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Oil Field

Life Extension Granted for North Sea Field

Norway’s offshore safety regulator has granted Aker BP, a Norwegian oil and gas company, consent for a life extension for a field located in the North Sea.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Vattenfall and Netto Germany Cooperate on Charging Infrastructure for Electric Mobility

Vattenfall and the grocery discounter Netto will cooperate in setting up fast charging stations in Germany.

Chevron, Exxon Post Record Quarterly Profits as Commodity Prices Boom

Exxon and Chevron posted record profits during the second quarter of 2022 as high commodity prices boosted operations, and as the oil giants kept spending in ch…

Nuclear waste

UK's Gemini Waste Packages Re-Enter Service

The first active shipment of legacy waste drums from Magnox Harwell in Oxfordshire, England, to Sellafield in Cumbria has been completed using the Nuclear Decom…

China

China, US to Account for 75% of Global Energy Storage Demand

Wood Mackenzie projected the markets to have 422GWh and 600GWh by 2031.

Nuclear Reactor

DOE Formalises Test Reactor Decision

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the sodium-cooled fast neutron reacto…

SMR

Last Energy Agrees to Build Ten SMRs for Polish Industrial Zone

US small modular reactor (SMR) developer Last Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with Poland's Legnica Special Economic Zone (LSEZ) and DB Energy on the const…

Natural Gas

Synthetic Methane Injection into France’s Gas Distribution Grid Demonstrated

French green gas start-up Energo has demonstrated the injection of synthetic methane into GRDF’s gas distribution network.

Smart Meter

Asia-Pacific Forecast to Reach 1 Billion Smart Electricity Meters by 2026 – Study

The smart electricity metering market in Asia-Pacific is on its way to reaching a historic milestone of 1 billion installed devices, according to a new research…

Electric Car

Iberdrola and bp Invest €1B in EV Infrastructure and Green Hydrogen

Iberdrola and bp have announced a strategic collaboration to expand fast EV public charging infrastructure, support the adoption of electric vehicles and develo…

Gas Turbine

GE Gas Power Awarded $4.2M to Boost Gas Turbine Efficiency

GE Gas Power has secured $4.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance development …

United States

US Senate Gives Green Light to Landmark Climate Deal

In a head-snapping reversal, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said July 27 that he had reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a budget reconciliation packa…

Ireland

Ireland Demonstrates Crucial Role of Storage to Balance Grid

Renewable energy company Statkraft has participated in its largest dispatch to date of power from battery storage into Ireland’s electricity market.

Natural Gas

Japan Should Consider Alternative Power Sources to Avoid Supply Shortage: Fitch

Natural gas holds the largest share in the country’s power mix.

Solar Power Plant

Totalenergies and Veolia to Build Solar Plant to Power Desalination Project in Oman

The new plant will produce more than 30,000 megawatt-hours of green electricity annually