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Carbon Emissions

U.S. Power Sector is Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions

Concerns about climate change are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out power-sector carbon emissions.

Climate Policy

US Needs Strategic Energy Policy to Meet Aggressive Climate Goals: BNEF

The US has traditionally taken a scattered approach to energy policy, but the longer-term challenge of climate change will need more strategic measures.

Energy Investment

Chevron Invests in Offshore Wind Energy for First Time

Chevron Corp.’s venture capital arm and Moreld Ocean Wind agreed to invest in Ocergy Inc.’s development and commercialization of floating offshore wind turbin…

Crude Oil

U.S. Oil Production Still 2 Million Bpd Under Pre-Pandemic Levels

The EIA might be forecasting that the Permian Basin’s oil production will be rebounding soon, but overall, today’s U.S. oil production is still 2 million barr…

Oil Price

Crude Oil will Climb Above $70; Energy Security could Reappear on the Radar

Crude oil prices could shift higher again once the market shakes off the latest bout of coronavirus jitters

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor Gets Drilling Permit for Two Wells in Norwegian North Sea

Equinor Energy has secured approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to drill wells 35/11-25 S and 35/11-25 A in the North Sea.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…

Offshore Wind Power

PSEG Completes 25% Acquisition of Ocean Wind

Ørsted and PSEG have completed PSEG’s acquisition of a 25% equity interest in the Ocean Wind offshore wind farm.

Power Cable

Southwire Scores Cable Contract for Vineyard Wind 1

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, announced that Southwire, a …

Power Construction

IRENA and China State Grid Agree to Advance Transition Through Power System Enhancements

The International Renewable Energy Agency, and the State Grid Corporation of China, have today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two or…

OPEC

Video: List of the Members of OPEC

After making other lists on multinational organisations I decided to make a list on the countries / members that make up the oil producing multinational organis…

Nuclear waste

Video: China, ROK Concerned Over Japan's Nuclear Wastewater Disposal Plan

China, ROK Concerned Over Japan's Nuclear Wastewater Disposal Plan

China

Video: New Energy Becomes Main Electricity Source in China's Qinghai

New energy has been the main electricity source for the second consecutive month in northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is also China's first province to …

Energy Security

Will Nuclear Energy’s No-Carbon Quality Outweigh The Fukushima Accident?

The global community has witnessed Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima — nuclear accidents that have left many skeptical.

Power Construction

Belarus Disconnects Power Lines with Lithuania for Testing

Belarus has disconnected cross-border transmission lines with Lithuania as part of the ongoing tests of the reliability of the Belarusian energy system, the pre…