Petronas, TotalEnergies sign deals on carbon storage in Malaysia, solar power in Australia

French energy giant TotalEnergies and Malaysian petroleum powerhouse Petronas have signed two independent deals at the Energy Asia event in Kuala Lumpur, strengthening ties between... Read More

Maersk orders six more green fuel ships, taking total to 25

Shipping company AP Moller-Maersk has ordered six mid-size dual-fuel container vessels from China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. The ships, which can operate on fuel oil and gre... Read More

Storage industry stakeholders convene in the UK ahead of the 9th Energy Storage Partnership Meetings

The ESP Stakeholders Forum and 9th Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) Meeting begins today in the United Kingdom.  Hosted jointly by the World Bank's Energy Sector Management As... Read More

India unveils new, solar-centered electricity tariff from April 2024, says carbon market rules soon

India plans to rework electricity rates as part of the government's efforts to increase the use of renewable energy, the power ministry said, unveiling new amendments to electricit... Read More

Ford bags $9.2 bn loan for battery plants, but plans layoffs in ICE unit

The US Department of Energy is lending $9.2 billion to a joint venture of between Ford and SK to help build three new battery plants in the US, it announced in a press release. The... Read More

America extends biofuel blends in fuel, but leaves ethanol makers disgruntled

America has increased the amount of biofuels that oil companies must blend into fuels over the next three years, as part of the country's renewable fuel standard (RFS) program. The... Read More

Australian state eyes 100 percent renewables grid in 10 years

Australia's most populus state could have a 100 renewable energy-based grid within 10 years, the state's power transmission company said. Transgrid, operator of the electricity tra... Read More

Mining giant BHP says emissions might increase, says reduction is not a straight line trend

BHP Group warned that emission reductions could not happen in a linear fashion, saying they could instead rise in the near term, as the path to net zero was "uneven" and techn... Read More

Aquila eyes battery storage business in Japan, plans bigger solar footprint

German investor Aquila Capital is looking to expand its solar footprint in Japan and add a battery storage business in the Land of the Rising Sun. "We started with the first acquis... Read More

EU lawmakers back law regulating batteries and waste batteries

The European Union's (EU) lawmaking body, European Parliament has approved new rules for the design, production, and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU. With... Read More

Eve and Blade join forces to transform electric air mobility in Europe

Eve Air Mobility (Eve) and Blade Air Mobility (Blade) on Monday (June 19) announced the extension of their long-standing partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whi... Read More

Hydrovolt invests big in new battery recycling technology

Battery recycling company, Hydrovolt on Friday (June 16) announced that it has been awarded NOK15.3 million by Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise supporting clean e... Read More

Coal plays spoiler in EU clean power deal

Chart Europe's plans for a clean energy pact appeared to stall on Monday after a late proposal to allow governments to extend subsidies to coal-fired power plants. Energy ministers... Read More

ENGIE forays into EV charging infra with ENGIE Vianeo

The French multinational utility company, ENGIE SA has launched ENGIE Vianeo with the aim to develop EV charging infrastructure in France for electric cars and heavy... Read More

Chinese EV makers could storm West amid domestic slowdown

The price war in electric vehicles, currently underway in the West, could see powerful new entrants soon: Chinese firms. Saddled with capacity and slowing domestic demand, Chinese ... Read More

Fortescue expands battery, powertrain capacity in UK

Fortescue announced it will "significantly" expand battery and electric powertrain production operations in the UK, with a facility at Banbury, Oxfordshire, to manufacture zero-emi... Read More

Tata's Agratas to supply battery packs for Jaguar Land Rover electric cars

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has recently revealed its battery sourcing strategy for its next-gen electric cars that target a driving range of about 724 kms (450 miles) in single charge... Read More

Rockefeller Foundation, GEAPP to design first coal-to-clean credit prog. for emerging economies

The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) on Wednesday (June 14) announced a Coal-to-Clean-Credit Initiative (CCCI) which will set a new s... Read More

SIDBI launches mission EVOLVE for affordable commercial EV financing

With the intention of creating affordable commercial financing for electric vehicles and prioritizing the national goal of EV30@30, the Small Industries Development Bank ... Read More

Japan offers domestic firms $840 mn to strengthen battery chain

Japan has announced the country will give Toyota and others up to $840 million in subsidies to boost domestic production of batteries for electric vehicles and storage. Industry Mi... Read More

US govt proposes 80 percent cut in solar, wind project fees on federal land

The US government is proposing to make wind and solar installations cheaper as part of its plans to boost renewable energy and fight climate change. The Biden administration has pr... Read More

Brazil's Gerdau to invest $667 mn for sustainable expansion of iron ore mine

Brazil's Gerdau SA will invest $667 million in brownfield expansion of its Miguel Burnier iron ore mine. The company said the expansion would be "sustainable" and reduce emissions ... Read More

Shell to invest in hydrogen, CCS and EV charging to develop options for future

In its Capital Markets Day 2023 presentation that took place in New York, Shell has revealed its business strategy on downstream, renewables and energy solutions, with an... Read More

ACCURE’s new software features give advance notice to prevent battery fires

The predictive analytics software provider for energy storage systems, ACCURE Battery Intelligence (ACCURE) recently announced several safety-focused functionalities in its Accure ... Read More

B2B logistics firm Movin adopts EVs for first- and last-mile deliveries

India logistics company Movin, launched as a joint venture between UPS and Indigo Airlines-promoter InterGlobe Enterprises has added electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet for first ... Read More

Australia retires first coal-fired power station; makes way for utility-scale battery storage system

Marking a new era in Australia's energy transition journey, the former Hazelwood Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria commissioned the Hazelwood Battery Energy Storage Sys... Read More

Tata Steel to test SMS group decarbonization solution at Jamshedpur

Tata Steel has signed an agreement with Germany's SMS group to collaborate on decarbonization of the steel-making process, the company announced. Under the memorandum of understand... Read More

Macron to meet Musk again as France pushes for Tesla gigafactory

France's President Emmanuel Macron is meeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk for the second time in a month on Friday, as he looks to promote the country for Tesla investments. "I'm going int... Read More

Chile, EU to co-operate on lithium projects

Chile and the European Union have agreed to develop value-added lithium projects in the South American nation, and the parties will sign a memorandum of understanding soon, Europea... Read More

OCI Global, Maersk prepare first ship to run on green fuel

Chemicals company OCI Global announced it would fuel the world's first ship powered by green methanol, in a partnership with shipping company AP Moller-Maersk that could demonstrat... Read More
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