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Electric Car

New G20 Irritant for Biden: Restrictive U.S. Electric Vehicle Tax Subsidies

Electric vehicles (EVs) shuttled G20 delegations and security forces across the southern tip of Bali this week in a symbolic show of Indonesia's ambitious energ…

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 …

Global Commission Formed to Accelerate Approvals of Renewables, Green Hydrogen

It is expected to present its recommendations to the UN General Assembly in September 2023.

Carbon Neutral

EU Reaches Deal to Increase Carbon Removals From Land Use, Forestry and Agriculture

The agreement boosts the EU’s target for net carbon removals by natural sinks to 310m tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2030.

Fish Friendly Hydro: Natel Energy Is Proving It’s Possible

Hydropower projects frequently face resistance from environmental groups for a variety of reasons. One of the more common objections to hydro is the high turbin…

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…

Offshore Wind Power

Japan to Resume Offshore Wind Auctions in December With Revised Rules

Japan plans to resume public auctions for offshore wind power projects in December under revised rules aimed at encouraging a wider range of operators and accel…

Pumped Storage

Global Pumped Hydropower to Reach 233GW in 2031

It will help resolve the intermittency of renewables.

Carlyle Launches European Clean Energy Developer: ‘We Would Rather Build’

Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc has formed a unit to build solar and other renewable energy plants as part of a push into creating infrastructure to addre…

Ammonia

Tech Breakthrough Could Slash Fertilizer Emissions

Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new catalyst that could transform the process of converting nitrogen and hydrogen to ammonia. …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South Africa’s Energy Crisis May Last for Years

South Africa’s recent focus on coal-powered generation has led to a collapse of the country’s renewable energy manufacturers and power providers, and the curr…

Electric Vehicle Battery

The Move Toward More Sustainable Batteries

Batteries presently play a major role in the energy transition and could even be the key to kickstarting the decarbonization of several industries, including th…

Hydrogen Production

COP27: US and Ukraine in Deal for SMRs to Produce Hydrogen and Ammonia

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, and Ukraine Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, announced at COP27 in Egypt a Ukraine Clean Fuels fr…

OPEC

OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Growth Forecast Again as Economic Challenges Mount

OPEC on Monday cut its forecast for 2022 global oil demand growth for a fifth time since April and further trimmed next year's figure, citing mounting economic …

Carbon Emissions

New Biofuels Can Boost Fuel Economy and Slash Carbon Emissions in Cars and Trucks

Argonne collaborates with U.S. laboratories on research to identify promising biofuels for different engine types.