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United Kingdom

London Unveils £12bn Infrastructure Bank

Institution based in Leeds will support projects that help meet the government's climate change goals

Smart Meter

Asia to Deploy more than 570 million Smart Electricity Meters

A new report released by research firm Berg Insight explores the deployment of smart electricity meters in China, India, Japan and South Korea between 2021 and …

Video: Tesla Wins Huge New Contract in Australia for Its Megapack Line

Torque News has a new update about Tesla's Megapack line. Tesla is helping Australian Victoria to reach 50% renewable energy by 2030, by winning a new big contr…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group Finalise Fuel Cell Joint Venture

Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group have finalised a joint venture agreement for the development, production and sale of fuel cell systems for heavy-duty vehicles.

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops Fast Reactor Fuel, Launches Tender for Pyrochemical Processing Study

The Bochvar Institute has developed a fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.

Wind Power Project

Wind Power in Southeastern Kansas for Facebook

Jayhawk will generate wind energy that will be sold under a long-term contract to Facebook.

Electricity Reform

South Sudan Renews Push to Reduce Power Deficit

South Sudan is directing massive effort to develop the power sector to reduce a deficit of 170 megawatts by building several generation plants, implementing Sou…

Electric Car

Iberdola Joins Forces with Lexus to Promote Smart Mobility Across Spain

Spanish multinational energy company Iberdrola has partnered with automaker Lexus to promote the use of electric vehicles and to accelerate the installation of …

Solar Power Plant

Kosovo to Host 150 MW Solar Park

The solar plant is planned to be built in southwestern Kosovo and to come online next year.

Carbon Emissions

API Expected To Endorse Carbon Pricing

The American Petroleum Institute is set to unveil a declaration in which it endorses carbon pricing as a means of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on …

Oil & Gas Trade

India Calls On OPEC+ To Ease Cuts And Stop Pushing Oil Higher

India is calling again on the OPEC+ coalition to boost production from April, because the world’s third-largest oil importer is not particularly happy with thi…

Power Construction

China’s State Grid Sets Peak Emissions Plan

China's state-controlled power network operator the State Grid has released a plan to achieve peak emissions and carbon neutrality, in line with the government'…

Oil Field

EnQuest Starts Shutting Down Don Fields in North Sea

UK oil and gas company EnQuest has started the cessation of production activities on the Northern Producer floating production facility at the Don fields in the…

Electric Car

Volvo Says It will be ‘Fully Electric’ by 2030 and Move Car Sales Online

Henrik Green, Volvo Cars’ chief technology officer, says there’s “no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine.”

Crude Oil

Opec+ to Convene Amid Robust Recovery in Global Oil Prices

The group could raise output by 500,000 to 700,000 bpd