US commits US$100m to modernise ageing coal plants amid rising power demand
THE US government has announced a US$100m investment to refurbish and modernise the country’s exi...
News - Energy
Ørsted to cut a quarter of workforce amid global setbacks and offshore wind refocus
Danish energy firm Ørsted has announced plans to cut around 2,000 jobs as it refocuses on offshor...
CFS secures US$1bn deal with Eni to deliver fusion energy
INTERNATIONAL oil and gas company Eni has agreed to purchase US$1bn worth of electricity from Com...
UK’s largest battery storage project secures £1bn in funding
SCOTTISH battery storage firm Fidra Energy has secured over £1bn (US$1.4bn) in funding from the N...
Drax under investigation over sources of the wood it burned for power
DRAX GROUP is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority over “certain historical stat...
Scotland greenlights biggest offshore wind farm in the world
SCOTLAND has granted consent for SSE Renewables to build a 4.1 GW offshore wind farm off the East...
Johnson Matthey to open its first hydrogen internal combustion engine plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) is set to open its first hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) plant f...
UK government announce first ten projects in £2bn hydrogen programme
TEN commercial-scale green hydrogen projects have gotten the green light for construction, paving...
Equinor resumes construction of 2.1 GW wind project after Trump ban
NORWEGIAN energy giant Equinor has resumed construction of its 2.1 GW wind project in New York af...
Climeworks to cut 10% of staff amid slowdown in cleantech confidence
SWISS direct air capture (DAC) startup Climeworks is cutting 106 jobs, including 78 in Switzerlan...
Battery storage facility given greenlight in Tees Valley
A 100 MW-capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) is set to be built in Tees Valley at the T...
INEOS launch first CO2 carrier for North Sea CCS project
BRITISH chemicals company INEOS has partnered with maritime business Royal Wagenborg on the launc...
Solar power used to power steamboat in world-first
A spinout from ETH Zürich has developed a solar-powered fuel compatible with a 110-year-old steam...
UK and Norway join forces to Power a Clean Energy Future in the North Sea
THE UK and Norway have struck a clean energy deal that will support the development of renewables...
Scotland approves ‘UK’s largest’ green hydrogen project
The UK’s first utility-scale green hydrogen plant is slated for construction, with developers Sta...
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