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Energy Transition

Google and C40 Cities Launch Carbon-Free Energy Pilot

A new programme has been announced by Google and C40, a global network of mayors taking action to confront the climate and energy crisis, to explore and integra…

Solar Power Panel

More Space Between Solar Panels Can Increase Efficiency – Study

Latest analysis from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has shown that spacing solar panels further apart can increase efficiency and improve ec…

SMR

NuScale and Prodigy Advance SMR Marine Facility Design

NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new concept design for a transportable and marine-based small modular reactor (SMR) power generating fac…

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted Unveils Massive Offshore Wind Plan in Home Waters

Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have joined forces to develop offshore wind

United States

Electrical Generation by US Renewables Grew by 17%

Electrical generation by wind increased by 22%, according to a report.

Hydrogen Project

UK Trial Will Inject Hydrogen Into a Gas-Fired, Grid-Connected Power Station

The hydrogen will be injected by Centrica Business Solutions into a gas-peaking plant in Lincolnshire, east England.

Net Zero Emission

Emissions Reductions Pledges ‘Nowhere Near’ What’s Needed, Un Says

The analysis comes ahead of next month’s COP27 climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Energy Transition

Malaysia’s TNB to Develop 2,100MW Combined Cycle Power Plant

This is scheduled to be in operation in 2031.

Rolls-Royce Releases MTU Engines for Use With Sustainable Fuels

Rolls-Royce has approved mtu engines for use with sustainable fuels, a move expected to help make the company’s construction, industrial, agricultural and mini…

Solar Cell

Nanotech Breakthrough Sets World Record for Solar Cell Efficiency

In a new Nature Nanotechnology paper, scientists say they’ve cleared 31% efficiency in solar cells.

NASA Instrument Detects Dozens of Methane Super-Emitters From Space

An orbital NASA instrument designed mainly to advance studies of airborne dust and its effects on climate change has proven adept at another key Earth-science f…

Egypt

Egypt Oil Min Says Framework Agreement in Place on Gaza Marine Field

Egypt's petroleum minister confirmed on Tuesday a framework agreement had been reached to develop the Gaza Marine gas field offshore Gaza and talks were under w…

LNG

Italy Commissioner Oks New LNG Terminal in Piombino

A state-appointed commissioner on Tuesday formally approved the set up of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Italian port of Piombino, on the wes…

Europe’s Energy Crisis Heaps Pain on Heavy Industry

Makers of metals, chemicals and gases said on Tuesday that the outlook for the final months of the year had worsened as concerns intensify that a surge in energ…

Wind Turbine

Chinese Wind Turbines Fuel Thailand’s Green Transition

In Thailand’s northeastern Chaiyaphum province, several 120-meter-high wind turbines tower over picturesque hills while delivering clean energy into the local …