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Carbon Emissions

US, China Advance Climate Cooperation Following California Talks

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua before a meeting in Beijing, China July 17, 2023. R…

Electric Vehicles

Toyota's Camry, Best-Selling Car in US, Goes All-Hybrid

The next generation of the Toyota Camry, the best-selling sedan in the U.S. market, will come with only a gas-electric hybrid powertrain, the boldest move yet b…

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Appeals Court Scraps Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Emissions Permit

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Sempra Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File …

Carbon Capture

Indonesia Says Exxon Mobil Plans to Invest up to $15 Bln in the Country

ExxonMobil logo is seen in this illustration taken, October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsU.S. oil major Exxon Mob…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vallecitos Reactor Removal Complete

Nearly 60 years after shutting down for the last time, the reactor vessel of the prototype boiling water reactor in California has been removed from its contain…

Geothermal Power Plant

US DOE Announces $44 Million Funding for EGS Innovation Projects

Drilling rig on site of Utah FORGE project site, Nov. 2020 (source: Utah FORGE)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Frontier Observatory for R…

Solar Power Plant

Intersect Power Turns on Massive Solar + Storage Project in California

Oberon Solar + Storage Facility (Credit: Intersect Power)Intersect Power announced the commercial operation of its Oberon Solar + Storage project, located in Ri…

SMR

Illinois to Lift Moratorium on Nuclear Construction

Governor JB Pritzker has said he will sign a new bill lifting Illinois' ban on the construction of new nuclear reactors, after the state's lawmakers pas…

Solar Power Plant

Amazon's Renewable Energy Portfolio Is Now Big Enough to Power 6.7 Million U.S. Homes

How Amazon’s renewable energy projects impact local communities around the world, from southern Ohio to Rajasthan, IndiaAmazon announces its first brownfi…

Geothermal Power Plant

Louisville, Kentucky Airport Launches Geothermal System

Louisville, Kentucky (source: Ken Lund / flickr, Creative Commons)The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Kentucky, USA, has officially launc…

Geothermal Drilling

USTDA Awards Grant to Pilot Greenfire Technology in the Philippines

Signing of MOU between US Trade and Development Agency and Energy Development Corporation (source: USTDA)The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signe…

Hydrogen Production

Plug Power Casts 'Substantial Doubt' Over Its Ability to Survive Amid Cash Crunch

Plug Power's green hydrogen transportation tanker. (Courtesy: Plug Power)Hydrogen provider Plug Power saw its stock nearly halved last week after the compan…

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa scraps plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines on Virginia’s coast

A European company has canceled plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines in coastal Virginia, the latest sign of struggle within the U.S.’s nascen…

LNG

Capital Product Partners Adds 11 New LNG Carriers in $3.1 Billion Deal

Vessel owner Capital Product Partners (CPLP.O) said on Monday it has acquired 11 newly built LNG carriers from Capital Maritime for $3.1 billion, opting for mor…

CCS

BKV, Enlink Start First Carbon Capture Project in Texas

Energy firms BKV (BKV.N) and Enlink Midstream (ENLC.N) said on Monday the first injection of carbon dioxide at a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in Te…