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UK renewable energy auction secures enough power for 11m homes

THE UK government has promised to “go even further and faster” to deliver the power needed to become a “clean energy superpower” after this year’s renewable energy auction secured enough projects to power 11m homes.

Type: News

Australia invests A$2bn to ‘supercharge’ green aluminium industry

AUSTRALIA’s energy-intensive aluminium producers are being urged to go green, with the government introducing a A$2bn (US$1.2bn) production credit to drive the shift towards cleaner practices.

Type: News

Dangote signs deal for world-scale Nigeria refinery

AFRICA’S richest man, Aliko Dangote, has agreed a US$650m loan to build the world’s largest single-train refinery in Nigeria.

Type: News

ITM and BOC get gov funding for integrated electrolyser

THE UK Government has backed the construction of an electrolyser in Scotland that will be integrated with the UK’s largest onshore wind farm to produce and store hydrogen from renewable power.

Type: News

Ineos awards Técnicas Reunidas contract for massive European chemicals investment

INEOS has awarded Técnicas Reunidas a contract to engineer a world-scale ethylene plant in Belgium, marking the largest investment in European chemicals in the last 20 years.

Type: News

Shell sells Russian retail and lubricants businesses

SHELL has signed an agreement to sell its Russian retail and lubricants businesses to Lukoil, one of the largest vertically integrated oil and gas companies in the world.

Type: News

NatPower plans to deliver £10bn worth of battery storage projects to the UK

RENEWABLES project developer NatPower has promised to invest £10bn (US$12.8bn) to deliver the UK’s largest portfolio of battery storage projects.

Type: News

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 Teesworks industrial zone – the UK’s largest freeport.

Type: News

Two new gas discoveries mark Equinor’s biggest North Sea finds this year

OIL AND GAS giant Equinor have discovered two major gas and condensate wells in the Sleipner area of the North Sea, marking its largest finds this year.

Type: News

Award of 24 UK oil and gas licences labelled “grossly irresponsible”

THE UK North Sea Transition Authority’s award of 24 oil and gas licences in the 33rd licensing round has sparked a furious backlash from environmentalists.

Type: News

US climate deal signed into law

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Tuesday, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, a bill that along with significant healthcare benefits, will inject more than US$370bn into climate and low-carbon programmes to kickstart a new era of affordable clean energy in America, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Type: News

China pledges to be carbon neutral before 2060

IN what has been called a surprise announcement by multiple media outlets, Xi Jinping, President of China, informed the United Nations General Assembly that China aims to be “carbon neutral” before 2060.

Type: News

Sadara JV commissions last plant

SAUDI-based Sadara Chemical Company has commissioned the last of 26 plants at its US$20bn petrochemicals complex in Jubail, the largest ever built in a single phase.

Type: News

TotalEnergies and AEL invest in green hydrogen

TotalEnergies has signed a deal to acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL), to fulfil its ambitions of becoming the world's largest renewable energy company by controlling green hydrogen production costs.

Type: News

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 Lothian coast – a project that could become the largest of its kind in the world.

Type: News

ExxonMobil starts drilling at prolific lithium resource site as it targets energy transition leadership

EXXONMOBIL’s plan to become a leading lithium producer moved a step closer with the first phase of production at one of the largest lithium brine resources in North America.

Type: News

Pure and Simple

Miguel Johansson Finguerut describes his work on community water projects in central Mexico

Type: Feature

Australia looks to deploy A$2bn emissions reduction fund

THE Australian Government is looking to deploy a A$2bn (US$1.32bn) fund to support adoption of technologies that reduce emissions and increase efficiency and productivity. This follows the release of an expert panel review aiming to identify new opportunities for low-cost abatement.

Type: News

Linde-Praxair merger in doubt following regulator demands

A MERGER to create the world’s largest industrial gases firm is in doubt after anti-trust authorities demanded that Linde and Praxair sell off more assets to secure approval.

Type: News