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Wind Turbine

UK Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Takes a Front Seat

A Scottish startup that repurposes old wind turbine blades for benches and shelters has secured £50k grant funding.

Nigeria

Nigeria Aims to End Imports of Petroleum Products Next Year

Nigeria expects to stop importing petroleum products from before or around the third quarter of 2023, its oil minister Timipre Sylva said on Tuesday.

Wind Power Project

Octopus Energy Identifies 2.3 GW Onshore Wind Potential in Britain

Octopus Energy Generation’s match-making platform for wind energy identifies 2.3 GW of potential new British onshore wind energy that could be unleashed where …

Energy Saving

Reduced French Energy Consumption Largely Owing to Mild Weather, Says Govt

Energy saving measures by households and businesses accounted for only a small amount of a reduction in French electricity consumption in November, most of whic…

Carbon Emissions

Heat Pumps Can Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 500 Million Tonnes by 2030, IEA Says

Additional annual investment of $160 billion until 2030 will be needed to meet global climate pledges.

LNG

Scholz Welcomes Qatar LNG Deal as 'Building Block' for German Energy Security

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed a new deal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar on Tuesday as a "building block" towards his country's energy secur…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Government Steps up as 50% Owner of 3.2-GW Sizewell C EPR Nuclear Project

The UK government will bolster a proposal to build Sizewell C with a £679 million ($815 million) investment, giving the twin EPR nuclear power plant project—a…

United States

U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Expand E15 Gasoline Sales, with Support from Oil Group

U.S. senators from Nebraska and Minnesota introduced legislation on Tuesday that would expand nationwide sales of E15.

Hydrogen Production

ACWA Power, Thai Energy Firms Partner for Hydrogen Projects Development

The facilities to be developed have an investment value of around $7b.

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Seeks to Limit Flaring and Methane Leaks from Public Lands Drilling

President Joe Biden's administration on Monday proposed rules aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, Washington's latest mov…

Rolls-Royce Successfully Tests Hydrogen-Powered Jet Engine

Britain's Rolls-Royce said it has successfully run an aircraft engine on hydrogen.

Oil Refinery

Talks Unsuccessful, Action at BP Rotterdam Refinery to Continue -Union

Talks on Monday between management and unions at the BP Rotterdam Refinery (BP.L) were not successful, a union spokesperson said, and labour actions at the larg…

Crude Oil

UAE Brings Forward Oil Production Capacity Expansion to 2027

The board of Abu Dhabi's ADNOC endorsed plans on Monday to bring forward the company's five million barrel per day oil production capacity expansion to 2027 fro…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Government Moves to Defuse Parliamentary Row over Onshore Wind

Britain's government sought on Monday to defuse a simmering row over a push by some Conservative lawmakers to make it easier to build onshore wind farms by sayi…

Energy Transition

How Southeast Asia Can Futureproof Its Energy Sector

Southeast Asia is experiencing unprecedented fuel price increases and volatility, increasing demand for power, and exposure to the intensifying impacts of clima…