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Offshore Wind Power

RWE: 22% More Electricity Generated From Wind and Solar Than in Previous Year

RWE continued to consistently pursue its ‘Growing Green’ investment and growth strategy in a very challenging year 2022, once again noticeably stepp…

Energy Storage System

Wisconsin Hospital Breaks Ground on 100% Renewable Energy Microgrid

Source: Gundersen Health SystemThe Bellin and Gundersen Health System and utility partner Xcel Energy broke ground last month on a microgrid at what they tout a…

Carbon Emissions

US Drives Global Natural Gas Demand to New Highs in 2024

Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 1…

Carbon Emissions

Global Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Set to Peak This Year, Consultancy DNV Says

A view shows emissions from the smoke stack of the Electricite de France (EDF) coal-fired power plant in Cordemais near Nantes, France, January 20, 2022. REUTER…

Energy Investment

Woodside Completes $1.2 Bln Tellurian Acquisition

Australia's Woodside Energy Group's exhibition booth is seen at the World Gas Conference 2022 in Daegu, South Korea May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Tan/F…

Nuclear Reactor

US Awards Contracts to Process HALEU Fuel for High-Tech Reactors

An employee walks near used nuclear fuel in a storage pool at the Orano nuclear waste reprocessing plant in La Hague, near Cherbourg, France, January 17, 2023. …

Nuclear Reactor

US Looks to Resurrect More Nuclear Reactors, White House Adviser Says

The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured from Royalton, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights…

Distributed energy

Joint Venture to Deploy Infrastructure Projects in Four Phases Across U.S., Europe and Middle East

EarthGrid, a Bay-area plasma tunnel-boring technology and infrastructure development company, has signed a joint venture agreement with EnerTech, a Kuwait Inves…

Transformer

$155 Million Investment Boosts North American Manufacturing Capacity Amid Rising Demand for Electrical Equipment

Hitachi Energy plans to invest an additional $155 million to expand its manufacturing capacity in North America.Hitachi Energy has added over 8,000 employees be…

Energy Transition

Newly Signed California Bill Will Transition Some Neighborhoods From Gas to Electric

(Map of California coastline. Image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay)In addition to a bill requiring utilities to evaluate grid enhancing techno…

Pumped Storage

Demonstration to Convert Kentucky Coal Mine to Pumped Hydro Secures Federal Funding

This land near Pineville, Kentucky, formerly the site of a coal mine, will be repurposed as the location of a pumped storage hydropower facility. Courtesy: Rye …

Hydrogen Technology

DOE Selects GE Vernova to Develop AI Assistant for Hydrogen Safety

Image credit: 123rfGE Vernova has been selected by the US Department Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) to lead a project aiming…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Director Joins Elliott Group Seeking to Acquire Citgo Petroleum

A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsExxon M…

Solar Power Plant

First Solar Opens $1.1bn Solar Facility, Adds 3.5GW to US Manufacturing Capacity

First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1bn fully vertically integrated, thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Biofuel

EIA: Densified Biomass Fuel Production at 910,000 Tons in June

SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationU.S. manufacturers produced approximately 910,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in June, according to the Septem…