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Gas power plant

Officials Approve Duke Energy’s Plan to Replace Coal With Gas-Fired Units

Regulators in North Carolina have approved Duke Energy’s plan to replace some of the utility’s coal-fired units with natural gas-fired generation.Th…

United States

Clean Fuels: 2024 Saw Rapid Growth for Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel

The U.S. is on pace to surpass 5 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel consumption for the first time, capping a 2024 that saw increased efforts fro…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Noble Rig Lines up New Drilling Gig Offshore Australia

U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has landed a new assignment for one of its semi-submersible rigs with an undisclosed firm off the coast of A…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Post 3% Annual Decline

Oil prices fell around 3 percent in 2024, slipping for a second straight year, as the post-pandemic demand recovery stalled, China's economy struggled, and …

Green Hydrogen

Microsoft Announces Pioneering Green Hydrogen Pilot Project with ESB

Microsoft announced today that it has entered into an agreement with ESB that will see its data centre power control and administration building in Dublin be po…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

California to Fall Short of 200 Hydrogen Station Target by 60%

California is expected to fall short of its 2025 target to deploy 200 hydrogen refuelling stations by almost 60%, according to the California Air Resources Boar…

Hydrogen Production

Illinois to Host Avina’s $820M SAF Production Facility

Avina Clean Hydrogen will invest $820m to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in southwest Illinois, the US.Leveraging partner KBR&rsq…

Battery

Canadian Solar to Supply Two Texan Battery Projects

The solar and energy storage manufacturer will provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) for the Gaia and Midpoint projects as well as up to 2 GWp of solar …

Microgrid

Despite Innovative Action in Microgrid Policies, States Have a Long Way to Go

A new report by Think Microgrid says most states are doing an insufficient job at deploying microgrids despite developing microgrid roadmaps.Innovative state ac…

Solar Materials

REC Silicon Shuts Down Polysilicon Operations at U.S. Site

The reason given for the shutdown is the inability to improve the level of some key impurities, and would not be able to deliver a quality product in the time d…

Battery

New Coal-Killing Flow Battery Tool Now Available, for Free

Saving coal jobs was once supposed to be a top priority for President-elect Trump, but that bird has flown and the door is about to slam shut even harder just w…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Noble Rig Scores Multi-Well Drilling Gig Offshore Suriname

U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has got a new drilling assignment off the coast of Suriname, which will be conducted by its 2009-built semi-…

Crude Oil

Oil up Over Strong Economic Data From China, Weakening Us Dollar

Chinese authorities approve record fiscal stimulus package of 3 trillion yuan to boost economy, contributing to market optimism over future oil demandOil prices…

Ethanol

USGC: Japanese Media Team Visits Us to Learn About Ethanol Value Chain

In December, the U.S. Grains Council welcomed reporters from Japan’s key nationwide news groups to visit with and interview ethanol stakeholders to gain p…

United States

California Bioenergy Reaches Significant Development Milestone in the Golden State

California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio) announces the successful completion of its 78th dairy digester project in the state of California, marking a significant miles…