Energy News: Energy Around the Globe

• Coal-hooked Poland constructs first ever offshore wind farm | Euronews [17 June 2025]

• Worley nearing start of work at Venture Global’s 36-train LNG plant | Offshore Energy [16 June 2025]

• CRESS green energy commitments reach 1.3GW | The Star [16 June 2025]

• United States: TotalEnergies enters 40 Chevron-operated exploration blocks, building on a successful U.S. offshore partnership between both Companies | TotalEnergies.com [16 June 2025]

• Energy giant abandons plans to build new transmission links to renewable energy zones | RenewEconomy [16 June 2025]

• World’s largest 1 MW/100 MWh sand battery commissioned in Finland | pv magazine International [11 June 2025]

• Queensland LNP approves huge, giga-scale wind farm after putting it on ice at start of year | RenewEconomy [19 May 2025]

• BYD says goodbye to EVs ― Now will produce cars running on this ‘mixed’ fuel | Coaches Database [17 May 2025]

• China is carpeting mountains with solar panels ― It’s not just for energy production | The Pulse [16 May 2025]

• Replacing Yallourn: Onshore wind and more transmission will be cheaper than offshore wind | RenewEconomy [13 May 2025]

• TotalEnergies, BWEnergy set to decide on Namibia projects late next year, govt official says | Reuters [13 May 2025]

• Traders rebrand Venezuelan oil for China as Brazilian, sources and tanker trackers say | Reuters [12 May 2025]

• Nissan scraps +$1 billion EV battery plant as the alarm bells go off | Electrek [12 May 2025]

• The Real Reason China is Buying More Oil | OilPrice.com [12 May 2025]

• Egypt to Boost LNG Imports as Soaring Demand Outpaces Local Supply | OilPrice.com [12 May 2025]

• Equinor considers pulling the plug | POLITICO [12 May 2025]

• 1,800 tons per year ― China discovers energy to power the Earth between the mountains | EcoNews] [12 May 2025]

• Oil prices jump about 4% on US-China tariff reductions | Reuters [12 May 2025]

• Venture Global’s CP2 LNG project approval | Offshore Technology [12 May 2025]

• “Launchpad to the world:” SunDrive inks deal to get Aussie solar innovation to global market | RenewEconomy [12 May 2025]

• Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 5% dip in first-quarter profit | CNBC [11 May 2025]

• Scientists unlock groundbreaking way to generate endless energy from unexpected source: ‘Huge potential for future installation’ | TheCoolDown [11 May 2025]

• Google is Building Three New Nuclear Plants for Its Extremely Power-Hungry AI | Futurism [10 May 2025]

• Sweden wakes the world from the hydrogen dream ― Two fuels merged, and neither is gasoline | EcoNews [10 May 2025]

• Discovered since 1887 ― New source of energy leads to the end of wind power | Eco News [10 May 2025]

• Aeson Power unveils sodium battery products at EES Europe | pv magazine International [8 May 2025]

• A new fully charged EV battery in five minutes: Are China’s swap stations the future of electric cars? | BBC [6 May 2025]

• Oil Prices Surge as Market Shrugs Off OPEC Quota Shock | OilPrice.com [6 May 2025]

• Solar skyscraper: ClearVue wins contract for first ever high-rise – and first project in Sydney CBD | RenewEconomy [6 May 2025]

• Oil ends at four-year lows as OPEC+ accelerates output hikes | Reuters [6 May 2025]

• Tesla takes EV dominance to the next level with strategic battery shift: ‘That’s awesome news’ | The Cool Down [5 May 2025]

• A Nuclear Power Plant “Made in China” to Be Built on the Moon, Jointly With Russia | The Daily Galaxy [5 May 2025]

• Neoen gets federal all-clear to build its first wind farm in Western Australia | RenewEconomy [5 May 2025]

• China Zorrilla: How The World’s Largest Electric Ferry Changes Maritime Electrification | CleanTechnica [5 May 2025]

• Chinese battery-maker the first to meet ‘No Fire, No Explosion’ standard [4 May 2025]

• Shell is studying merits of buying BP, Bloomberg News reports | Reuters [4 May 2025]

• StanChart Cuts 2025 Oil Price Forecast By $16/bbl Amid Trump’s Tariffs | OilPrice.com [4 May 2025]

• Electric Cars Are More Reliable Than Gas Cars | CleanTechnica [4 May 2025]

• OPEC+ Stuns Market With Larger Than Expected Output Hike | OilPrice.com [3 May 2025]

• Experts discover the biggest hydrogen reservoir on Earth — 6 trillion under these states | ecoportal.net [3 May 2025]

• 1,200,000 tonnes per year — Projected Middle East city to power the Earth for millennia | EcoNews [3 May 2025]

• Solar and wind overtakes coal as the US shifts to renewables | Gulf News [2 May 2025]

• US LNG exports surge to new highs on strong buying by Europe | Reuters [1 May 2025]

