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Energy Transition

UK Low Carbon and Renewables Turnover Stalls for Six Years

UK Office for National Statistics data shows low carbon and renewables turnover was £41.2bn in 2020 and showed 'no significant change' since 2014.

Natural Gas

Can Norwegian Natural Gas Solve Europe's Energy Crisis?

Norway’s Equinor has agreed to maintain maximum natural gas production rates to help the European Union fill its gas storage facilities.

Oil Price

Supply Shortages are Wreaking Havoc on The energy Industry

The energy sector is facing shortages on all sides, with commodity prices soaring around the world and very little hope that it will be solved in the near term.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Sluggish Roll out of Fast Chargers Could Stunt Pace of EV Transition, RAC Warns

Motoring group has urged government to slash VAT on public charging to level out costs of charging for drivers without home charging

Floating Offshore Wind

UK's Push for Net Zero Should Aim to Emulate Offshore Wind Policy, Report Urges

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Ton…

Electricity Transmission

Electricity Transmission Key for Reliability in Extreme Weathers

Insufficient interregional electricity transmission is attributed at the core of extended power outages in Texas due to Storm Uri in February 2021.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Smart Charging May Be Key to Saving Power Grid in World of EVs

As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, the big question for power grid operators, charging companies and governments is how to run tens of millions of vehicles wi…

Nuclear Reactor

UK Seeks Views on HTGR Advanced Reactor Demonstration Plan

Feedback is being sought on the proposed plan ahead of a formal Invitation to Tender for the Advanced Modular Reactor Research, Development & Demonstration prog…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia, Brazil Presidents Discuss Small Nuclear Plants

The two leaders talked at their Moscow meeting about the construction of onshore and offshore small capacity nuclear reactors in Brazil.

LNG

US Overhauls Review Policy for Gas Pipelines, LNG

Natural gas companies seeking to build pipelines and LNG export facilities will be subject to more scrutiny over their anticipated greenhouse gas emissions, und…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy is Indispensable for Transforming the Heating Sector

Half of municipal heating is envisaged to come from climate-neutral sources by 2030.

Solar Power Panel

China’s RE Capacity Growth is a ‘Political Headache’ to Other Countries

Its solar modules production capacity is surpassing projected global demand.

Nuclear Power Plant

$30B Georgia Power Nuclear Plant Delayed up to 6 More Months

Georgia Power Co. now says the first of two nuclear reactors it’s building at Plant Vogtle near Augusta might not begin generating electricity until as late as…

Energy Investment

Bill Gates’ VC Investment Firm Leads US$50m Injection into Thermal Energy Storage Startup

Thermal storage startup Antora Energy has raised US$50 million from a group of investment firms including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures to accelerat…

Pumped Storage

ILI Group to Develop 1.5GW Pumped Storage Hydro Project

Clean energy developer ILI Group has begun the initial planning phase for a new pumped storage hydro project in Scotland.