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Crude Oil

Japan Intends to Keep Stake in Sakhalin-1 Oil Project - Industry Minister

Japan intends to keep a stake in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Monday, after Russia temporarily banned …

LNG

Shell Defers Prelude LNG Turnaround Due to Industrial Action

Shell Plc said on Monday it is deferring planned maintenance work at the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility that was due to go ahead in Sept…

Nuclear Fuel

Westinghouse, EDF to Explore Nuclear Accident Tolerant Fuel Technology

Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF are partnering to explore the capabilities of Westinghouse’s EnCore enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology.

Australia

Australia’s Westpac to Slash Lending to Coal, Oil Companies by 2030

Australia's Westpac Banking Corp unveiled its plans on Wednesday to reduce lending to coal, oil and gas companies by nearly a quarter by 2030, joining its peers…

Expro Secures Geothermal Contract

Energy services provider Expro has secured a contract for its first integrated services package to support a geothermal project in the Upper Rhine Graben area o…

Cryptominer Taps Underutilised Nuclear Energy on Georgia Grid

EZ Blockchain specialised in using otherwise wasted energy for crypto mining is expanding its data centre capacity in West Point, Georgia, USA.

Germany

Germany’s Largest Heat Storage in the Starting Blocks

Germany's largest heat accumulator is expected to be commissioned at the start of next year. The heat storage is located on Vattenfall's site at the Reuter West…

United Kingdom

See Monster Turns Oil Rig Into Sustainability Showcase

The 450-tonne platform is set to receive a new lease of life as a public art installation at Weston-super-Mare's seafront.

Norway

Norway’s Hydropower Reserves Hit Hard by Drought

While Europe scrambles to procure natural gas for winter power generation and heating, Western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, Norway, has a whole diffe…

Offshore Wind Power

Australis, Wpd Partner for 1.4GW Offshore Projects in Australia

The three projects are located in Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia.

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall and St1 Form a New Partnership to Produce a Large Volume of Fossil-Free Aviation Electro Fuel on the Swedish West Coast

Vattenfall and St1 have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a fossil-free value chain for production of synthetic electro fuel and the next step is to jointly …

Australia

Western Australia Putting 1,000 PV-Plus-Battery Standalone Power Systems Into Remote and Rural Areas

The government of Western Australia has begun a drive to deploy at least 1,000 renewable energy off-grid power systems aimed at bringing resilient electricity s…

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall and Preem to Investigate Large Scale Decarbonization Using Offshore Wind and Hydrogen

Vattenfall and Preem will now enter into a feasibility phase to assess the possibility of accelerating the development of a value chain connecting offshore wind…

Asia Leads in Biomass Capacity Additions

The region is more cost attractive compared to North America and Western Europe.

Electricity Transmission

China-Laos Electricity Supply Achieves Two-Way Transmission for the First Time

The Nam Tha River Hydropower Station in Laos delivered electricity to Southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday.