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Coal Trade

How Much Coal in Europe Comes From Russia?

The European Union announced last week that it would ban Russian coal, the latest escalation in sanctions as the war in Ukraine drags on.

Wave Energy

AWS Ocean Energy Starts Shakedown Trial for Waveswing Converter

Scottish wave energy firm AWS Ocean Energy has started sea trials of its Waveswing wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre’s (EMEC) Scapa Fl…

Carbon Emissions

EU to Fund Bulgaria’s €6.3bn Recovery Plan

The European Commission has approved Bulgaria’s latest recovery and resilience plan, providing €6.3 billion in grants.

Nuclear Fusion

Oxford Spinoff Demonstrates World-First Hypersonic

Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion says its novel "projectile" approach offers "the fastest, simplest and cheapest route to commercial fusion power."

Wind and Solar Not Meeting Rising Global Electricity Demand

While the fastest-growing source of electricity is clean power, wind and solar generation are not growing fast enough to meet the rise in global electricity dem…

Destination Earth: Digital Replica of the Planet to Help Tackle Climate Change

Supported with an initial €150m, it aims to help monitor, model and predict natural and human activity as well as develop and test scenarios for more sustainab…

LNG

Asian Gas Buyers Buzzle over Putin's Demand for Payment in Roubles

Asian importers of Russian gas were scrambling on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin said "unfriendly" countries must pay for Russian gas in rouble…

Russian Federation

TotalEnergies to Halt Russian Oil Purchases by the End of 2022

TotalEnergies has announced it will stop purchasing oil and petroleum products from Russia as soon as possible and by the end of 2022 at the latest.

Wind Power Project

Germany Has Turned the Corner on Onshore Wind Energy

The German Energy Regulator (Bundesnetzagentur) has announced the results of Germany’s latest onshore wind auction. After almost two years of undersubscribed a…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Clean Energy Superstar or Smokescreen for Fossil Fuel Use? Here’s What You Need to Know About Hydrogen.

Hydrogen, the lightest and most abundant gas in the universe, is increasingly being used as a fuel.

Solar Power Plant

Neoen Wins Seven Solar Projects in France

Neoen has announced that it has been awarded 92.5 MWp in the latest call for tenders for ground-based solar farms held by the French government (PPE2).

Wave Energy

Six Teams Advance in U.S. Wave Energy Competition

Six teams of marine energy innovators have advanced from the design to the build contest in the Ocean Observing Prize.

Wave Energy

Wave-Powered Desalination Device Sets Sail

The U.S. Department of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers deployed a wave-powered desalination test device and anchored it to the nearby se…

Net Zero Emission

Honda to Test Fuel Cell Power Station at California Site

Honda will begin testing its zero-emissions fuel cell power station at its corporate campus in Torrance, California in early 2023, the company announced.

Nuclear Power Plant

Finland’s Much-Delayed Nuclear Plant Starts Producing Power

The Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor, Finland’s first new nuclear plant in four decades, has recently started test production.