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United States

US First: Residential VPP Activated in Wholesale Capacity Market

Sunrun, a US home solar, battery storage and energy services provider, has completed its first successful season running a residential Virtual Power Plant (VPP)…

OPEC

Malaysia Says OPEC+ Decision to Cut Output Made to Address Market Uncertainties

Malaysia has said a decision by OPEC+ member states to cut oil production was unanimous, and made after taking into account the need to address market uncertain…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Dynamic Computational Tool Enhances User Access to EV Charging

North Carolina State University scientists have devised a dynamic computational tool to aid in improving user access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations,…

Carbon Emissions

Forecasts of Future Arctic Carbon Emissions

Permafrost in the rapidly melting Arctic will probably release as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation by the end of…

Offshore Wind Power

Latin America Offshore Wind to See 34 GW of Installed Capacity by 2050

Activity will be driven by off-grid green hydrogen projects, with Brazil and Colombia leading the way.

Oil Price

Biden to Lay Out Plan to Complete Emergency Oil Sales, Support U.S. Production

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Wednesday to sell off the last portion of his release from the nation's emergency oil reserve by year's end, an…

Natural Gas

EU Leaders Will Discuss Gas Price Cap for Power Generation, Michel Says

European Union leaders will discuss putting a cap for the price of gas used to generate electricity - over which member states are divided - when they meet for …

Oil Refinery

Exxon Mobil Says French Refineries Could Take 2-3 Weeks to Fully Restart

Exxon Mobil's 140,000 barrel per day (bpd) fos-Sur-Mer and 240,000 bpd Port Jerome-Gravenchon oil refineries in France could take 2-3 weeks to fully restart aft…

Ireland

Ireland to Extend Business Energy Supports to Newly Opened Businesses

Irish businesses that have opened in the last year will be able to avail of an energy grant scheme that was initially limited to those that had been established…

Offshore Wind Power

U.S. To Hold Offshore Wind Power Rights Sale off California Coast in December

President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would hold the first ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California on Dec. 6…

Tidal Energy

UK’s HydroWing Taps Tidal Energy Potential in Indonesia

UK-based tidal energy developer HydroWing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned company Indonesia Power to develop tidal energy projec…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF to Start Negotiations to End French Nuclear Plant Strikes

French electrical operator EDF will start negotiations on Tuesday to end strikes at 10 French nuclear power plants, a company spokesperson said on Monday.

Solar Power Panel

Renewables Investment Outstrips Oil and Gas for First Time

Rystad Energy report finds that capital investments in renewables reached $494bn in 2022, compared to $446bn into oil and gas for the same period.

Hydrogen Project

Woodside Energy Awards Nel Contract for U.S. Hydrogen Project

Woodside Energy Group has awarded Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser a contract to supply alkaline electrolyser equipment for its proposed H2OK U.S. hydrogen project in …

United States

Mexican President Outlines Renewable Energy Push Ahead of Kerry Visit

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador outlined goals to turn a northwestern agricultural state into a green energy center on Monday, ahead of a visit la…