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Net Zero Emission

Shell Signs ‘Large’ Cellulosic Ethanol Deal With Raízen Amid Growing Sustainable Fuel Demand

Energy giant Shell has entered into a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-crane cellulosic ethanol in a bi…

Oil Price

Euro Could Stay Below Dollar for as Long as Natural Gas Prices Remain High

The euro is on course to stay below parity with the US dollar for some time if gas prices do not fall markedly.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Says “No More Drilling” at a Rally

“No more drilling…there is no more drilling,” said U.S. President Joe Biden at a campaign rally in New York state on Sunday when asked by a person in the cro…

Wind Turbine

Türkiye’s New Wind Power Capacity in 2023 Represents an Investment of One Billion Dollars

Türkiye could install another 1,000 megawatts (MW) in wind energy capacity next year, an addition that could attract $1 billion (TL 18.57 billion) in fresh inv…

Energy Technology

Rolls-Royce Provides Uninterruptible Power Systems for Saudi Supercomputer

Rolls Royce will deliver mtu Kinetix PowerPacks for a supercomputer in Saudi Arabia where, in the event of a power outage, the constantly rotating accumulator w…

United States

U.S. EPA Allowed Two-Week Extension to Issue Biofuel Blending Proposal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a biofuels trade groups have agreed to extend by two weeks a deadline the agency has to issue a proposal on 2…

Sunrun Is Building Puerto Rico’s First Virtual Power Plant

Sunrun has been selected to build Puerto Rico’s first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by the island’s electric utility provider.Images from the installati…

United States

U.S. Construction Costs Drop for Solar, Rise for Wind and Natural Gas Generators

Construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems continued to decrease in the United States in 2020

Nuclear Power Plant

France Headed for Winter Blackouts as EDF Cuts Nuclear Output Forecast

France is staring down a serious risk of blackouts this winter, with French utility EDF lowering its nuclear power output forecast for this year to 275-285 tera…

Carlyle Backs Solar Developer Aspen Power with $350 Mln Investment

Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc said on Thursday it has invested $350 million to acquire a majority stake in renewable energy developer Aspen Power Partne…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Drillers Ask U.S. To Exempt Smallest Wells From Looming Methane Rule

Oil and gas companies have asked the Biden administration to exempt hundreds of thousands of the nation's smallest wells from upcoming rules requiring drillers …

Carbon Emissions

Researchers Report Renewable Jet Fuel Breakthrough

National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers report success in using lignin as a path toward a drop-in 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

Solar Power Panel

Rural America Is Pushing Back Against the Renewable Boom

Reaching net zero by mid-century will require the world to double its current rate of renewable expansion.

Natural Gas

Why Overly Confident U.S. Drillers Ditched Their Hedges

Some Big Oil companies are so confident that high oil prices are here to stay that they have completely ditched their hedges.

Crude Oil

North America Leads $370 Billion Global Push for Oil & Gas Pipelines

Westwood’s upcoming onshore pipeline market forecast has revealed that between 2022 and 2028, the world will spend almost $370 billion on new oil and gas pipel…