zero targets unless efforts to decarbonise the shipping industry accelerateThe government is being called on…

China

El Salvador Sets Sights on Joining the ‘Nuclear Power Club’

El Salvador is taking steps to add nuclear power to the country’s energy mix, as the nation of about 6.5 million people looks to diversify its electric po…