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Oil Refinery

France Struggles with Refinery Strikes, but Not Planning Petrol Rationing

More than a fifth of France's service stations were grappling with supply problems on Saturday as strikes at refineries run by oil majors TotalEnergies and Exxo…

Oil&Gas Drilling

UK Launches Licensing Round for New Oil and Gas Projects

Nearly 898 blocks and part blocks could potentially be developed under the new awarded licenses

Smart Grid

Iberdrola Inks €220M Top-Up Loan with EU Bank for Smart Grids in Spain

The loan increase, which brings the total to around €820m, will support the development, modernisation and digitalisation of Iberdrola’s electricity distribut…

Energy Storage System

Netherlands Commissions Country’s Largest Energy Storage System

An energy storage system (ESS) co-located with solar and wind power assets is now online at a research center in the Netherlands.

United States

GE Will Cut 20% of U.S. Onshore Wind Workforce

General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business.

Electric Car

Nighttime Charging of EVs May Overburden the Grid

As EVs proliferate, charging habits might have to change

Turkey

Turkiye’s Cheapest Tomato Is Produced with Geothermal Energy

In Erzurum, one of Turkiye's coldest provinces, the country's cheapest cluster tomatoes are produced with geothermal energy.

SMR

US, Canadian Regulators Further SMR Collaboration

The charter agreement on advanced reactor and small modular reactor (SMR) technologies formally establishes the collaborative relationship between the Canadian …

Nuclear Power Plant

British, French Leaders in Support of Sizewell C

The UK's Prime Minister Liz Truss and France's President Emmanuel Macron have both expressed their support for the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power …

Wind Farm

BP to Triple Offshore Wind Farm Workforce as It Seeks to Reach Green Goals

Oil major aims to reach about 800 employees in the business unit next year

Solar Power Panel

Tindo Solar and UNSW Develop Australian AgriPV Solar Panels

Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer, Tindo Solar, and the University of NSW have agreed to work together to develop a world-leading agriPV solar panel th…

Electric Car

Volvo’s First Bi-Directional EV Brings the Customer to the Grid

The upcoming fully electric Volvo EX90 will be the first Volvo car to be hardware-ready for bi-directional charging capabilities, alleviating the grid of unnece…

Carbon Emissions

New CO2 Conversion Technology Helps Fight Against Climate Change

By transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valued chemicals at affordable prices on an industrial scale, a new technology developed at the Univer…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Bids for Offshore Wind Seabed Permit in Poland

Poland is going ahead with its offshore wind build-out programme by starting a competitive process for an offshore wind seabed permit within 53.E1 area in the P…

Nuclear Power Plant

France Considers Boosting Uranium Enrichment Capacity To Cut Reliance On Russia

France is looking to boost its capacity for uranium enrichment to help itself and its allies reduce reliance on Russia.