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Oil & Gas Trade

Shell to Sell More Oil Assets in Nigeria

Shell Plc is reportedly set to resume talks to sell some of its Nigerian oil fields. The oil giant is said to be in negotiations with Eroton Exploration and Pro…

Renewable Energy

Nextera Reveals 250 GW Pipeline of Renewables, Storage Projects

A 20 MW project in Ludlow, Vermont/Image: NextEra EnergyNextEra, the largest renewable energy developer in the United States, said during its recent second-quar…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Nikola Starts Production of 'Saleable' Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trucks With 500-Mile Range

Nikola Corporation has commenced production of its hydrogen fuel cell electric truck.What Happened: The Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric truck, with a range o…

Oil & Gas Technology

Top US Utility Group Opposes Emissions Plan For Existing Gas Plants-Source

The top U.S. utility lobby group intends to push back on the Biden administration's proposals requiring upgrades to existing natural gas-fired power plants …

Biofuel

US Navy Researchers Demonstrate Synthesis of High-Density Biofuels From Myrtenal Using Cyclopropanation

A team of researchers from the Chemistry Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake has demonstrated that fuels with both high ener…

Hydropower Plant

NY Governor Announces Economic Development, Niagara Hydropower Awards

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Power Authority Board of Trustees approved economic development awards under the ReCharge NY program to 21 fir…

Hydropower Plant

Maine Hydropower Corridor Will Resume Construction Despite Big Jump in Cost, CEO Says

Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-bil…

Solid-State Batteries

Patriot Says Resource for Quebec Lithium Project Confirms Giant Size

The Corvette property is on a district-scale 50 km trend located in Quebec. (Image courtesy of Patriot Battery Metals.)Patriot Battery Metals (TSX-V: PMET) (ASX…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Exxon in Talks With Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen on Supplying Lithium

Credit: Exxon Mobil Corp.Exxon Mobil Corp. is in talks with Tesla Inc., Ford Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and other automakers about supplying them with lithium as …

Energy Storage Project

Engineers Create an Energy-Storing Supercapacitor From Ancient Materials

Two of humanity's most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), may form the basis for a novel, low-co…

Offshore Wind Power

US Pinpoints up to 8 GW of Offshore Wind Areas in Central Atlantic

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which, if fully de…

Nuclear Fuel

US Senate Votes to 'Onshore' Nuclear Fuel Production

The US Senate has voted by 96-3 to approve legislation that would strengthen domestic nuclear fuel production and ensure that disruptions in uranium supply will…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vogtle 3 Begins Commercial Operation

The USA's first newly constructed nuclear power plant in more than 30 years is now serving customers - it reached first criticality in March, was connected …

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Offshore Rig Count Moves up a Step

Baker Hughes’ weekly rig count report shows that the number of offshore rigs in the United States climbed a notch last week while the total number of rigs…

Solar Panel

Matrix Renewables Closes a Framework Agreement for First Solar Technology

First Solar and Matrix Renewables have announced a framework agreement to procure approximately 2.1 GW of advanced film modules. The modules, which will be deli…