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Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt develop new biobattery for hydrogen storage
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
However, transporting and storing the highly explosive gas is difficult, and researchers worldwide are looking for chemical and biological solutions. A team of ...
G7 nations vow to stop fossil-fuel financing abroad by end 2022
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
"We commit to end new direct public support for the international unabated fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022," G7 energy and climate ministers said i...
Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts: report
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
The London-based think tank InfluenceMap analysed advertisements and declarations by the companies in the weeks before and after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on...
French green activists block TotalEnergies' annual meeting
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Alternatiba protesters handcuffed themselves to each other and impeded shareholders' access to the building, claiming that ...
Environmental protesters force suspension of Shell AGM
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
Proceedings at the venue in central London were halted about half an hour after they started at 10:00 a.m. (0900 GMT). "Stop kidding yourself that you are doing...
New tech aims to drive down costs of hydrogen fuel
May 24, 2022 (SPX)
"Hydrogen is widely viewed as a sustainable energy source for transportation, but there are some technical obstacles that need to be overcome before it can be v...
Net zero is 'biggest challenge' for aviation: Etihad CEO
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
Last year, the International Air Transport Association pledged carbon neutrality by 2050, which is also a target of the United Arab Emirates and several other c...
Oman, Iran sign trade deals during president visit
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
Raisi, on his second Gulf visit since taking office in August, was greeted by Sultan Haitham bin Tareq at the airport and received a 21-gun salute at the royal ...
Albanese vows to make Australia a renewable energy 'superpower'
May 21, 2022 (AFP)
"We can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower," said the centre-left Labor Party leader. Albanese has promised to ...
Graphene-wrapped zeolite membranes for fast hydrogen separation
May 19, 2022 (SPX)
Currently, hydrogen is made from natural gas, so it is not appropriate for decarbonization. Using a lot of energy to separate hydrogen would not make it qualify...
Russia may cut gas to Finland soon: energy group
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Gasum said it would take its dispute with Gazprom Export to arbitration, a move that risks angering neighbouring Russia further as Helsinki prepares to submit i...
Saudi expects 13 million bpd oil capacity by 2027: minister
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
"Most likely it will be 13.2 to 13.4 (million barrels per day, bpd), but that would be (reached) at the end of 2026, beginning 2027," Prince Abdulaziz bin Salma...
Engineering piezoelectricity and strain sensitivity in CdS
May 16, 2022 (SPX)
The enormous potential is maintained by piezocatalysis, the absence of daylight constraints and abundant energy sources, including vibration, water flow, fricti...
Saudi Aramco says Q1 profits jump 82% as oil prices surge
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement continued a string of recent positive economic news for Saudi Arabia, where a booming oil sector is fuelling the fastest growth rate in a decad...
Job fair offers hope to young unemployed in Iraqi province
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
The three-day event is taking place at the University of Mosul in Iraq's war-ravaged second city, where reconstruction has been slow five years after the Iraqi ...
New UAE president meets Macron, Johnson as world leaders stream in
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron, on the maiden foreign trip of his second term, was the first of a number of Western leaders to meet "MBZ", the oil-rich Gulf s...
Peru sues Spain's Repsol for $4.5 bn over oil spill
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
The lawsuit was filed before the 27th civil court in Lima against six companies: Repsol (Spain), Mapfre Global Risks (Spain), Mapfre Peru Insurance and Reinsura...
UK oil capital tackles the energy transition... up to a point
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
But old habits die hard in the Granite City, which was built on the back of profits of oil and gas piped from the often turbulent waters off its shores. Mention...
Iraq strikes deal with Iran to secure summer gas imports
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
Chronic underinvestment through decades of war and sanctions has left Iraq dependent on imports from its eastern neighbour for a third of its gas needs. But US ...
Biden administration cancels 3 offshore oil lease sales
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
Citing a lack of interest from the industry, the Interior Department won't offer tracts at the proposed Cook Inlet in Alaska, an agency spokeswoman said. The de...
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