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Oil Price

India Mulls Easing Its Windfall Tax as Oil Prices Fall

With oil prices falling on recession fears, India is taking another look at its windfall tax on oil companies, anonymous Bloomberg sources close to the matter s…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Panasonic to Build $4BN Battery Factory in US

Panasonic will supply batteries to US EV manufacturers from its Kansas site.

Net Zero Emission

Shell Invests Heavily in Low-Carbon and Recycled Materials

Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk is transitioning to low-carbon and recycled products and targeting production of hydrogen from residual gases

Photon Energy Breaks Ground on Romanian Solar Projects

Photon Energy N.V. has announced that it has broken ground on the construction of its second Romanian photovoltaic (PV) power plant, which will have a generatio…

Hydrogen Project

HyCC Launches 500 MW Hydrogen Project

Hydrogen company HyCC has launched H2era to construct a 500 MW green hydrogen plant in the Amsterdam port area, the Netherlands.

Cryptominer Taps Underutilised Nuclear Energy on Georgia Grid

EZ Blockchain specialised in using otherwise wasted energy for crypto mining is expanding its data centre capacity in West Point, Georgia, USA.

Carbon Emissions

Will the UK Need 600 Years to Hit Its 2050 Heat Pump Target?

The UK had the worst heat pump installation rate last year, according to a report

United States

US Records a Boom in All-Electric Homes

Over a quarter of all US households are all-electric, new study finds

Renewable Power Remains Most Affordable Amid Energy Crisis

Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs.

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion – A Magnet for Investors

Investment into commercial fusion has grown significantly over the past 12 months, coupled with growing confidence about the timescales in which fusion power wi…

Hydropower Plant

New 180MW Hydropower Plant Powered Up in India

The run-of-the-river Bajoli Holi Hydropower Plant, built on the river Ravi in the Chamba District, supplies electricity to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International …

Singapore

Singapore Container Port Uses 2MWH Battery System to Increase Energy Efficiency

A large-scale battery system has been installed in Singapore as part of a project to increase energy efficiency at and reduce emissions from the country’s seap…

Australia

Hybrid Wind-Solar-Battery Renewable Power Plants Progress in Australia and the UK

Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia, while another has been announc…

Cost-Competitive Renewables Save $55B in Global Energy Generation in 2022

Electricity costs from wind and solar power declined in 2021.

Singapore

Singapore’s First Energy Storage System Deployed at Pasir Panjang Terminal

It has a 2MW/2MWh capacity and is set to operate in Q3 2022.