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Hydrogen Production

Lhyfe and Nantes – Saint Nazaire Port Collaborate to Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen is able to draw on the strong momentum driven by the national strategy for the development of carbon-free hydrogen in France.

Electricity Transmission

US Sets the Stage With $13BN Grid Modernisation Programmes

Washington has announced $13 billion in financing opportunities for the expansion and modernisation of the US electric grid.

Philippines

Grid Network Expansion May Boost Philippines’ Renewables: Report

This is seen to open more opportunities for power project development.

Energy Transition

Africa’s Energy Trilemma

Africa is disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, though it accounts for just 3% of global emissions.

Energy Transition

COP27 Reaches Key Deal on “Loss and Damage” Funds for Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change

Final COP27 document seen as offering tacit support for natural gas and blue hydrogen amid warnings that energy transition is falling behind Paris objectives. …

LNG

U.S. Gas Prices Jump as Freeport LNG Targets Full Restart in March 2023

U.S. natural gas prices surged on the news that one of the largest U.S. LNG export terminals is targeting a complete operational restart by March 2023.

Natural Gas

Germans Face More Power and Gas Price Hikes in January - Portal

Many German households face another 50%-plus hike in power and gas supplies in January due to the lag in suppliers passing on higher wholesale market prices and…

Energy Storage System

Australia’s Largest-Ever 1,200MW Battery Storage System to Be Built in Melbourne

Construction for the largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) ever deployed in the Asia-Pacific will begin in Melbourne, eventually supporting up to 1,200MW…

LNG

LNG Exports Drive Expansion of North American Natural Gas Market, Adding 29 Bcfd of Production by 2033

LNG exports nearly triple over next decade, Inflation Reduction Act to boost gas demand in the long term.

Net Zero Emission

COWI to Support Equinor’s Energy Transition

To fulfil the Paris Agreement and become carbon-neutral by 2050, the world has started a decisive global transition to low carbon and renewable energy, with off…

United States

NERC Warns of Tight Generation Resources, Fuel Supply Issues This Winter

Power shortfalls could be rife over the next three months across a large portion of the North American bulk power system (BPS), particularly during extreme and …

Energy Storage Project

US Long-Duration Energy Storage Demos to Receive $350M Funding

Projects that are capable of delivering electricity for 10 to 24 hours or longer will be supported.

Energy Transition

Just Transition Support Platform for Developing Countries Launched

This forms part of the ADB’s commitment to ensure build capacity of developing countries.

South Korea

Saudi Aramco to Pump $7 Bln Into Biggest Petchem Investment in South Korea

Saudi Aramco plans a $7-billion investment at a South Korean affiliate's factory in the port city of Ulsan to turn out more high-value petrochemical products, t…

Hydropower Plant

New Report Highlights Australia’s Massive Potential for Pumped Hydro

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have released a detailed study outlining 1,500 additional locations across the country that could be u…