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Electric Vehicle Charging

ChargePoint Raises Another $127M as EV Charging Wars Heat Up

Latest round brings ChargePoint’s total funding to $660 million, as it competes with deep-pocketed rivals such as BP Chargemaster and Shell’s Greenlots.

Floating Offshore Wind

Maine's $100M Floating Offshore Wind Project Finds Major Backers: RWE and Mitsubishi

Two heavyweight global offshore wind investors will acquire UMaine’s demonstration project, which could be built by 2023.

Biobattery

Department of Energy Announces $97 Million for Bioenergy Research and Development

The U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $97 million in funding for 33 projects that will support high-impact technology research and development.

Oil Pipeline

Equitrans Confirms Early 2021 Startup for Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

U.S. pipeline company Equitrans Midstream Corp said on Tuesday it still expects to complete the $5.4 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virg…

Wind Farm

EDP Renewables Begins Harvest Ridge Wind Farm Operation in US

EDP Renewables has started operations at its 200MW Harvest Ridge Wind Farm located in Douglas County, Illinois, US.

United States

Cimarron Composites Signs Contract with Shell Oil

Alabama-based Cimarron Composites has signed a five-year purchase agreement with Shell Oil company to provide advanced composite cylinders for hydrogen gas tran…

Nuclear Policy

Judge Upholds Virginia's Uranium Mining Ban

Virginia's 38-year-old moratorium on uranium mining will continue following a district court ruling in a case challenging its constitutionality.

Energy Storage Battery

Scientists Discover New “Glassy” Lithium

Scientists from the University of California San Diego and the Idaho National Laboratory got a first-time-ever glimpse at the non-crystalline “glassy” lithium…

United States

Solar Wind Grow 14% and Now Generate Over One-Eight of U.S. Electricity

Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) produced significantly more electricity than either coal or nuclear power during t…

Oil&Gas Drilling

U.S. Offshore Rig Count at 12 for Four Weeks Straight

The U.S. offshore rig count has remained flat for another week, making this the fourth week straight with 12 active units.

United States

Chevron Posts Massive $8.3 Billion Loss

U.S. oil major Chevron hit the red hard as it reported a massive loss of $8.3 billion, or almost $4.5 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2020.

Wind Farm

Sembcorp Unit Completes 800MW Wind Farms in India

This brings the company’s renewable capacity in India to 1.73GW.

Solar Power Plant

EDF Makes 200MW Solar Power Play in Nevada

EDF Renewables North America has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy for the supply of electricity from the future Chuckwalla solar farm in…

Oil Price

ExxonMobil Posts First Consecutive Quarterly Losses Since the Mid-80s

Oil major ExxonMobil reported a back-to-back quarterly loss for the first time in over three and a half decades.

Nuclear Equipment

US Report Highlights Nuclear Export Opportunities

Exports of nuclear energy equipment and technology to meet the needs projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) could be worth USD1.3-1.9…