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Electric Car

Xiaomi Invests in NEV Charging Services Firm KBVIP

Xiaomi‘s Hanxing Venture Capital has reportedly carried out investment to become the third-largest shareholder of KBVIP.

Net Zero Emission

COVID-19 Slows Progress Towards Global Energy Access, IEA Says

At the current rate of progress, 670 million people will remain without electricity in 2030.

Hydrogen Production

Light Instead of Electricity: A New Kind of “Green Hydrogen”

Today, green hydrogen is usually created by splitting up water using electrical current derived from renewable energy sources. Scientists at TU Wien have now de…

Carbon Pricing

Could Blue Carbon Credits Be the Future of Sustainable Financing?

The Bahamas has announced plans to sell $300m in blue carbon credits in 2022.

Energy Transition

Ukraine War, Pandemic Set to Speed Europe’s Green Energy Transition, Report Finds

Most European Union countries have boosted their renewable plans since 2020, putting them on course to cut fossil fuel use this decade as the energy and COVID-1…

Electric Car

Sales of Electric Cars Doubled to Record 6.6MN in 2021

The need to diversify battery manufacturing and critical mineral supplies to reduce bottlenecks is crucial to EV's ongoing growth says IEA report.

United Kingdom

Windfall Tax to Cost UK-Focused Oil Firms More Than $3 Billion

The new windfall tax on profits of oil and gas companies in the UK is expected to cost the medium-sized North Sea-focused companies a total of $3.3 billion thro…

Compressed Air Energy Storage

China’s Compressed Air Energy Storage Industry Makes Progress

​A 300MWh compressed air energy storage system capacity has been connected to the grid in Jiangsu, China, while a compressed air storage startup in the country…

Solar Power Plant

BNZ to Build Solar Project in Portugal

BNZ has obtained authorisation in the North Region of Portugal to start the construction of a solar PV plant in the Ave intermunicipal community with an install…

Net Zero Emission

Australia Beefs up Investments in Bid to Meet Net Zero: Report

It is poised to make a $300m investment in CCUS projects in the next decade.

Net Zero Emission

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Energy Trilemma

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is arriving in a most timely manner to help resolve the world’s energy trilemma—the transition to net-zero, energy security, …

Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Acquires Bhi Energy to Form Integrated Outage Business

US-based nuclear technology firm Westinghouse Electric Company has completed its acquisition of energy services provider BHI Energy.

Nuclear Fusion

Handheld Fusion Power on the Horizon

Seattle-based Avalanche Energy is pursuing the vision of micro fusion power that one can hold in one’s hands.

Smart Meter

Ecuador Advances Smart Metering

Ecuadorian power companies plan to instal over 44,000 smart meters and associated infrastructure over the next three years.

Distributed Grid

Hitachi Energy’s Thyrow Converter to Guide Power Supply to Greater Berlin Rail Network

Hitachi Energy has announced that it will provide a 120MW converter station to enable Deutsche Bahn Energie to secure power supply for the Greater Berlin rail n…