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Smart Grid

Blockchain Demonstrated for Smart Grid Cybersecurity

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency.

Wave Energy

A Wave-Powered Prototype Device Is Aiming to Produce Drinking Water From the Ocean

Ocean Oasis says its technology will enable “the production of fresh water from ocean waters by harnessing the energy of the waves to carry out a desalination …

Net Zero Emission

Access to Affordable Low-Carbon Electrons Crucial for Net Zero – Elia Group

According to a new study from Elia Group, by 2030, industrial electricity consumption is expected to grow by 40% and 50% in Germany and Belgium respectively. As…

Israel’s Econergy Secures €250M Investment for Renewable Projects

The investment will be provided by RGREEN INVEST.

Wind Farm

All Turbines Installed at RWE’s Kaskasi Wind Farm

German renewable energy company RWE has announced that the last turbine at the Kaskasi wind farm has now been installed 35 kilometres north of the German island…

Smart Meter

Octopus Energy’s Smart Meter Scheme Demonstrates 1GW Load Shift Potential

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy has released preliminary results from its first ‘Saving Session’ trial, which has demonstrated that – should such a project…

Solar Power Plant

BELECTRIC Secures Major Contract in the Netherlands

BELECTRIC has secured another major contract in the Netherlands. By constructing four solar power plants for its new customer Low Carbon, solar energy specialis…

Oil Refinery

BP Says Rotterdam Refinery Remains Shut In Dispute Over Pay

BP said on Tuesday the planned restart of its large refinery in Rotterdam was on hold after unions said they would not help with the return to service due to a …

Oil Refinery

Strike at BP’s Largest European Refinery Could Deepen Diesel Crisis

Refinery workers at BP’s biggest refinery in Europe are on a partial strike over demands for higher wages and will not cooperate in efforts to restart the Rott…

Brazil

Brazil’s Incoming Government to Revoke Bolsonaro’s Biodiesel Mandate Decision

Brazil's incoming government will look to revoke a decision to keep the mandatory blend of biodiesel in diesel at 10% until March 31, 2023, a member of the tran…

Carbon Emissions

Researchers Identify Carbon ‘Conveyor Belt’ in Arctic

Annually, the cross-shelf transport of carbon-rich particles from the Barents and Kara Seas can bind up to 3.6 million metric tons of CO2 in the Arctic deep sea…

Electric Vehicle Battery

MIT Advance Paves Way for High-Density Batteries That Handle Stress

The field of battery research is riddled with roadblocks and bottlenecks, but there is one problem that rears its head more than most.

EU

R2D2 Project to Improve the Reliability, Resilience and Defence of Europe’s Grid

The R2D2 (Reliability, Resilience and Defence technology for the griD) project has been launched to address the growing number of threats and vulnerabilities th…

Crude Oil

Colombia Reportedly Reconsidering Its Idea to Halt on New Oil and Gas Projects

Colombia could reconsider a campaign pledge from its newly-elected leftist President Gustavo Petro to stop new oil and gas exploration licensing in the country,…

Ammonia

Turning Wastewater Into Fertilizer Could Help Reduce Environmental and Energy Footprint

The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental enginee…