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Oil Field

Chinese Oil Giant Spends $1.9 Billion on 5% Stake of Huge Brazilian Oilfield

China’s oil and gas giant CNOOC has paid Brazil’s Petrobras $1.9 billion to buy 5% in the production sharing contract for the huge Buzios offshore oilfield, t…

Energy Transition

Vietnam Boosts Coal Use Plan for 2030 as G7 Climate Offer Stalls

Vietnam has increased its coal power target for 2030 under a revised draft energy plan, government documents seen by Reuters show, while renewables goals were s…

Metaverse Energy Research to Launch in Australia

University of Wollongong Professor Willy Susilo has been awarded more than Au$400,000 (US$266,000) for research into green and sustainable energy-efficient meta…

Germany

Germany Is Not Blocking EU Energy Solution but Is 'Sceptical', Minister Says

Germany is not standing in the way of the European Union's solution to the energy crisis, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told the Handelsblatt daily on Thursday…

Carbon Emissions

Volatilia, Uzbek Gov’t to Develop up over 400MW Renewables

It will be divided into solar, wind, and battery storage.

Hydropower Plant

RATCH Group Unit Buys Eco Energy Shares to Co-Develop Hydro Project in Indonesia

RH Internationa (Singapore) will now hold a 50% stake in the project.

PowerGrid Technology

Milestone Marked in SSEN’s Auto Restorative Power Tech

A programme of works by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to install technology that helps ‘self-restore’ electricity supplies has reached a m…

Wind Farm

France’s First Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Starts Full Operations

France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm started full operations on Wednesday, adding 480 megawatts of capacity to the grid at a time when Europe is s…

Ireland

Statkraft Signs 366MW Irish Power Play With Microsoft

Renewable power will come from three wind and three solar projects located across the country

Electric Vehicle Charging

Smart On-Street Charging Could Save £4.1BN a Year by 2030

Smart charging installed at public EV chargers could save drivers more than £600 per year, according to a government-backed report

Solar Power Plant

Masdar, Turkmenenergo to Develop 100MW Solar Plant in Turkmenistan

This is Masdar’s first project in Turkmenistan.

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…

Solar Power Plant

Eni Launches Solar Lab and PV Plant to Decarbonise Oil Operations in Algeria

Italian oil major Eni and Algerian state-owned oil company Sonatrach have inaugurated a Solar Lab and laid the first stone of a new 10MW PV plant in the Bir Reb…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Japanese OEMs Lead Solid-State Battery Goldrush

Innovation in solid-state batteries for EVs and electronics is being spearheaded by Japanese giants including Toyota and TDK, according to a new report.

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 …