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Carbon Emissions

U.S. and EU to Crack down on Fossil Fuel Sector’s Methane Emissions

The United States and the European Union will unveil an agreement targeting methane emissions within the fossil fuel industry.

United States

NREL Develops Cybersecurity Tool to Flag Threats to Electric Grid

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed an intrusion visualisation tool, IViz-OT, which can locate and visualise anomalies on the electric…

Solar Power Panel

U.S. Solar Capacity Has Grown 28,500% Since 2008

U.S. solar power capacity has jumped by 28,500% since 2008.

United States

Chevron and JERA Jointly Pursue Lower-Carbon Solutions in the US and Asia Pacific

Chevron New Energies, Chevron’s unit focusing on low-carbon fuels, and Japanese energy giant JERA have agreed to collaborate on multiple lower-carbon opportuni…

Nuclear Reactor

Japan, US Governments Asked to Beef up Nuclear Energy Dev't

The JAIF and NEI asked the two governments to improve the energy market and regulation.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Says “No More Drilling” at a Rally

“No more drilling…there is no more drilling,” said U.S. President Joe Biden at a campaign rally in New York state on Sunday when asked by a person in the cro…

United States

U.S. EPA Allowed Two-Week Extension to Issue Biofuel Blending Proposal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a biofuels trade groups have agreed to extend by two weeks a deadline the agency has to issue a proposal on 2…

United States

U.S. Construction Costs Drop for Solar, Rise for Wind and Natural Gas Generators

Construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems continued to decrease in the United States in 2020

Oil&Gas Drilling

Drillers Ask U.S. To Exempt Smallest Wells From Looming Methane Rule

Oil and gas companies have asked the Biden administration to exempt hundreds of thousands of the nation's smallest wells from upcoming rules requiring drillers …

Carbon Emissions

Researchers Report Renewable Jet Fuel Breakthrough

National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers report success in using lignin as a path toward a drop-in 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

Solar Power Panel

Rural America Is Pushing Back Against the Renewable Boom

Reaching net zero by mid-century will require the world to double its current rate of renewable expansion.

Natural Gas

Why Overly Confident U.S. Drillers Ditched Their Hedges

Some Big Oil companies are so confident that high oil prices are here to stay that they have completely ditched their hedges.

Crude Oil

North America Leads $370 Billion Global Push for Oil & Gas Pipelines

Westwood’s upcoming onshore pipeline market forecast has revealed that between 2022 and 2028, the world will spend almost $370 billion on new oil and gas pipel…

Natural Gas

Chesapeake Points to Rising Costs in Fastest-Growing U.S. Gas Field

Chesapeake Energy on Wednesday said inflation in the fastest growing U.S. shale gas region could surpass 15% next year, a sign that soaring costs for energy pro…

Smart Grid

Illinois Regulators Approve US Utilities’ Smart Meter Data Collaboration

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a smart meter collaboration that enables Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to securely transmit natural gas meter da…