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Equinor May Postpone Closure of Norwegian Gas-Fired Power Plant

Norway-based energy major Equinor could continue to operate its natural gas-fired Mongstad power plant to support the country’s electricity supply. The company…

Carbon Emissions

Chicago Announces Plan to Power City With 100% Renewable Energy

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8.

Smart Meter

CEDIS Extends AMI Project With 20,000 Smart Meter Replacements

Montenegrin Electric Distribution System (CEDIS) has started work on an extended phase three of the modernisation of their electricity consumption measurement (…

United States

U.S. Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act to Energy Industry Applause

The clean energy industry celebrated a moment on August 7, 2022, that would have seemed impossible just a few weeks earlier: The Senate passed a budget measure …

United States

US Launches Research Group to Grow Domestic Solar Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more …

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Fuel Retailers Rail Against Green Aviation Fuel Tax Credit

U.S. fuel retailers are fighting the inclusion of a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Democrats' $430 billion spending bill, arguing SAF is more…

Crude Oil

Japan Intends to Keep Stake in Sakhalin-1 Oil Project - Industry Minister

Japan intends to keep a stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Monday, after Russia temporarily banned …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan’s Taketoyo Coal Plant Unit Starts Operations

It has a generating capacity of 1,070MW.

Offshore Wind Power

Australia Unveils Six Offshore Regions With Offshore Wind Energy Potential

Public consultation on the proposed Gippsland coastal area for Bass Strait will begin immediately

Natural Gas

UK Investigates Sale of National Grid’s Gas Transmission Business, Report Says

Britain has launched an investigation under new national security rules into the sale of a 60% stake in National Grid's gas transmission and metering business t…

United States

Climate Groups React to U.S. Senate Passing the Inflation Reduction Act

The Senate passed the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history on Sunday, prompting optimism among environmental advocates after months of gridlo…

United States

DOE Awarding $26M to Projects that Prove the Grid Can Run on 100% Clean Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $26 million to fund projects that will conclusively show that electricity grid can reliably run with a mix of sola…

Energy Transition

EDP Renewables Buys 70% Stake in German-Based Solar Developer

Kronos Solar Projects has a portfolio of 9.4GW of projects in different stages of development in Germany, France, Netherlands and the UK.

Wave Energy

Eco Wave Power Commences Test Run of Its Wave Energy Project in Israel

Eco Wave Power has announced that it has officially commenced test runs of its newly installed wave energy pilot project at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israe…

Natural Gas

INNIO and B.Grimm Plan Gas Power Projects in Thailand

Energy solutions provider INNIO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangkok headquartered B.Grimm Power to collaborate on building new power pla…