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Theoretical computations identify a solid-state hydrogen storage material's key bottleneck
Jan 15, 2023 (SPX)
Details of their findings were published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, where the article was featured as a Front Cover Article. Hydrogen will play a ...
Focus on emissions, says UAE's climate talks and oil boss
Jan 14, 2023 (AFP)
Sultan Al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates' special envoy for climate change and CEO of oil giant ADNOC, said less-polluting fossil fuels would remain part of th...
Court rejects case against UK financing Mozambique gas project
Jan 13, 2023 (AFP)
The lobby group had challenged a 2020 decision by UK Export Finance to provide up to $1.15 billion for the liquefied natural gas project in Cabo Delgado, northe...
ExxonMobil dismissed own global warming forecast: study
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
"They modelled and predicted global warming with shocking accuracy and skill, only for the company to spend the next couple of decades denying that very climate...
Iraq's premier heads to Germany for energy talks
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
Despite its oil riches, Iraq is beset by crumbling infrastructure, endemic corruption and decades of war. Dependent on its powerful neighbour Iran for much of i...
Oil boss as climate talks host: what's behind UAE's choice?
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
Here we examine the UAE's reasons for choosing Sultan Al Jaber and what message it is sending ahead of the UN climate talks later this year. - Who is Sultan Al ...
Should fossil fuel firms be forced to clean up carbon pollution
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
They suggest, in the research published Thursday, that the principle of extended producer responsibility (EPR) -- a policy tool often used to deal with waste --...
Another pathway towards a better sustainable electrocatalyst for efficient hydrogen technology
Jan 09, 2023 (SPX)
Slowing global warming before it transforms the Earth into something unrecognizable is one of the most pressing challenges confronting humanity today. A critica...
New method to introduce efficient water splitting for hydrogen production at low voltage
Jan 06, 2023 (SPX)
The research was co-led by Professor Ng Yun-hau of CityU's School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and researchers from Australia and Germany. Their findings wer...
Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power
Jan 05, 2023 (SPX)
But the biggest benefit is driving down the cost of sustainable hydrogen. This is enabled by shrinking the semiconductor, typically the most expensive part of t...
Peru hits Spanish energy giant Repsol with new oil spill fines
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
Almost 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea off Peru in January 2022 as a tanker unloaded oil at a Repsol-owned refinery. Peru said more than 700,000 pe...
Iraq oil revenues top $115 billion in 2022
Jan 03, 2023 (AFP)
Oil production accounts for some 90 percent of Baghdad's income, and the country is the second largest producer within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporti...
Iraq PM summons central banker as currency slides
Dec 27, 2022 (AFP)
One US dollar traded at 1,580 Iraqi dinars on the street Tuesday, against the central bank rate of 1,470 dinars, state news agency INA reported. The drop, which...
Iraq tells visiting Italy PM it seeks closer economic ties
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
Meloni, who leads the eurozone's third-largest economy, is on her first bilateral trip outside Europe. She is on a pre-Christmas visit to Italian troops posted ...
Shell to pay 15 mn euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
A Dutch appeals court ruled last year, following 13 years of legal battles, that Shell's Nigerian branch must pay out for a series of leaks and that the parent ...
Putin inaugurates key Siberian gas field for China exports
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
"We are launching the unique Kovykta gas field, the largest in Eastern Siberia. Its recoverable reserves are 1.8 trillion cubic metres of gas," Putin said durin...
Moderate earthquake hits US oil region in west Texas
Dec 17, 2022 (AFP)
The earthquake hit at 5:35 pm local time (2335 GMT) 22 kilometers (12 miles) northwest of Midland at a depth of about eight kilometers, the US Geological Survey...
HSBC bank says to stop funding new oil and gas fields
Dec 14, 2022 (AFP)
In an annual update of its climate transition plans, the London-headquartered bank said it "will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for th...
Good vibrations turbo charge green hydrogen production
Dec 13, 2022 (SPX)
They say their invention offers a promising way to tap into a plentiful supply of cheap hydrogen fuel for transportation and other sectors, which could radicall...
Middle East and North Africa - great potential for hydrogen and synthetic fuels
Dec 12, 2022 (SPX)
The production costs (primary costs) are not only dependent on the availability of renewable resources, but also carry significant investment risks, and thus th...
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