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New Technology

Out of the Blue: Making Fuel From Air and Sunlight

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a technology capable of producing liquid hydrocarbon fuels from just sunlight and air. At their solar mini-refinery, th…

LNG

​World's Leading Nat Gas Producer Is About To Get Even Bigger

On September 9 Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, minister of energy as well as president and CEO of state-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP), announced that the country had shortl…

Oil & Gas Trade

​Exxon Mobil Bars Use of Oil Tankers Linked to Venezuela -Sources

Exxon Mobil Corp this week banned the use of vessels linked to oil flows from Venezuela in the last year, according to four people familiar with the matter, put…

​Toyota to Launch Second Generation Mirai in 2020

The Japanese automaker is preparing to launch the next generation of its fuel cell vehicle. Low sales of its initial Mirai sedan won’t stop Toyota from launchi…

Taiwan's Non-Hydro Renewables Capacity Could Hit 21.3GW by 2028

Renewables are expected to take up 26% of the energy mix by 2030.The capacity of non-hydropower renewables in Taiwan is expected to rise about 18.2% every year …

Nuclear Policy

Orano To Cooperate With Tepco On Fukushima Decommissioning

French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano has signed has signed an agreement with Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to collaborate on the deco…

​Tractebel Unveil New Offshore Hydrogen Platform

Tractebel sees potential for carbon-neutral production of green hydrogen in large-scale offshore wind farms and its team is currently working on a detailed solu…

Energy Storage Battery

European Commission Set to Approve UK Billion-Pound Power Backup Plan

The European Commission is set to give the go-ahead for British power companies to receive a total of roughly one billion pounds to help them bear the cost of m…

Evolution Or Revolution? BP's Incoming CEO Tasked With Navigating Energy Transition

BP upstream chief executive Bernard Looney will take the reins from CEO Bob Dudley early next year, with investors eager to understand what this means for the F…

Hydrogen Fuel is Getting Buzz, but Here's Why it hasn't Gone Mainstream

The hydrogen fuel that launches NASA rockets into space and provides electrical power via fuel cells produces only one waste product: water so pure the astronau…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Hartlepool Power Station Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor for Nine Weeks

The shutdown will allow more than 1,200 pieces of work to be carried out over the next nine weeks after two years of planning. Around 500 extra workers will joi…

Oil Price

Oil Snaps Six-Day Drop as Shrinking Supply Offsets Growth Fears

Oil snapped a six-day losing streak as a surprise drop in U.S. stockpiles and tumbling OPEC output helped to offset more evidence the global economy is weakenin…

Crude

Iran Awards Contracts to Push Ahead with Major Oil Pipeline Project

Iran has awarded contracts to three domestic engineering firms for manufacturing giant pumping devices needed for a major pipeline project that would transfer I…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Submits Application to Shut Down Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant

French electric utility company EDF has submitted an application seeking approval for the termination of operations and permanent shutdown of both reactors at F…

Toyota Doubles Down on Hydrogen with 2nd-gen Mirai’s 2020 Release

Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada recently confirmed that the Japanese automaker is preparing to launch the second-generation of its hydrogen fuel-cell car, th…