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Net Zero

All-Electric Zero-Emission Ferry Duo to Debut on San Diego-Coronado Route by 2026

San Diego-headquartered Flagship Cruises & Events has clinched $15.2 million funding from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop a pair of fully e…

Carbon Neutrality

Apple Sued Over ‘Carbon Neutral’ Claim for Watches

On February 26, 2025, a group of consumers filed a lawsuit against Apple in a federal court in San Jose, California, alleging that the company’s claim of …

Hydrogen Production

Romania Kicks off Project of Its First Hydrogen Production Plant

Romania’s first hydrogen production facility is set to begin operations within two years in Cluj-Napoca. This plant, focused on producing hydrogen as an a…

Energy Storage Project

Arevon Secures $258M for Peregrine Energy Storage Project in California

The project aims to enhance grid stability by storing electricity for use during peak demand or outages.Arevon Energy has finalized a $258 million financing pac…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Climb From 2-Month Lows as Trump Axes Chevron’s Venezuela License

Miniatures of oil barrels and a rising stock graph are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2024.Oil prices rose slightly on Thursday, recovering from tw…

Battery

E-Energija Begins Construction of Lithuanian BESS

E-energija Group has started building Lithuania’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS), known as the Vilnius BESS, with a capacity of 120MWh. Loca…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Planned US Coal-Fired Power Retirements to Double in 2025, EIA Says

The downtown Los Angeles skyline is seen behind an electricity pylon at sunrise in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 8, 2017.The U.S. Energy Information Ad…

Green Hydrogen

Catalonia Secures Million-Dollar State Subsidy for Two Green Hydrogen Projects

Minister for Ecological Transition, Sara AagesenThe Spanish government has approved €236 million in subsidies for two green hydrogen projects in Catalonia,…

Virtual power plants

California Bill Introduced to Mandate a VPP Implementation Plan

Assembly member John Harabedian of Pasadena introduced AB 740, legislation aimed at supporting virtual power plant (VPP) advancement in California.VPPs are a sy…

Crude Oil

US Refiners Mull Switch to Alternative Lighter Crudes Amid Trump Tariff Fears

U.S. flags are displayed at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022.Top U.S. refiners are poised to seek alternati…

Crude Oil

US Refiners Mull Switch to Alternative Lighter Crudes Amid Trump Tariff Fears

U.S. flags are displayed at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022.Top U.S. refiners are poised to seek alter…

Oil Refinery

OMV Petrom Starts Construction of Sustainable Fuels Production Unit at Petrobrazi Refinery

OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) announced the start of construction for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the…

Renewable Diesel

EIA: Consumption of Renewable Diesel Continues General Growth Trend on the US West Coast

Renewable diesel is increasingly replacing petroleum diesel on the U.S. West Coast, where state-level policies are attracting new production capacity and shipme…

Offshore Wind Power

Sumitomo Entering Estonian Offshore Wind Market With Liivi Bay Project Buy-in

Enefit Green has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Corporation to sell a 50 per cent stake in Liivi Offshore OÜ, the project company behind the Liivi Bay o…

Metal

Adriatic Metals Raises $50M to Fast-Track Vares Silver Project in Bosnia

The fund will support production growth at the Rupice Mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina.UK-based exploration and development company Adriatic Metals has received f…