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LNG

Germany Touts Possible ‘Major Role’ for Canadian LNG in Shift Away From Russia

Germany hopes Canadian LNG will help ease its shift away from Russian gas imports, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday, a day after Canada played down the ec…

Solar Power Plant

STEAG Joins Forces With German PV Monitoring Start-up

Power generation solutions provider STEAG has become a shareholder in Berlin-based start-up Solytic GmbH in order to strengthen its competencies in digitalisati…

Natural Gas

German Gas Levy Could Change as Soon as This Winter -Newspaper

A gas levy on German consumers meant to help utilities cover the cost of replacing Russian supplies could change as soon as this winter, the managing director o…

Mexico

As Mexico Stalls Major Solar Projects, Companies Turn To Smaller Workarounds

With alternative energy projects stalled in Mexico due to controversial energy reforms, companies are increasingly turning to smaller-scale renewable options th…

Carbon Emissions

Microsoft and Alaska Airlines Are Working With This Startup to Make Clean Jet Fuel From Carbon Emissions

Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a much chea…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany ‘Could Develop Up to 82GW’ of Offshore Wind

Research from the Fraunhofer IWES research institute found potential well above 70GW by 2045 target

Natural Gas

Germany to Slash Tax on Household Energy Bills

VAT on gas has been cut to 7% to help people with soaring energy costs

Oil Price

Big Tech Is Under Pressure to Turn Its Back on Big Oil

Big Tech has come under fire for helping Big Oil produce more oil, a move that appears to go counter to the promises tech companies have made about reducing emi…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Rise After Saudi Says OPEC Could Cut Output

Oil prices edged up on Tuesday, after Saudi Arabia warned that OPEC could cut output to correct a recent drop in oil futures.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Germany’s Uniper to Restart Coal-Fired Power Plant as Gazprom Halts Supply to Europe

German utility Uniper SE on Monday said it will start producing electricity for the market at its Heyden 4 hard-coal-fired power plant as a three-day halt in Ru…

Wind Farm

MIT Data Modeling Tool Optimises Wind Farm Output

Research engineers have found that the energy output of multi-turbine wind farms can be increased by modeling the wind flow of the entire array of turbines and …

Microgrid

Technology Trending: Microgrid DERMS, AI for Outage Recovery, Next-Gen Battery Electrodes, New Energy T ransition Materials

DERMS for Australian rural microgrids, AI for rapid outage recovery in China, 3D printing of high performance battery electrodes and a partnership to discover n…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Africa’s Nuclear Sector Has Failed Its Test: The Koeberg Nuclear Plant Life Extension

Its operating licence expires in 2024, and its continued operation thereafter depends on critical refurbishments and upgrades. Work on these finally began in Ja…

Carbon Neutral

First Carbon Neutral Apartment Building Coming on Blockchain

Australian blockchain pioneer Powerledger’s Montreal Commons project is set to be one of the world’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings.

Oil Price

Oil Has Become Too Volatile for Traders

Hedge funds are pulling out of oil as price volatility becomes excessive.