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Natural Gas

Germany Likely to Miss Gas Storage Target Without Additional Measures

The energy crisis could be worsened, the German gas regulator has said

CCS

Oil Major BP Drilling Appraisal Well in Texas for Carbon Sequestration

Oil major BP has begun drilling an appraisal well in Texas for its U.S. carbon capture and sequestration business, an executive said on Monday.

Australia

Energy Prices Across Australia to Remain High Until 2026

Research from Cornwall Insight Australia’s Benchmark Power Curve (BPC)1, which looks at power prices up until 2042, has forecast that all states in the Nationa…

Gas power plant

Equinor May Postpone Closure of Norwegian Gas-Fired Power Plant

Norway-based energy major Equinor could continue to operate its natural gas-fired Mongstad power plant to support the country’s electricity supply. The company…

Baker Hughes Acquires Power Generation Division of Brush Group

Energy technology company Baker Hughes has agreed to acquire the Power Generation division of BRUSH Group from One Equity Partners.

Pumped Storage

Bechtel Wins Work on Australian Pumped Hydro Facility

BE Power and GE Renewable Energy have selected Bechtel to support the planning for a new pumped storage hydro energy facility named Big-T at Lake Cressbrook in …

Wind Farm

Kent Wins Berwick Bank Wind Farm Contract

Kent, a provider of engineering and design services to the global offshore wind industry, has been awarded a major contract win for Berwick Bank Project.

United States

U.S. Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act to Energy Industry Applause

The clean energy industry celebrated a moment on August 7, 2022, that would have seemed impossible just a few weeks earlier: The Senate passed a budget measure …

United States

US Launches Research Group to Grow Domestic Solar Industry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more …

Wind Turbine

Siemens Energy Warns of Deeper Net Loss Over Russia Restructuring

Siemens Energy, which supplies equipment to the power industry, on Monday warned of a deeper than previously expected net loss in 2022, on a charge of around 20…

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Fuel Retailers Rail Against Green Aviation Fuel Tax Credit

U.S. fuel retailers are fighting the inclusion of a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Democrats' $430 billion spending bill, arguing SAF is more…

Crude Oil

Japan Intends to Keep Stake in Sakhalin-1 Oil Project - Industry Minister

Japan intends to keep a stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Monday, after Russia temporarily banned …

LNG

Shell Defers Prelude LNG Turnaround Due to Industrial Action

Shell Plc said on Monday it is deferring planned maintenance work at the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility that was due to go ahead in Sept…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Decades in the Making – New Catalyst Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable

This huge development, in the opinion of the researchers, will eventually help to fully realize the enormous potential of hydrogen fuel cells.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

TNB, Petronas, IHI Hold Ammonia Combustion Test for Coal-Fired Generation

This will help decarbonise Malaysia’s power sector.