Carbon capture and storage (CCS) were the words on everyone’s lips a couple of years ago, as most big oil majors began to invest heavily in the technology to support decarbonisation efforts. […]
Locational pricing risks putting offshore wind rollout in jeopardy
Developers have warned that potential reforms to the electricity system risk derailing offshore wind deployment. Representatives of Ocean Winds, a 50/50 venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, warned that the current model […]
Demand for renewable energy projects remains strong, but supply is growing: LevelTen Energy
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: After several years of decline, acquisitions of renewable energy projects to pick up in North America in 2025, especially […]
Battery Pack Prices Drop Below Key Threshold but China Rules the Market
The global average price of an EV battery pack dropped below the $100 per kilowatt-hour threshold, considered the milestone at which EVs are price-competitive with conventional cars, the International Energy Agency (IEA) […]
Tripling Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050: Maximizing a High-Energy Future for Data Centres, Refineries, Manufacturing, and Beyond
Next week, the world’s most influential energy conference, CERAWeek, will see more than 10,000 delegates assemble to hear from the industry’s leaders about the future of energy. The conference has […] The […]
When the coal plant don’t work: Report counts 6,000 hours of outages at Eraring over 2024
Eraring power station, the New South Wales giant coal plant whose retirement has been pushed out from this year to at least 2027, experienced around 6,000 hours of outages across its four […]
Virtual Insanity – As Power Needs Soar, ‘Virtual’ Power Plants Proliferate, But What Are They?
The U.S. power sector is undergoing a major expansion to keep pace with the rising demand for electricity from data centers and other consumers, and trying to do a lot at once. […]
Heat pumps could be set for a revolution
In 1834 Jean Charles Peltier, a French watchmaker and part-time physicist, found that an electrical current would produce heating or cooling at the junction of two dissimilar metals. Unsurprisingly, this became known […]
India tenders record 73GW utility-scale renewables as challenges arise
Despite last year seeing a record 73GW of renewable energy utility-scale tenders, it has also witnessed a rise in undersubscribed tenders. Nearly 8.5GW of capacity was undersubscribed in 2024, a fivefold increase […]
U.S. butane exports reached a new record in 2024
The United States is exporting record volumes of normal butane as global demand for liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) surges. U.S. normal butane exports averaged nearly 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2024, […]
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