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Energy Transition

Australia Under ‘Dramatic Transformation’ as It Adds 50GW Renewables

The country expects its electricity will be supplied by renewable sources by 2025.

Natural Gas

Could Hydrogen Ease Germany’s Reliance on Russian Gas?

The war in Ukraine has upended Germany's energy policy. The nation currently buys around 25% of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia, contributing billions of…

Power Cable

UK Readies Google-Style Map of Electricity Cables

UK Power Networks has partnered with Google to create digital maps covering more than 180,000km of electricity cables.

LNG

EU Plans First Joint Gas Buying Before Winter

The European Union plans to start jointly buying gas before winter, the bloc's energy policy chief said on Monday, as it seeks to cut reliance on Russian fossil…

Hydrogen Project

US DOE Funding Study of Advanced Clean Hydrogen Technologies for Electricity Generation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $24.9 million in funding for six research and development projects to support the advancement of clean hydrogen…

CCS

New $3.5BN US Programme to Establish Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs

The programme will support four large-scale hubs that will each consist of a network of CO2 removal projects to help address the impacts of climate change.

Energy Transition

Eni to Invest €2.5BN in UK’s Energy Sector

The oil and gas producer has said it will boost carbon capture and renewable energy projects.

Solar Cell

South Africa Approves First 100MW Solar Project Under New Regulation

The National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has approved the first private projects to be regulated under new amendments to how projects apply fo…

Net Zero Emission

Ease: ‘Lack of a Dedicated Storage Strategy Is a Missed Opportunity’

While the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) welcomes the provisions that aim at developing energy storage – as stated by REPowerEU – it bemoan…

Solar Cell

Weather Data to Boost Us Solar and Storage Projects

Meteorological data from Slovak provider Solargis is being used by US renewable company Apex Clean Energy to advance over 10GW of solar and storage projects.

Electric Car

Global Electric Car Sales Surge in 2022 on Strong Government Policies, IEA Says

China, Europe and the US drive most of the growth in the first quarter, IEA says.

Net Zero Emission

Vattenfall’s Power as a Service Targets UK Food and Drink

Vattenfall launches Power as a Service model for food sector as it publishes Energy Security on the Path to Net Zero paper for consumables industry.

Carbon Emissions

Tesla Investor Streur Says Carmaker Still Believes in ESG

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk may have denounced business use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as a "scam" last week but one sustainable investin…

Microgrid

Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

Future lunar bases will need power for mining and astronaut survival.

Solar Power Panel

Investigation of Chinese Solar Panel Makers Will Damage US’ Own Interests

The reported US investigation of Chinese solar panel makers will damage the US' interests, including negatively impact the development of the US' own solar indu…