Ut

U.S. Plans Its Largest Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure

The largest gas utility company in the U.S. has proposed to build the nation’s largest green hydrogen energy infrastructure system. Some hail the move while ot…

Microgrid

First Time in the U.S. and Japan to Successfully Build and Operate Microgrid with Battery Storage on Actual Power Distribution Network

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. have completed a demonstration project in California to…

ADF Invests $5.5m for Desert to Power Renewable Energy Initiative

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $5.5 million technical assistance grant to kick-start the roll-out of the flagship Desert …

China

China Emerges as Top Contributor of New Renewable Capacity in Asia: Report

​China emerged as the biggest contributor of new renewable capacity in Asia after it added 121 gigawatts (GW) in 2021, the International Renewable Energy Agenc…

Electric Car

Trudeau Talks Electric Vehicles, Nuclear Energy During Stop in Victoria

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles, and he isn’t ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner…

Hydrogen Project

India’s Quest for Hydrogen ‘Riddled with Challenges’

India is turning its attention to green hydrogen as a cleaner form of energy, as it continues to explore options to reduce dependence on imported and highly pol…

CCS

World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Project: Shute Creek’s “Sell or Vent” Business Model Isn’t Working

Delving into the world’s largest carbon capture project, ExxonMobil’s Shute Creek CCUS facility, reveals a highly questionable technology.

Carbon Emissions

$11 Million for West Australia Clean Energy Initiatives

The Western Australian Government has dedicated $11 million for seven innovative clean energy projects through the second round of its Clean Energy Future Fund …

Natural Gas

Price Volatility and Rising Demand Revive U.S. Natural Gas Trading

Natural gas trading is seeing a renaissance in the United States with the return of price volatility, while market turmoil in Europe could keep gas demand and e…

Philippines

Philippines to Speed up Decarbonisation of Power Sector

The Philippines is expected to accelerate the decarbonisation of its energy sector amidst increasing investor interest and rapidly expanding project pipeline, F…

Hydrogen Production

Novel Electrocatalyst Developed for Biomass Upgrading and Hydrogen Generation

Prof. Zhang Jian's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a highly effective coba…

Carbon Emissions

Steelmaker Uses Green Hydrogen to Cut Carbon Emissions

For hundreds of years, raging blast furnaces — fed with coking coal — have forged steel used in cars, railways, bridges and skyscrapers.

Energy Transition

German Utility Deploys River Heat Pump to Decarbonise Heating

Siemens Energy is supplying a large-scale river heat pump to Mannheim-based utility MVV in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

United Kingdom

UK Targets More Nuclear, Wind Power — and Fossil Fuels — in Bid for Energy Security

The U.K. government has revealed details of its long awaited, “bold” energy security strategy, but critics have derided its inclusion of fossil fuels and what…

Coal Trade

Germany Will Need Full Transition Period to Ban Russian Coal

Germany will need to use the full four-month phase-out period to implement a ban on Russian coal under European Union sanctions, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on …