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France

Engie CEO Says France Fell Behind in Wind Power Rollout

France fell behind in rolling out wind farms despite vast resources, the chief executive of Engie, one of the country's main power and gas suppliers, said on Tu…

Wind Farm

UK Government to Ease Ban on Onshore Wind Farms to Head Off Revolt

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government on Tuesday said it would ease restrictions on building onshore wind farms, heading off a revolt by his party's l…

Offshore Wind Power

California Offshore Wind Sale Ends First Day With $400 Mln in High Bids

The United States' first sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California attracted more than $400 million in bids on Tuesday from companies…

Pumped Storage

‘Geomechanical Pumped Storage’ Startup Quidnet Gets Us$10 Million ARPA-E Funding

Quidnet, a company developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, has been selected to receive funding from the US Advanced Research Projects Ag…

Gas Turbine

GE Releases New Option to Cut Emissions on Its Mobile Gas Turbines

GE Gas Power announced on Dec. 6 that it has deployed an “innovative technical solution” on four TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines at the California Departme…

Romania

MET Group Enters Romanian Renewables Market

Swiss-based European energy company, MET Group, has announced its entry into the Romanian renewables market, with the acquisition of a 100% stake in a solar pro…

Energy Investment

North Star Raises £140 Million Investment to Build Next Wave of Renewables Fleet

North Star has secured a £140 million financing package to support the next phase of its offshore wind growth plan as it looks to broaden its position as the U…

Offshore Wind Power

First US Floating Offshore Wind Auction

The US will hold the nation’s first lease auction for commercial-scale floating wind power today.

EU

Germany Says Borrowing More Money to Compete With the U.S. Would Be a ‘Threat’ to Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday “new and additional funding at the EU level” will be needed to make European companies more com…

Electric Car

Prices of EVs Could Rise by 10% In 2024

That’s the warning from carmakers, after EU rules on manufacturing are set to change in two years.

United States

Methane Production Increases at a Faster Rate in Response to Ecosystem Warming

Scientists working at the ongoing Department of Energy's (DOE) Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experiment use the site's nort…

United Kingdom

Low Carbon Begins Construction on Three UK Solar Farms

Bouygues Energies & Services to build the three large-scale solar farms in Essex, Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire.

Petrofac Selected by Shell for EPS Services on Omani Project

EPS services provider will undertake three contracts including a five-year EPS contract for Shell’s Block-10 Mabrouk Phase 2 Project.

Crude Oil

Adnoc and Malaysia's Petronas Join Forces on Abu Dhabi’s Unconventional Onshore Block 1

Award to Malaysia’s national oil and gas company launches Middle East’s first unconventional oil concession

Solar Power Plant

Adani Unit Commissions 450MW Wind-Solar Hybrid Plant

It now has the largest operational hybrid capacity globally of 1,440MW.