For over a decade, the shale patch has been the engine behind U.S. oil production growth. Now, the pattern is shifting to offshore oil amid tech advances and maturing shale reservoirs—with the help of a pro-oil federal government. Earlier this year, the Energy Information Administration said it expected oil output …
Read More »Why Microgrids are the Backbone of the next Energy Revolution
Microgrids are becoming an increasingly attractive means of supplying rural areas with energy, particularly as renewable energy sources can be used to power small grids in unconventional energy-producing regions. These small grids can be developed alongside a comprehensive transmission network or in parts of the world where electricity access is …
Read More »Europe’s Aging Grids Buckle under Renewable Energy Demands
The world’s power grids need a major upgrade to keep pace with growing rates of electrification and the ever-increasing energy demands of big data. A cleaner energy landscape means a whole lot more electricity demand, as we switch from gas-powered vehicles and appliances to newer, cleaner models that need to …
Read More »China’s Role in Africa’s Green Energy Future
China’s incredible pace of clean energy spending has made the world’s second-largest economy the single-largest producer of clean energy by a long shot. This dominant position in global energy markets doesn’t just stem from domestic production capacity, but from increasingly significant control of global supply chains for clean energy technologies …
Read More »Global Shipping Emissions Deal Sinks after Last-Minute Collapse
A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The breakdown leaves oil demand from marine fuels largely untouched for now, a relief to refiners and traders watching for signs …
Read More »IEA Chief Calls for Greater Role of Hydropower in Electricity Supply
Governments and policy makers need to pay more attention to hydropower as a major source of low-emission flexible power generation in the age of booming electricity demand, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Friday. Hydropower “remains the forgotten giant of electricity,” Birol wrote …
Read More »India Rejects U.S. Claims of Halving Russian Oil Imports
India hasn’t requested refiners to cut imports of Russian crude oil and no cuts have been seen for the already placed nominations for loadings in November, Indian industry sources told Reuters on Friday, after the U.S. claimed refiners had stared to reduce Russian supply. U.S.-Indian talks in Washington this week …
Read More »Uzbekistan Invests $100 Million to Boost AI Sector
The Uzbek government is allocating $100 million to turbocharge the development of the country’s AI sector. A large chunk of the government funding is intended for initiatives to attract foreign investors to construct data centers in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region in western Uzbekistan, Digital Technologies Minister Sherzod Shermatov said in …
Read More »China Drives Global EV Sales to Record High
Global sales of electric vehicles rose to a record high of 2.1 million in September, driven by Chinese demand which accounted for over half of that global total, Rho Motion reported today. EV sales in China last month hit 1.3 million, with the number for the first nine months of …
Read More »Chevron Wants to Weigh in on the Launch of Venture Global’s New LNG Plant
Chevron has requested to submit an opinion about a possible delay in the start-up of Venture Global’s second LNG plant, as the supermajor worries any delay would interfere with its delivery plans under a long-term contract with Venture Global. Venture Global has requested regulatory authorities to postpone the official commissioning …
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