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Crude Oil

UK-Based Firm Records ‘Largest Ever Realised’ Crude Oil Lifting

London-based and Oslo-listed oil and gas company Panoro Energy has completed a crude oil lifting, which it describes as the largest one to date, garnering over…

Energy Transition

Blockchain Peer-To-Peer Energy Exchange Launches in UK

More than 3,000 British homes have signed up for a peer-to-peer scheme to receive 100% traceable renewable energies.

Australia

Australian University Receives Funding for Grid Connection Platform Dev’t

The platform will speed up the integration of RE projects to the grid.

Emissions Trading System

Europe’s Climate and Energy Strategy Has Become Disturbingly Bipolar

Brussels is pursuing overambitious and costly decarbonisation policies while national capitals are desperate to guarantee the necessary energy supply and strugg…

Oil Price

India Mulls Easing Its Windfall Tax as Oil Prices Fall

With oil prices falling on recession fears, India is taking another look at its windfall tax on oil companies, anonymous Bloomberg sources close to the matter s…

Net Zero Emission

Shell Invests Heavily in Low-Carbon and Recycled Materials

Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk is transitioning to low-carbon and recycled products and targeting production of hydrogen from residual gases

United States

US Records a Boom in All-Electric Homes

Over a quarter of all US households are all-electric, new study finds

United Kingdom

UK Regulator Ofgem Threatens Action on Inadequate Payment Policies

Ofgem has told utilities to "take immediate action” in reinforcing policies around direct debits, and remain vigilant of rising costs.

United Kingdom

See Monster Turns Oil Rig Into Sustainability Showcase

The 450-tonne platform is set to receive a new lease of life as a public art installation at Weston-super-Mare's seafront.

Canada Invests $8M Into 3D Vector Mapping to Expedite Net Zero Efforts

Ecopia AI has announced a funding partnership with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to support the creation of digital twins via high-precision …

Shell Forecasts Trebling of Refining Profits

Energy major Shell announces indicative refining margin for Q2 of $28.04/bbl which is a sharp increase on $10.23/bbl in Q1.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Green Energy Transition: Upcycling EV Batteries Into Graphene Oxide

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are soaring, and this means that in the coming decades, there will be a sudden influx of spent batteries which will overwhelm c…

Solar-Powered Chemistry Could Recycle Carbon Dioxide Into Fuels and Chemicals

An international research team has demonstrated that solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and beneficial chemicals.

Hydropower Plant

Andritz to Rehabilitate Hydropower Plant

International technology group Andritz has received an order from Kraftwerk Ryburg-Schwörstadt AG for the rehabilitation of all four Kaplan turbines at the 120…

Solar Power Panel

What Recycling Solar PVs Will Be Worth in the Next Decades

The market is currently valued at $170m.