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Electricity Transmission

US DOE Launches $2.5B Fund to Upgrade and Build New Transmission Lines

​The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on May 10 issued a joint notice of information (NOI) and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholde…

Solar Cell

Solar PV to Lead over 8% Addtional RE Capacity in 2022: IEA

Global renewable energy installations are expected to reach around 300GW.

LNG

India Looks to Import More LNG amid Rising Demand

Gas demand from households in cities and from the transportation sector in India is currently outpacing supply.

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Power Remains Key Sector for MHI

There is renewed interest in nuclear power from a decarbonisation and energy security perspective, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said while announcing progr…

Distributed energy

Schneider Electric Scoops up DERMS Provider AutoGrid

Distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) provider AutoGrid said on May 11 that it has been acquired by Schneider Electric.

Wind Turbine

Here’s How 140 of the World’s Top Wind Power Experts See its Future

Turbines will continue to grow larger, costs will significantly decline, and wind power development projects will more frequently be paired with batteries or hy…

Net Zero Emission

Current Carbon Developments Would Lock in Unsustainable Future

An investigation has found that the pace of fossil fuel developments still exceeds necessary decarbonisation.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Cylindrical Models Expected to Emerge as Mainstream in EV Battery Market

An increasing number of automakers are focusing on cylindrical electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and the examples include BMW.

Crude Oil

More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads to Europe

Europe is set to receive more cargoes of U.S. crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as the European Union discusses an oil embargo on Russia and look…

Blue-Green Algae Powers Microprocessor for over a Year

A microprocessor has been continuously powered for a year by the electric current generated by blue-green algae during photosynthesis.

Energy Transition

New Partnership to Boost Sustainable Hydropower in Commonwealth Countries

The Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Hydropower Association (IHA) are teaming up to advance sustainable hydropower in member countries, in line wi…

Tidal Energy

First Floating Tidal Power Delivered to Nova Scotia Grid

Ocean energy developer Sustainable Marine has delivered the first floating in-stream tidal power to Nova Scotia’s grid by harnessing the currents in Canada’s …

Crude Oil

Shell Agrees to Sell its Russian Petrol Stations

LUKOIL will buy Shell’s Russian retail and lubricants businesses

Oil & Gas Supply

Europe Eyes Gas-Rich African Nations for New Supplies, Rystad Says

Africa is conservatively forecast to reach peak gas production at 470 billion cubic meters (Bcm) by the late 2030s, equivalent to about 75 per cent of the expec…

Floating Solar Project

DNV to Create Floating Solar Standards

DNV estimates that the potential global capacity for deploying floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) power is currently approximately 4 TW and installed capacity wi…