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Diversify Power Sources to Avoid a Repeat of Blackouts

If states want to avoid costly electricity failures such as the blackouts that roiled California recently, they can improve their odds by diversifying power sou…

Scientists Find Cheaper Way to Make Hydrogen Energy Out of Water

Hydrogen-powered cars may soon become more than just a novelty after a UNSW-led team of scientists demonstrated a much cheaper and sustainable way to create the…

Nuclear is Key to Decarbonisation, Says Head of IAEA

The use of nuclear power will need to increase to decarbonise electricity production, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today at a side event dur…

AE Seeking to Overcome Technical Limitations to Deep Geothermal Drilling

A U.S. DOE funded project by AltaRock Energy is seeking to overcome technical limitations to deep geothermal drilling, replacing mechanical methods with a milli…

Crude

Saudi Aramco Replaces Apple as World’s Largest Listed Company

Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco gained 10 per cent in its first moments on the stock market on Wednesday in a dramatic debut that held until closing and push…

Hydropower Industry Launches Major International Project to Demonstrate Flexibility

Over the next four years, flexibility technologies will be tested in the project’s three phases—innovation, demonstration, and deployment—at seven existing E…

Market Analysis

Big Role for Hydropower to Play in the Renewable Energy Scene

Hydropower energy accounts for more than half of the world’s renewable energy production while other forms of renewable energy will continue to be looked into …

Gas power plant

Uniper SE Will Turn 3.5 GW of Gas-Fired Power Plants Back in Germany

Gas plants also are benefiting both from a slump in the price of the fuel. Uniper, one of Europe’s largest utilities, will bring back on line as much as 3.5 gi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Why ‘wet coal’ Causes Problems for Power Generation

Eskom has 13 coal-fired power stations around the country, which all have various requirements when it comes to coal. The one thing they all have in common is t…

CCS

Scientist Discovered A New Bio-based Hybrid Foam for Carbon Capture Process

A new material for capturing carbon dioxide has been discovered as a result from a joint research study by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and S…

Market Analysis

Report Demonstrates Tasmania’s Green Hydrogen Potential

A new report released yesterday by the Tasmanian Government details the Australian state’s unique potential to become a leading supplier of clean, secure and a…

Splitting Hydrocarbons to Make Hydrogen Energy and Valuable Carbon Materials

Rice University in Houston, Texas has launched a major research initiative with Shell to change how the world uses hydrocarbons.

Liquid Hydrogen

Japan Launches World’s First Liquid Hydrogen Carrier

The world’s first liquid hydrogen carrier ship has been unveiled today in Japan, marking a major step forward in the Australia-Japan coal-to-hydrogen pilot.

Electric Vehicle Charging

AFC Energy Launches Emission-Free Rapid EV Hydrogen Powered Charger

Called AFC Energy H-Power, the EV hydrogen powered charger is a zero-emission self-contained, rapid charging system for electric vehicles.

Market Analysis

Australia’s Interest in Electric Vehicles Well Below Global Average

A new study published by global management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting has found that interest in EVs in Australia is well below the global average, with …