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Energy Storage Battery

Shanghai Electric and Pacific Green to Manufacture Battery Storage Systems

Shanghai Electric Guoxuan New Energy Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pacific Green Technologies for the manufacturing of battery energy…

Oil Exploration

Shell Delays US Offshore Production Start ups

Shell has delayed the startup of the PowerNap and Vito deepwater projects in the US Gulf of Mexico because of Covid-19-related issues.

Crude Oil

Texas Refineries Restarting After Power Loss

Texas refineries reported restarting units shut last week after subfreezing temperatures and a power crisis abruptly cut 28pc of US crude processing capacity.

Energy Security

These are the Key Lessons of the Texas Snowstorm

Arctic blasts may not trouble the Arabian Gulf but the Texas crisis should convince all regions to prepare for their own weather challenges

Electricity Trade

State of Texas Should Pay for Enormous Energy Bills After Power Outages, Houston Mayor Says

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Sunday called on the state of Texas to pay for the enormous electric bills that scores of Texans reported after severe winter …

Hydrogen Project

The Texas Cold Blast Was A Warning To Hydrogen Investors

The Texas storm has exposed an energy grid ill-prepared for climate change, with electric grid regulators now saying that the United States needs to rapidly dev…

Energy Security

Bill Gates Reveals What Caused Deadly Power Outages in Texas

On Saturday, US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the Lone Star State allowing the government to allocate more funds to help millions of people a…

Energy Technology

New Method Converts Methane in Natural Gas to Methanol at Room Temperature

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.

Joe Biden

How to Calculate the Social Cost of Carbon? Researchers Offer Roadmap in New Analysis

The Biden administration is revising the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decade-old cost-benefit metric used to inform climate policy by placing a monetary value…

Oil Price

Goldman Sachs Sees Minimal Oil Price Impact from Texas Freeze

Oil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South, creating a…

Crude Oil

Oil Drops as Investors Gauge Big Chill Impact on US Refineries

US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2% to $59.3 a barrel on Friday.

Paris Climate Agreement

US Returns to Paris Climate Agreement

The US officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement today, with the country's top climate diplomat calling for more action by the world's major emitters.

Natural Gas

Texas Energy Regulator Extends Gas Prioritization

State energy regulator Texas Railroad Commission late yesterday extended orders prioritizing natural gas for power generation, residences and hospitals and lowe…

United States

American Clean Power Association Statement on Power Outages in Texas

The American Clean Power Association today issued the following statement on the ongoing power outages in Texas

Energy Security

Extreme Weather Conditions Harm RWE’s Renewables Electricity Generation in the US State of Texas

Operations teams focus on resuming production at RWE’s affected onshore wind turbinesRWE expects significant negative earnings impact in Onshore Wind/Solar seg…