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Electrification

Massive Copper Supply Required for Electrification of Global Economy

More than 700 million mt of copper will need to be mined in the next 22 years to maintain 3.5% GDP growth without taking into account the electrification of the…

Crude Oil

China's Shenghong Resumes Crude Buying Ahead of Refinery Commissioning

China's private refining complex Shenghong Petrochemical has resumed crude oil purchases ahead of the commissioning of its new refinery, sources with knowledge …

Energy Security

Russia Slaps Sanctions on Western Energy Firms

Moscow has imposed sanctions on more than 30 EU, US and Singaporean energy companies in a retaliatory move following western penalties imposed on Russian.

Nuclear Reactor

US High Temperature Gas Reactors to be Deployed in the UK

US nuclear reactor design company X-energy has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nuclear engineering firm Cavendish Nuclear to act as its deploym…

Natural Gas

European decarbonisation and Fuel Independence From Russia ‘Impossible Without Energy Storage’

The European Union has no choice but to develop a coherent strategy on energy storage if it is to achieve its decarbonisation goals and end its dependency on Ru…

Tidal Energy

First US Tidal Energy Developer Heads to Orkney Test Site

California-based tidal energy developer Aquantis has signed a six-month berth agreement to test its Tidal Power Tug at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) …

Hydrogen Production

Strohm and Lhyfe Collaborate on Green Hydrogen Solutions

Strohm, a manufacturer of fully bonded, thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French renewable hydrogen suppli…

Natural Gas

Mozambique’s First Offshore Natural Gas Extraction Project is Underway

Sarens has announced its involvement in a natural gas extraction project in Mozambique which, once inaugurated in mid-2022, will be one of the largest in the wo…

Solar Power Plant

Gold Miner Commissions 10MW Solar PV Plant in South Africa

Gold miner Pan African Resources commenced the generation and supply of electricity to the Group’s Elikhulu surface retreatment operations from its solar PV pl…

Energy Storage System

8 Steps to Streamline Energy Storage Interconnection

Perhaps the greatest threat to achieving ambitious renewable energy goals in the U.S. is the costly and time-consuming process of tying projects to the grid.

Energy Storage Technology

Liquid Air Energy Storage Demonstrator Cuts Cost of Compressed Air

A cement works in Staffordshire is hosting PRISMA, an industry-first application of liquid air energy storage technology.

Electric Car

PG&E to Launch Multi-Use Case Bidirectional EV Pilots

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced it will develop three pilot programmes to test how bidirectional electric vehicles (EVs) and chargers can provide …

Smart Grid

Smart Grid in the US – Evolved Considerably but Greater Levels of Sophistication Needed

The utility operational paradigm is shifting from one of control to one of control and coordination as distributed energy resources proliferate.

Offshore Wind Power

Total, Duke are Winners of Latest U.S. Offshore Wind Auction

France-based TotalEnergies and U.S. power company Duke Energy Corp each won offshore wind leases in federal waters off the coast of North and South Carolina on …

Solar Power Plant

Huawei Launches Solar PV and Energy Storage Solutions

Huawei's new solar PV and energy storage solutions will meet global demand for low-carbon smart solutions underpinned by clean energyHuawei has launched its new…