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Power Cable

Siemens Energy’s AI and Multi-Sensor Kitted Helicopter to Inspect German Power Lines

German grid operators Schleswig Holstein Netz AG and Bayernwerk Netz GmbH have commissioned Siemens Energy to inspect approximately 4,000km of high-voltage over…

Microgrid

Schneider Electric Launches Grid Operations Platform as a Service on Microsoft Azure

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of its grid operations platform as a service on Microsoft Azure, which aims to offer remote access to utilities for …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell, BP Strike US Gulf Deal Ahead of Planned Drilling

Shell and BP have finalized an exchange of acreage in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico ahead of planned drilling in the greater Mars Basin, one of the region’s mos…

Gas Turbine

GE Plans Gas Turbine Upgrade at Al Taweelah Power Plant in the UAE

UAE-based aluminium producer Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed an agreement with GE Gas Power to upgrade four existing gas turbines at EGA’s Al Taweel…

Carbon Emissions

Climate Action on CO2 Emissions Alone Won’t Prevent Extreme Warming - Study

To control climate change, the world must go beyond cutting carbon dioxide emissions and curb lesser-known pollutants such as nitrous oxide playing a key role i…

Net Zero Emission

Swiss Re, UBS Among Founding Buyers in Carbon Removal Scheme

Insurance firm Swiss Re and banking giant UBS are among five founding buyers of credits from a scheme set up by a Swiss company to drive down the cost of taking…

Energy Storage Battery

Trina Storage Launches Grid-Scale BESS

Trina Storage, the vertically integrated battery energy storage solution provider, has announced the launch of Elementa, a flexible battery energy storage syste…

Electric Car

Incentivising EV Users Will Require a New Kind of Charging Infrastructure

With charging anxiety stifling the growth of electric vehicles what’s needed is flexible ‘soft’ infrastructure that also makes use of their battery writes Cr…

Carbon Emissions

Chevron, Schlumberger Withdraw Request for California Carbon-Capture Permit

Top U.S. energy companies Chevron and Schlumberger have withdrawn an application to capture carbon dioxide emissions and store them deep underground in central …

Floating Solar Project

DNV to Create Floating Solar Standards

DNV estimates that the potential global capacity for deploying floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) power is currently approximately 4 TW and installed capacity wi…

Solar Technology

Mexico’s Solarever Targets 1 GW of PV Production Capacity

Solarever, a Mexican PV module manufacturer, is aiming for 1 GW of production capacity and plans to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange, as it expands in…

Energy Transition

Insurance Giant Allianz Sets Oil and Gas Exit Strategy

The world’s fifth-largest insurance company, Allianz, is withdrawing coverage and investment dollars from a wide swath of fossil fuel projects as of next year.…

Carbon Emissions

CO2 on Earth Hits Highest Level in Human History

That’s according to data, revealing that for the first time, carbon dioxide levels have peaked at 420ppm.

Net Zero Emission

Siemens’ Grid Software Suite to Support Net Zero Momentum

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has announced an open, modular grid software suite to support energy stakeholders and enable them to be fast, agile and flexible wh…

Hydrogen Technology

Hydrogen Blending in Gas Grid Would Lead to 'Limited CO2 Benefits and a Large Increase in Energy Costs': Irena

Adding green H2 to networks would equate to emissions abatement costs of more than $500 per tonne of carbon dioxide, study calculates.