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Energy Storage Battery

UC San Diego Launches Study on Recycling EV Batteries Into Energy Storage

Cumminson Tuesday announced a multiyear partnership with the University of California (UC) San Diego and its battery validation lab to analyze viable business a…

A New Technology To Turn Methane-Emitting Biomass Waste into “Biochar”

Biochar is a stable form of carbon, made from woody materials in a heat and oxygen-deprived system. Conventionally, biochar has been made as a small residue of …

Wind Turbine

Solar, Wind Power Boosted German Electricity Generation This Summer

This summer, the sun and wind boosted the generation of electricity from renewable energies in Germany, according to calculations by the Fraunhofer Institute fo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Tokyo Electric Power, Chubu,Hitachi,Toshiba Cooperate on Nuclear Plant Businesses

Tokyo Electric Power, (9501.T) Chubu Electric Power, (9502.T) Hitachi (6501.T) and Toshiba (6502.T) have agreed to consider cooperating on their nuclear plant …

Distributed Solar

Total Launched Its Thousandth Service Station Powered by Solar Energy

The energy firm has plans to solarise some 5,000 service stations in 57 countries by installing solar panels at 1,000 service stations per annum.

Crude

Kenya Exports Its First-Ever Barrel of Oil to China

Kenya exported its first-ever batch of crude oil Monday, with President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring the shipment of 200,000 barrels a "special moment" in the count…

Oil & Gas Trade

BP to Exit Alaska in $5.6 Billion Deal with Hilcorp

British oil major BP Plc (BP.L) on Tuesday agreed to sell all its Alaskan properties for $5.6 billion to privately held Hilcorp Energy Co, exiting a region wher…

Scotland will Power Ferries with Green Hydrogen Power

Ferries serving the Western Isles and West Coast of Scotland could soon be powered by hydrogen generated from onshore island wind power, according to a newly pu…

South Korea Plans to Cut Its Primary Energy Consumption By 14% By 2030

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea has unveiled plans to cut its primary energy consumption by 14% by 2030, which could help the country …

Solar Power Plant

China's Year-Long Solar Policy Hiatus Crippled Utility-Scale Solar

China added 11.4GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by the country's National Energy Administration.

Green Hydrogen is the Ideal Alternative to Fossil Fuels

The pioneering work is known in Bremerhaven. In offshore wind energy Bremerhaven has developed comprehensive competences including internationally recognized re…

Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Pipeline Vandalism In Nigeria Soars 77%

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Sunday that it had seen a 77-percent jump in the number of cases of oil and fuel pipeline vandalism o…

Thermal Fuel

Trump Administration Considers Boost to Biofuel Mandates to Ease Farmer Anger

The Trump administration is considering ramping up biofuel blending quotas in the coming years to assuage anger in the Farm Belt over its recent broad use of wa…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The United States, One of the Biggest Contributors to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The United States is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making its involvement in the fight against climate a matter of critical…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran's Foreign Minister Arrived at the G7 Summit for Surprise Side Talks

Iran's foreign minister flew in for side talks at the G7 summit on Sunday as host France ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a dra…