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Thermal Coal

Consumers Energy Takes Next Step to Become Coal-Free by 2025

Consumers Energy has closed Karn coal-fired units 1 and 2 in Michigan’s Bay region.Named for former Consumers Energy President Dan E. Karn, the plant bega…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Maxeon, Samsung to Integrate Heat Pumps With Residential PV

Maxeon and Samsung have developed a cloud-to-cloud system to transmit data from Maxeon’s PV panels and batteries to Samsung’s home platform. The heat pump int…

Crude Oil

Oil Futures up 3PC on Strong China Refinery Data

HOUSTON: Oil prices gained about 3 % to a one-week high on Thursday as the US dollar weakened and data showed a jump in refinery runs in top crude importer Chin…

Carbon Emissions

Denmark to Cooperate With Pakistan in Developing Green Energy

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jorgensen on Thursday agreed to enhance co…

Electric Vehicles

FedEx Express Canada Launches First 50 Brightdrop All-Electric Vehicles

FedEx Express Canada welcomed its first 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery vehicles at an event in Toronto. The introduction of BrightDrop’s electri…

Hydrogen Production

Salt Structures in Newfoundland Show Promise for Hydrogen Storage

Vortex Energy has located a minimum of two structures for halite exploration.The exploration stage company and its contracted consultant partners completed an a…

Floating Offshore Wind

First Floating Lidar Deployed Offshore Sardinia for 500 MW Wind Project

A floating LiDAR device has been deployed at the Ichnusa Wind Power Project site some 35 kilometres off the coast of Sardinia to monitor wind and wave condition…

Geothermal Drilling

Menderes Geothermal Plans Geothermal Drilling in Aydin, Türkiye

Menderes Geothermal, a subsidiary of MB Holding, is planning a 1000m deep drilling well to be used as a production well in the Kösk district of Aydin, Türkiye…

Crude Oil

Russia’s Revenue From Oil Export Increases by USD 1.7 Billion

A view of a petrol station of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft and high-rise residential buildings under construction in Moscow on January 12, 2023. (Photo…

Microgrid

Crucial Mojave Desert Water System to Rely on Microgrid Power

Source: Andrei Orlov / Shutterstock.comThe Cadiz Water Conservation, Supply and Storage Project covers thousands of acres in the Mojave Desert. It’s desig…

Nuclear waste

US DOE Funds Consent-Based Siting For Used Nuclear Fuel

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding of $26m for groups of university, non-profit, and private-sector partners that will work with communitie…

Solid-State Batteries

Scientists Develop Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery With High Energy Density and Ultra-Long Lifetime

A research team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan, has developed a high-performa…

Offshore Wind Power

Corio CEO Jonathan Cole Appointed New Gwec Chairman

Seasoned executive pledges to lead wind industry to next era of growth as installations reach 1TW.Jonathan Cole has been named as the new chairman of the Global…

Offshore Wind Power

South Korea Launches ‘First’ Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has launched South Korea’s first offshore wind installation vessel, named the Hyundai Frontier.The 14,000-tonne ves…

Carbon Storage

IEEFA: Norway’s Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Augur Geological Risks in Global Aspirations to Bury Carbon Dioxide

Unexpected subsurface challenges at Norway’s flagship projects, Sleipner and Snøhvit, show CCS planners and regulators face underground unknowns th…