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Energy Storage Battery

New lithium-sulphur Battery Enables An EV to Drive Over 1,000km

A team of scientists at Monash University in Australia has developed a new lithium-sulphur battery, which promises cheaper, greener supercharging capabilities.

Climate Policy

Tens of Thousands Protest Australian PM's Climate Policies Amid Bushfire Crisis

Thousands of activists marched in several major cities across Australia on Friday, calling on the government to act on the climate crisis and do more to stop th…

Oil&Gas Drilling

3 Arctic Wilderness Areas to Watch as Trump Tries to Expand Oil & Gas Drilling

When President Donald Trump entered the White House in 2017, his intention was clear: His would be an administration defined in part by a no-holds-barred effort…

Researchers Find Evidence of How Hydrogen Causes Embrittlement of Steels

University of Sydney researchers have found evidence of how hydrogen causes embrittlement of steels. When hydrogen moves into steel, it makes the metal become b…

Nuclear Power Plant

Canada and USA to Collaborate on Critical Minerals

Canada and the USA have finalised an agreement to collaborate on improving the security of supply chains and ensure the future competitiveness of their critical…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Eco-Friendly Coal-Fired Plant Powers Houses, Wins Hearts in Pakistan

Surrounded by patches of wheat, sugarcane and guava orchards, the 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant located in the Sahiwal district of Pakistan's east Punja…

Power Construction

China Tibet Makes Serious Infrastructure investments in Power Grid

The central government has invested more than 68.6 billion yuan ($9.9 billion) in infrastructure construction in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region in 20…

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia, Turkey Open TurkStream Gas Pipeline

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Wednesday opened the taps of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline, officially…

World's First System Using Solar Energy to Split Water into Hydrogen

Technion researchers have developed the world’s first system using solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen at two separate sites.

Energy storage technology

U.S. Department of Energy Launches Energy Storage Grand Challenge

U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commerc…

Energy Storage Project

Google Inks Huge Corporate Solar-Plus-Storage Deal in Nevada

NV Energy will provide 350 megawatts of solar and as much as 280 megawatts of battery storage for a new Google data center.

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Selected as Preferred Supplier for 2.6GW US Offshore Wind farm

Dominion Energy, a Virginia-based energy company, has selected Spanish wind turbine-maker Siemens Gamesa as preferred supplier for its 2.64GW offshore wind proj…

Nuclear Fuel

Scientists Exploring How Nuclear Waste from Berkeley will be Safely Stored

Work has begun on removing nuclear waste from Berkeley power station, 30 years after it was decommissioned. The disused Magnox generator, situated on the banks …

Oil & Gas Trade

China Opens Oil and Gas Exploration to Foreign Firms

China will allow foreign companies to take part in oil and gas exploration and production in the country, in what officials hailed Thursday (Jan 9) as a "major …

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction at India’s Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Takes Step Forward

Kudankulam is one of the largest nuclear power projects in India and is eventually scheduled to have six Russian VVER-1000 reactors