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Natural Gas

Gas Power Outlook: Volatility and Viability

Natural gas generation’s future hinges on a precarious and exceptionally volatile set of issues that the conflict in Ukraine intensified.

Oil Price

Biden’s Top Economic Advisor Says Restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline Now Won’t Lower Oil Prices

President Joe Biden’s top economic advisor suggested Friday the White House is not rethinking its decision to cancel the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline…

Electric Car

Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Mineral Production for Renewable Energy, EVs

Facing higher oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden will invoke the Defense Production Act this week to increase the mining of cri…

Carbon Neutral

Meta Advances Sustainability Goal with Solar Farm, Net-Zero Data Center

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it is advancing its clean energy and sustainability goals with plans for a net-zero data center in Miss…

Solar Power Panel

Enel to Create 3-GW Solar Factory in Italy with EU Backing

The renewables arm of Italian utility Enel SpA said Friday that its 3Sun solar panel factory in Catania, Sicily, will become a 3-GW-per-year facility after sign…

Crude Oil

U.S. Issues Formal Notice of Record Sale of Oil From Reserve

The U.S. Energy Department formally outlined a sale of oil from emergency reserves on Friday, a day after President Joe Biden announced the largest release ever…

Geothermal Power Plant

83.3MW Olkaria I Unit 6 Geothermal Plant Ready to Be Connected to the Grid

The Kenya Electricity Generating Company Plc (KenGen) has completed construction on its 83.3MW Olkaria I Additional Unit 6 geothermal power plant and plans to c…

Carbon Emissions

'Methane matters': New Action Plan Offers Quick and Cost-Effective Routes to Cutting Global Emissions

Coalition of campaign groups present wide-ranging plan to help countries meet and exceed the cuts the promised to make through the Global Methane Pledge.

Hydropower Plant

The Impact of Drought on Western US Hydroelectric Generation in 2021

The historic drought that affected much of the western U.S. in 2021 had varying effects depending on region, with the overall result being reduced water supply …

Natural Gas

With War in Ukraine and Threats From Putin, Europeans Anxiously Wait for Energy Rationing

European countries are facing the possibility of energy supplies being rationed, as a dispute between Moscow and the West over payments for Russian exports rage…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s Coal Conundrum: Economy, Climate at Odds

Coal has long been a lifeblood for Australia. The country is the world’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal used to make steel, and it’s the second-larges…

Offshore Wind Power

Norway Setting Strategy for Offshore Wind

Offshore wind is big business in the North Sea, with dozens of wind power installations commissioned in the region over the past two decades.

Geothermal Power Plant

Iceland Offers Case Study of Geothermal’s Powerful Potential

As more countries plan on achieving a green energy transition, Iceland offers guidance on how to effectively harness the power of geothermal.

Hydrogen Storage

GTI Advancing Next-Generation Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will allow research organization GTI and its partners to proceed to the next phase of a hydrogen project.

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Projects Might Rough-Sail in Asia: Report

Hydropower projects in Asia might rough-sail as environmental and social opposition, and financial concerns pose a challenge to the industry, Fitch Solutions re…