Energy News
Heatwave prompts Hanoi to reduce street lights as power cuts loom
Faced with record-breaking heat, Vietnam's capital Hanoi has turned off some street lights to save electricity as demand for air conditioning soars.
Oil and Gas
UAE withdraws from US-led maritime coalition
The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a US-led maritime coalition tasked with securing tense Gulf waterways that are vital to the global oil trade, it said Wednesday.
Oil and Gas
Salvage of oil tanker stranded off Yemen can begin: UN
The United Nations said Tuesday it is ready to start salvage work on an oil tanker stranded off Yemen's coast with more than one million barrels of crude that pose an acute risk to the environment.
Energy Tech
France to open its first electric car battery factory
France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.
Energy Tech
France opens its first electric car battery factory
France launched its first factory for electric vehicle batteries on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.
Oil and Gas
Iraq warned to end oil addiction to avoid ‘intensive care’
Oil-dependent Iraq has been warned its economy risks going into "intensive care" unless it diversifies in line with worldwide efforts to tackle the impact of fossil fuels on the climate.
Oil and Gas
Iraq budget vote delayed as Kurds oppose amendments on oil
Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Saturday denounced amendments over oil in the draft federal budget, delaying a parliamentary vote more than two months after legislators received the budget plan.
Oil and Gas
TotalEnergies shareholders back oil giant’s climate strategy despite protests
TotalEnergies shareholders on Friday backed the French oil giant's climate strategy as it faces pressure from both environment activists and the government to speed up its switch to renewable energy.
Oil and Gas
Energy majors go slow on green transition despite pressure
Most oil majors are stepping up investment in green energy amid rising activist pressure but without abandoning fossil fuels, putting at risk reaching carbon…
Oil and Gas
French police teargas protesters at oil giant’s meeting
The annual general meeting of TotalEnergies opened on Friday in Paris after police teargassed climate activists, as the oil giant also faces pressure from the French government to speed up the switch to renewable energy.
Oil and Gas
Oil majors go slow on green transition despite pressure
Most oil majors are stepping up investments in green energy but they are facing a barrage of recriminations and protests from activists for their refusal to completely forsake fossil fuels.
Bio Fuel
E-fuels – DLR selects Leuna as location for its PtL technology platform
Following an extensive analysis, the German Aerospace Center; DLR) has selected the Leuna Chemical Complex in Saxony-Anhalt as the location for its Technology…
Energy Tech
Harvesting clean energy from thin air
A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air.
Energy News
Five Eyes: China-sponsored hackers spying on U.S. infrastructure
A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has been spying on critical U.S. infrastructure sectors, Western intelligence agencies said, while warning the international community that the surveillance campaign may be worldwide.
Energy Tech
Small-scale proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Increasing awareness of emerging environmental and climate change effects has expedited the global commercialization of clean energy.
Energy Tech
Flexing crystalline structures provide path to a solid energy future
A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates for both solid-state battery electrolytes and thermoelectric energy converters.