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Energy Transition

Portugal to Speed up Renewable Energy Programme amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Portugal aims to accelerate its energy transition and increase the proportion of renewable sources by 20 percentage points to 80 per cent of its electricity out…

Smart Grid

Why Smart Power Grids Are Now Essential

Smart power grids – able to balance supply and demand – will help us make the most of renewables and should be at the heart of our energy strategy writes Euan…

Oil Shale

China's Major Shale Gas Field Records Output Growth in Q1

The Fuling shale gas field in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality produced over 1.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the first quarter of 2022, up 1.…

Carbon Neutral

3 Things Learned From Microsoft’s Carbon Removal Report

While other organizations are focused primarily on getting to carbon neutral for current emissions, Microsoft plans to offset its entire historical emissions go…

Natural Gas

Gas Power Outlook: Volatility and Viability

Natural gas generation’s future hinges on a precarious and exceptionally volatile set of issues that the conflict in Ukraine intensified.

Carbon Neutral

Meta Advances Sustainability Goal with Solar Farm, Net-Zero Data Center

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it is advancing its clean energy and sustainability goals with plans for a net-zero data center in Miss…

Solar Power Panel

Enel to Create 3-GW Solar Factory in Italy with EU Backing

The renewables arm of Italian utility Enel SpA said Friday that its 3Sun solar panel factory in Catania, Sicily, will become a 3-GW-per-year facility after sign…

Crude Oil

U.S. Issues Formal Notice of Record Sale of Oil From Reserve

The U.S. Energy Department formally outlined a sale of oil from emergency reserves on Friday, a day after President Joe Biden announced the largest release ever…

Carbon Emissions

'Methane matters': New Action Plan Offers Quick and Cost-Effective Routes to Cutting Global Emissions

Coalition of campaign groups present wide-ranging plan to help countries meet and exceed the cuts the promised to make through the Global Methane Pledge.

Natural Gas

With War in Ukraine and Threats From Putin, Europeans Anxiously Wait for Energy Rationing

European countries are facing the possibility of energy supplies being rationed, as a dispute between Moscow and the West over payments for Russian exports rage…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Projects Might Rough-Sail in Asia: Report

Hydropower projects in Asia might rough-sail as environmental and social opposition, and financial concerns pose a challenge to the industry, Fitch Solutions re…

Carbon Emissions

China’s Central Bank Leads in Green Finance Policies Globally: Report

The People’s Bank of China is outperforming other central banks across the globe in greening their financial system, the Institute for Energy Economics and Fin…

Oil Price

U.S. to Release 1 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day From Reserves to Help Cut Gas Prices

The Biden administration on Thursday said the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from reserves.

Industrial Biomass: Is It a Mass Movement?

Biomass is one contender for replacing fossil fuels, but questions over its suitability, and the sustainability of its source, remain.

Natural Gas

Russia Foreign Gas Buyers 'Must Pay in Roubles' Says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin raises the energy stakes as Germany enacts early warning level for Emergency Plan for Gas amid supply concerns.