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Offshore Wind Power

Biden, 11 U.S. States to Boost Support for Offshore Wind Energy

The Biden administration is partnering with 11 East Coast states to accelerate development of offshore wind facilities and create jobs by supporting a domestic …

Nuclear Reactor

First Plasma Propels Zap Energy’s Plans for Garage-Sized Fusion Reactors

Nuclear fusion is an incredibly complex scientific problem that researchers are coming at from all sorts of angles, and Zap Energy is starting to make waves thr…

Carbon Emissions

Gasoline vs Diesel: Which Is More Polluting?

Diesel vehicles burn less CO2 than gasoline cars to cover the same distance in highway conditions. However, they also emit potentially toxic particulate matter …

Hydrogen Production

MHI Invests in Electric Hydrogen, a U.S. Startup, to Accelerate Efforts to Produce Clean Hydrogen at Scale

MHI's investment will support Electric Hydrogen's efforts to develop and distribute fossil-free hydrogen for industrial and infrastructure applications

Energy Storage Project

Recurrent Energy Acquires 400MWH Storage, Expands Ercot’s Storage Pipeline

Recurrent Energy, LLC, has acquired two standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).

Distributed energy

Energy as a Service Industry in South Africa Maturing

The latest Market Intelligence Report on Energy Services suggests South Africa’s Energy Services Companies and EPCs are starting to specialise, focusing on nic…

United States

The Rise of Robots in the Oil and Gas Industry

The U.S. of robotics in the oil and gas industry is expected to pick up significantly over the next decade after the Covid pandemic accelerated the digitalizati…

India

New Report Shows That India Will Require $223 Billion to Meet RE Goals

​India will require $223 billion of investment in order to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030, according to a new report by researc…

Solar Power Panel

New Thermophotovoltaic Cells Turn Heat Into Electricity More Efficiently Than a Steam Turbine

Jennifer Chu at MIT describes new research, in collaboration with NREL, that has led to a prototype solid-state heat engine that can operate at up to 2,400 deg…

United States

Solar Consortium Pledges $6BN for American-Made Modules

Leading solar developers have committed to spending $6 billion on American-made modules to support the expansion of the domestic solar supply chain.

United Kingdom

EDF Renewables Progresses With Two UK Solar Projects

Two consented projects that EDF Renewables UK added to its solar portfolio in March 2021 have progressed to the site preparation and construction stage.

Energy Transition

$300M Pan-African Renewable Energy Fund (Paref) Established

The Pan-African Renewable Energy Fund (PAREF) to accelerate renewable energy adoption in Africa has been established.

United States

US University Decarbonises With Siemens Smart Tech

Morgan State University (MSU) has partnered with Siemens to improve infrastructure toward becoming a smart and connected campus.

Oil Price

Why Is There a Worldwide Oil-Refining Crunch?

Drivers around the world are feeling pain at the pump with fuel prices soaring, and costs are surging for heating buildings, power generation and industrial pro…

Coal Price

Australian State’s Coal Royalty Hike Could Nudge Others to Follow Suit - Analysts

Queensland's bigger-than-expected hike in coal royalties could embolden other Australian states and resources-heavy countries around the world to make similar m…