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Natural Gas

Gastech Confirms High-Level Trade Pavilions From Countries Key to the Future of Energy

​Gastech, with co-hosts Baker Hughes, Chevron, Eni, and Tellurian, has announced the high-level participation of 16 national pavilions from across the globe, i…

European Renewable PPA Prices Soar by 47% Year-On-Year

PPA prices have taken a steep 16% hike in their fifth consecutive quarter of growth, according to a report

France

Low French Nuclear Output Is Bad News for the UK

Low nuclear power generation in France, typically a net exporter of electricity to other European countries, including the UK, is setting off alarm bells in Bri…

United States

US Records a Boom in All-Electric Homes

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

Energy Saving

‘Smart Window’ Demonstrates Energy Saving Potential

The Dutch innovation organisation TNO has reported its solar smart window is performing successfully in real world conditions.

Offshore Wind Power

Hitachi to Supply Equipment for China’s New Offshore Wind Farm

Swiss-headquartered technology firm Hitachi Energy will supply transformers and high-voltage hybrid switchgear to China’s Tuci offshore wind power project. …

Energy Storage Battery

Iberdrola Switches on Commercial-Scale Battery System in Ireland

Iberdrola has started up Gorman, its first commercial-scale battery system in Ireland.

Energy Storage Project

Australia Shortlists 12 Grid-Scale Battery Storage Projects for $100M Funding

The projects, which include both new builds and retrofits for existing batteries, have an aggregate capacity of 3.05GW and will be equipped with advanced invert…

Electric Car

Volkswagen CEO Says EV Outlook Is ‘Very Good,’ Expects to Reduce Delivery Times This Year

The CEO of German automotive giant Volkswagen sought to assuage concerns about electric vehicle sales and semiconductor supplies on Thursday, predicting deliver…

New Methane Binding Process Could End Insanely Wasteful Burn-Offs

The global oil industry wastefully burns off about as much natural gas as is used by all of Central and South America – but a new methane binding agent offers …

Oil Refinery

Fire at Norway’s Mongstad Oil Refinery Extinguished

The incident, which was reported at 5.46am yesterday, occurred in a section of the refinery that produces gasoline, leading to parts of the plant involved in pr…

LNG

UK’s LNG Imports Doubled in First Quarter

UK’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the first quarter of 2022 reached the highest level recorded over a decade.

Oil Refinery

Strike Ends at Exxon Refinery in France

A workers' strike at Exxon Mobil's Esso refinery in Fos-sur-Mer in southern France stopped on Saturday and the halted units are being restarted, the company sai…

Offshore Wind Power

Vietnam Needs ‘Clear and Transparent’ Legal Framework for Ambitious Offshore Wind Target

Vietnam will need a “clear and transparent” legal framework by the end of 2030 to achieve its ambitious offshore wind target, the Global Wind Energy Council (…

Natural Gas

IEA: Europe Will Have to Cut Gas Usage By Nearly One-Third

In the first quarter of next year, the countries of the European Union will have to cut their usage of natural gas by up to 30% in preparation for a complete st…