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Oil Pipeline

Largest US Pipeline Restarts Operations After Hack Shut It Down for Nearly a Week

Announcement comes amid fuel shortages in south-east, with panicked drivers filling up their tanks

Oil Price

Oil Climbs on Drop in US Oil Stockpiles, Solid Demand Outlook

The drawdown came before the Colonial Pipeline was hit by a cyberattack last Friday which forced the pipeline, which transports more than 2.5 million barrels a …

Solar Cell

Novel ‘Molecular Glue’ Boosts Reliability of Perovskite Cells

A research team from Brown University in the US has found a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells, dramatically increasing their function…

Offshore Wind Power

Biden Administration Approves 800MW Vineyard Offshore Wind Farm

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and CIP, has passed the final major step in the federal review process, which means it will likely be…

Ammonia

Waggaman Ammonia Plant Temporarily Shut Down

Incitec Pivot Ltd has said that its Waggaman ammonia plant in Louisana, US, which was re-started in April following repairs, has been temporarily shut down.

United States

Colonial Pipeline Hack Exposes Lack of Federal Cybersecurity Oversight for U.S. Energy Industry

The temporary shutdown of Colonial's pipeline follows warnings by U.S. officials in recent months of the danger of cyberattacks against privately held infrastru…

Crude Oil

U.S. Main Fuel Pipeline Operator Aims to Restore Operation This Week After Cyber Attack

The operator of a main U.S. fuel pipeline declared on Monday its goal of restoring operational service by the end of the week after all pipeline operations temp…

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL Expanding Business in the United States

CATL is about to supply lithium iron phosphate batteries to Ohio-based electric vehicle manufacturer Workhorse.

United States

Biden Wants ‘Clean’ Electricity By 2035. A Pandemic-Driven Fall In Solar Jobs Complicates That

The U.S. solar industry will need to nearly quadruple its workforce by 2035 in order to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of a carbon-free electricity industry, …

Wind Farm

EDPR Begins Commercial Operations at US Wind Farm

EDP Renováveis, through its EDP Renewables North America subsidiary, has announced that commercial operations at its Crossing Trails wind farm have begun.

Solar Cell

DTE Energy Partners with Ford Motor Company on New Rooftop Solar Installation and Battery Storage Technology

DTE Energy today announced that it has commissioned a new solar array at the Ford Research & Engineering Center in Dearborn, Michigan.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

New California Hydrogen Station Retailing at $13.14/kg

​A new hydrogen station has opened in California, US – and the price of hydrogen is $13.14 per kilogram.

United States

Siemens Energy to Shut Olean Plant

Siemens Energy has announced plans to shut its plant in Olean, New York by June 2022

Nuclear Reactor

TVA and Kairos Power to Collaborate on Demonstration reactor

The Tennessee Valley Authority is to provide engineering, operations and licensing support to help Kairos Power deploy its Hermes low-power demonstration reacto…

Crude Oil

U.S. Energy Production Saw Steepest Drop On Record In 2020

Due to economic responses to the pandemic, U.S. energy production dropped by 5 percent last year, marking the steepest annual decline on record.