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Nuclear Power Plant

Heatwave Forces Temporary Change to Water-Discharge Rules in France

The French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire says that "to ensure the security of the electricity network" it will temporarily modify the stric…

Worley to Digitise Shell Gulf of Mexico Assets

Engineering giant will focus on five Shell facilities

Energy Blockchain Startup FlexiDAO Secures Google and Microsoft Backing

FlexiDAO plans to scale its renewables tracking platform, particularly in the US and Europe, with $6.5 million raised in Series A funding.

Energy Storage Project

Australia Shortlists 12 Grid-Scale Battery Storage Projects for $100M Funding

The projects, which include both new builds and retrofits for existing batteries, have an aggregate capacity of 3.05GW and will be equipped with advanced invert…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Green Energy Transition: Upcycling EV Batteries Into Graphene Oxide

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are soaring, and this means that in the coming decades, there will be a sudden influx of spent batteries which will overwhelm c…

Solar-Powered Chemistry Could Recycle Carbon Dioxide Into Fuels and Chemicals

An international research team has demonstrated that solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and beneficial chemicals.

ACEN to Issue P30b Bonds to Fund RE Projects

Initial proceeds will fund the Arayat-Mexico Solar Power expansion project amongst others.

Floating Offshore Wind

Hexicon Korea to Divest Stake in 1.2GW Floating Wind Project

The buyer will own 100% of the floating wind project and assume its financial ownership going forward.

Mexico

Mexico Senate Identifies Geothermal As Critical to Energy Transition

Having recognized geothermal as fundamental for clean energy transition, legislators in Mexico have requested a report on the programs for geothermal exploratio…

Shell to Take Over as Operator of Gulf of Mexico Field From Equinor

Equinor will retain 49% of its stake in the project, which has been renamed as the Sparta development

Carbon Emissions

Decarbonizing Railways: The Benefits to Our Environment

Transportation as a sector accounts for around 20% of all carbon dioxide emissions globally, with passenger and freight travel emitting roughly 41 kg of carbon …

Hydrogen Production

Shell and Ceres Ink Green Hydrogen Partnership

Ceres Power Holdings plc has announced that it has signed an agreement with Shell to deliver a megawatt scale solid oxide electrolyser (SOEC) demonstrator in 20…

Carbon Emissions

Climate Tech Firm to Launch Scaled-up Plant Sucking CO2 From Air

Construction is due to begin on Wednesday on what could become the world's biggest plant to capture carbon dioxide from the air and deposit it underground, the …

Carbon Emissions

Cement Sector’s CO2 Emissions ‘Doubled in 20 Years’

Last year, emissions from making cement accounted for more than 7% of the global carbon dioxide emissions.

CCS

What Happens to Carbon Stored Underground?

Carbon sequestration is a process where carbon dioxide (CO2) is injected into geological formations deep underground.