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Oil Price

U.S. Shale Swings From Losses to Record Cash Flows

U.S. shale focuses on returning capital to shareholders in 2022.

Carbon Emissions

Carbon Capture Challenges are Not Deterring Investor at Bill Gates’ Firm

In the United States, there is a voluntary market for companies to pay to capture their carbon, but there is not any government regulation or a federally mandat…

Solar Power Panel

US Agrivoltaics Benefit From Government Funding Boost

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale funding opportunity.

Natural Gas

U.S. Natural Gas Prices Could Soon Hit $10

Warmer than usual spring weather and record LNG exports to help Europe reduce dependence on Russian gas could send the U.S. benchmark natural gas prices to abov…

United States

Republic Services and Archaea Energy Form Renewable Gas JV

The $1.1bn joint venture involving Republic Services and Archaea Energy will convert landfill gas sites into renewable natural gas across the US.

Oil Price

Oil Rises, Defying Stock Market Falls as Supply Concerns Persist

Oil prices climbed for a third straight session on Friday, shrugging off concerns about global economic growth as worries about tightening supplies underpinned …

Natural Gas

Why are U.S. Natural Gas Prices Soaring?

U.S. natural gas prices are surging, with the benchmark futures contract rising to a 13-year high of $8.74 per million British thermal units, at a time when tha…

Electric Car

US Students Challenged to Design Next-Generation BEV

The US Department of Energy, General Motors and MathWorks provide $6mn in the next-generation battery electric vehicle design challenge.

Electric Vehicle Battery

The Salton Sea Could Produce the World’s Greenest Lithium, if New Extraction Technologies Work

About 40 miles north of the California-Mexico border lies the shrinking, landlocked lake known as the Salton Sea. The California Energy Commission estimates tha…

Solar Power Panel

U.S. Solar Industry Braces for Slump in New Capacity

The U.S. solar energy industry has warned it is facing a substantial slowdown in capacity additions due to persistent supply chain problems and the danger of im…

Wind Turbine

Could Painting Wind Turbine Blade Improve Bird Safety?

​A study aims to examine whether painting a wind turbine blade black, instead of the traditional white color, would improve safety for birds.

Rooftop PV System

Swiss ‘Dragon Shingle’ Solar Maker Expands Its U.S. Market Presence

Google had installed integrated solar modules throughout its new campus in Mountain View, Calif., in the form of 90,000 squares that looked to many observers li…

United States

Renewables Generated More Electricity than Nuclear in the US For The First Time in 2021

​Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than nuclear energy in the U.S. for the first time in 2021, data shows.

United States

TotalEnergies Bolsters US Renewables Portfolio by 4GW

TotalEnergies has acquired US renewables company Core Solar, adding 4GW of renewable energy to its portfolio.

LNG

U.S. Authorizes More LNG From Two Plants in Development

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it authorized additional liquefied natural gas shipments from two plants in construction and development.