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Electricity Trade

US Power Use to Slide in 2023 on Slower Economic Growth

A man walks by power lines in Mountain View, California, U.S., August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaU.S. power consumption will ease in 2023 from last year'…

Carbon Emissions

Biden Admin Targets Use of Climate-Warming Industrial Gases

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Fil…

CCS

US Climate Envoy John Kerry to Travel to China Next Week

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with Reuters after meeting with Pope Francis, near the Vatican in Rome, Italy,…

Oil Exploration

PBF's Martinez, California, Refinery Reports Release of Coke Dust on Communities

PBF Energy's (PBF.N) 156,400 barrel-per-day capacity oil refinery in Martinez, California released petroleum coke dust, a byproduct of the refining process,…

Hydrogen Production

Rio Tinto, Japan's Sumitomo to Build Hydrogen Plant in Queensland

The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in To…

Carbon Emissions

Climate Change: China Ranks Third Behind Australia, Canada for Readiness to Boost Output of Metals Critical for Clean Energy Transition

Construction of the world’s first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province. Photo: XinhuaChina scored 65 out o…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Turkey 'Aiming for 20 GW of Nuclear by 2050s'

Turkey is in talks with Russia, China and South Korea over its planned second and third nuclear power plants, and with the USA and United Kingdom over small mod…

Nuclear waste

Study Into Deep Borehole Disposal Costs at Krško

The radioactive waste management organisations of Slovenia and Croatia have contracted Deep Isolation to deliver a cost study on potential borehole disposal of …

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Tells EPA US Could Go All-Electric by 2030, Would Settle For 69% Of New Sales

Tesla told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the United States could go all-electric by 2030, but it would settle for 69% of new car sales.The EPA …

Electric Vehicles

Legrand Debuts Its Plug-And-Play Level 2 Home EV Charger in the US

Global electrical product giant Legrand is launching its first-ever Level 2 home EV charger in the US market, and it’s plug-and-play.Legrand’s first…

Carbon Emissions

BMW Plant Dingolfing Will Use Locally Produced Heat From Regional Biomass to Reduce CO2

BMW Group Plant Dingolfing will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50% of its process hot water requirements from 2025…

Solid-State Batteries

Researchers Present Two-Step Recycling Approach for All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries

Researchers from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universität Stuttgart, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, and Universität des Saarlandes …

Hydropower Plant

SEFA Highlights Hydropower Modernisation as Catalyst for Africa's Energy Transition

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has emphasized the importance of hydropower modernisation in meeting the…

Biofuel

EIA: Biofuels Displace Distillate Fuel Oil on the West Coast

Last year, U.S. West Coast distillate consumption, as measured by product supplied, was at its lowest since 2002 and is on track to fall further this year. The …

Wind Turbine

Offshore Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturer to Acquire Bladt Industries

Nordic Capital has reached an agreement to sell Denmark-based Bladt Industries to the wind turbine tower manufacturer CS Wind.During the Nordic Capital ownershi…