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Energy Transition

G7 Makes New $15 Billion Offer to Vietnam to Cut Coal Use -Sources

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations has made a new $15 billion offer to Vietnam to agree during a summit next week on funding to speed up its transit…

United States

U.S. Power Use to Hit Record in 2022 on Economic Growth, Hotter Weather -EIA

U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 because of increasing economic activity and hotter summer weather, the U.S. Energy Information Adminis…

Offshore Wind Power

California Offshore Wind Sale Ends First Day With $400 Mln in High Bids

The United States' first sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California attracted more than $400 million in bids on Tuesday from companies…

Pumped Storage

‘Geomechanical Pumped Storage’ Startup Quidnet Gets Us$10 Million ARPA-E Funding

Quidnet, a company developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, has been selected to receive funding from the US Advanced Research Projects Ag…

Net Zero Emission

Adnoc to Set up New Vertical in Decarbonisation Push

Musabbeh Al Kaabi, chief executive of Mubadala's UAE investments platform, has been named executive director.

Offshore Wind Power

First US Floating Offshore Wind Auction

The US will hold the nation’s first lease auction for commercial-scale floating wind power today.

United States

Methane Production Increases at a Faster Rate in Response to Ecosystem Warming

Scientists working at the ongoing Department of Energy's (DOE) Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) experiment use the site's nort…

Net Zero Emission

New Calculation Method for Emission Reduction Path Could Help Achieve the Paris Climate Target

The central aim of the Paris climate agreement is clear: Limiting man-made global warming to well below 2 °C. This limit requires a reduction in greenhouse gas…

Electric Car

Amsterdam Smart Charge Trial Illustrates Potential of Flexible Charging

Results from an electric vehicle (EV) charging trial – which used a flexible charging speed at public charging points for electric cars in Amsterdam, the Nethe…

Energy Storage Battery

Balance Power Adds More Capacity to UK’s Battery Storage Pipeline

Energy developer Balance Power has announced the approval of its latest 49.5MW battery storage project in St Austell, Cornwall, UK.

Hydrogen Project

BP Doubles Down on Hydrogen as Fuel of the Future

BP chief executive Bernard Looney is betting on hydrogen to power future low-carbon businesses as the governments of major economies stump up cash to develop th…

United States

Explainer: Why the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act Has Europe up in Arms

Top European Union officials will use a trade meeting with U.S. counterparts on Monday to press concerns about Washington's huge new green energy subsidy packag…

Hydrogen Production

Factbox: Hydrogen's Many Colours

Major industries, including energy, steel and chemicals, are looking at how to switch to hydrogen as a fuel to help to reduce carbon emissions.

EU

Emergency Call Services, Telcos Urge EU to Protect Telecoms Networks From Power Cuts

Europe's top telecoms operators and an emergency services lobby on Monday urged Brussels to shield mobile and fixed grids from power cuts, a letter reviewed by …

Natural Gas

Eastward Gas Flows via Yamal-Europe Pipeline Fall to Zero

Eastbound gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany fell to zero on Monday morning, while Russian supplies to Europe via Ukraine inched…