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Electric Car

BMW CEO Hopes 50% of Their Vehicles Will Be Electric by 2030

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse tells CNN's Julia Chatterly that the company will continue to increase electric vehicle output despite rising costs of materials.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Clean Energy Superstar or Smokescreen for Fossil Fuel Use? Here’s What You Need to Know About Hydrogen.

Hydrogen, the lightest and most abundant gas in the universe, is increasingly being used as a fuel.

Chernobyl

IAEA and Ukrainian Regulator Provide Updates on Nuclear Facilities

Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 16 March that the Zaporozhye NPP (ZNPP) had lost connection to a third power line but that two…

Solar Power Panel

Removing Solar Panel Hotspots Boosts Electrical and Thermal Output- Study

In a new paper published in the Journal of Energy Conservation and Management, researchers modelled the effectiveness of a hybrid, photovoltaic thermal system t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Fukushima Touched by Another Earthquake, Some Deficiencies Reported at Nuclear Plants

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake caused some deficiencies at two of the three nuclear power plants located in relatively close proximity to the fault, but it did not …

Solar Cell

UCLA Materials Scientists Lead Global Team in Finding Solutions to Biggest Hurdle for Solar Cell Technology

Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered the major reason why…

Nuclear Power Plant

'No Safety Concern' as Zaporozhe Loses Third Power Line

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had been told that Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant has lost connection to a third power line, but tw…

Carbon Emissions

Russia's 2050 Decarbonisation Plans in Doubt amid Sanctions

Russia's energy ministry believes Western sanctions over Ukraine could prevent the country from achieving plans to cut carbon emissions by 2050.

Natural Gas

Average San Diego County Gas Price Rises for 22nd Consecutive Day

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Wednesday for the 22nd consecutive day, increasing 3.3 cents to a record $…

Crude Oil

Russia Could Lose 30% of its Oil Output Within Weeks, IEA Warns

Russia could soon be forced to curtail crude oil production by 30%, subjecting the global economy to the biggest supply crisis in decades — that is, unless Sau…

Oil & Gas Supply

US Shale Oil Production Growth Revised Downward, Natural Gas Outlook Rises: EIA

The US shale oil production forecast was revised downward in March by 116,000 b/d, although it is now expected to hit the previous March projection in April, th…

Natural Gas

Exxon, BHP to Invest $291 Million to Expand Gas Output off Australia

Exxon Mobil Corp and BHP Group said on Thursday they will go ahead with a project to boost gas output from their Gippsland Basin Kipper field off southeast Aust…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Nigeria’s Rig Count up as OPEC Warns of Uncertainty from Impact of Ukraine Conflict

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has kept its key oil market projections for 2022 unchanged, but it expects to adjust the forecasts in t…

Coal Mine

Balkan States Say Supply Security more Pressing than Ditching Coal

A surge in power costs and concerns about reliance on Russian energy have prompted Balkan utilities to reassess plans to shut down coal-fired power plants, desp…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan's Fukushima Earthquake Shuts Dozen Power Plants, Sendai, Chiba Refineries

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred offshore Fukushima in northeastern Japan late March 16, shutting a dozen coal, gas and oil-fired power plants along with the…