• ZF Wind Power Fires Up Powertrain Test Rig for 30 MW Turbines | Offshore Wind [1 May 2025]

• Australia’s biggest battery project in first stage of commissioning, next to the biggest coal plant | RenewEconomy [30 April 2025]

• Biwatt releases 4.5 kWh sodium-ion battery | pv magazine International [30 April 2025]

• Green steam and thermal storage startup reboots pilot plant after “tough lesson” | RenewEconomy [29 April 2025]

• China tops global ranking of overall nuclear power capacity, report says | Chinadaily.com.cn [28 April 2025]

• Amazon, Nvidia say all options on the table to power AI including fossil fuels | CNBC [26 April 2025]

• Russia’s Oil Exports To China and India Rebound | OilPrice.com [24 April 2025]

• Ed Miliband ‘considering’ regional energy pricing | BBC [24 April 2025]

• China Hits Oil Output Record | OilPrice.com [23 April 2025]

• Russian oil drives OPEC share in India’s imports to record low, data shows | Reuters [22 April 2025]

• This Record Energy Trade Between The US and China Just Collapsed | OilPrice.com [21 April 2025]

• China solar giants are now turning to battery storage, and building the projects themselves | RenewEconomy [2 April 2025]

• Why is Southeast Asia turning to nuclear power? | DW [1 April 2025]

• Origin spares taxpayer the tab for Eraring coal plant extension, because the consumer will pay | RenewEconomy [1 April 2025]

• Equinor’s Giant New Arctic Find Starts Pumping to Recoup $8B in 2 Years | OilPrice.com [31 March 2025]

• Dutch attempt to keep ASML is at a gridlock | Techzine Global [31 March 2025]

• Japanese energy supplier to use green hydrogen for district heating, power | pv magazine International [31 March 2025]

• “Beyond imagination”: Russia unleashes these eight nuclear reactors to power massive icebreakers and supercharged plants | Sustainability Times [31 March 2025]

• RWE sells 49% of giant North Sea wind farms to Norwegian oil fund | Recharge [31 March 2025]

• Russia Conducts Rare Double Ship-to-Ship LNG Transfer to Circumvent Latest EU Sanctions | qCaptain [31 March 2025]

• New electric vehicle model just rapidly outsold Tesla — here’s why its flying off of lots | TheCoolDown [30 March 2025]

• 14 GW of energy from air alone — Germany completes largest project in history | The Pulse [29 March 2025]

• Like 20 nuclear reactors ignited at the same time — Japan unveils first super-solar panel | EcoNews [29 March 2025]

• “Missing middle:” Local networks say they can host wind and solar at fraction of cost of new transmission | RenewEconomy [28 March 2025]

• Record year for UK solar as renewables generate most electricity | pv magazine International [27 March 2025]

• Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies to invest $714 million in carbon storage expansion | Reuters [27 March 2025]

• Nova Scotia mining association applauds passage of bill that could end uranium ban | Mining.com [27 March 2025]

• CertifHy names three certification bodies to audit EU RFNBO hydrogen | Policy | H2 View [26 March 2025]

• Iraq Hands BP Final Approval for Kirkuk Oil Development | OilPrice.com [26 March 2025]

• Nuclear growth helps South Korea cut back on coal and LNG imports | Reuters [26 March 2025]

• Plan for UK’s biggest hydrogen plant rejected | STV News [26 March 2025]

• ‘There is talk of Nord Stream’ — Lavrov eyes Russia-US energy cooperation | Kyiv Independent [26 March 2025]

• Biggest generator in New Zealand presses go on first solar farm, next to big battery | RenewEconomy [26 March 2025]

• Private Investors On Green Energy Buying Spree As Big Oil Retreats | OilPrice.com [25 March 2025]

• Shell raises shareholder distributions and LNG sales target, trims spending | Reuters [25 March 2025]

• Exxon abandons Gippsland basin CCS project, but doesn’t say why | RenewEconomy [24 March 2025]

• Saudi Arabia Awards $2.6-Billion Natural Gas Power Plant Deal | OilPrice.com [24 March 2025]

• China’s Huadian announces winners in 6 GWh BESS tender with average bid at $65/kWh | pv magazine International [24 March 2025]

• How Did Uruguay Achieve 98% of Its Electricity from Renewable Sources ? | Glass Almanac [24 March 2025]

• Researchers sound the alarm about concerning move China is making: ‘It will be much harder to achieve’ | The Cool Down [24 March 2025]

• It’s the largest deployment in history — Meta, Amazon and Google team up to produce 1 million MW | The Pulse [21 March 2025]

• Kazakhstan daily oil output hit record high in March, industry sources say | Reuters [21 March 2025]

• You want to build a gas fired power station before 2030? Good luck with that | RenewEconomy [21 March 2025]

• $70 Oil? Analysts Cut Forecasts as Supply Surges | OilPrice.com [20 March 2025]

• Europe’s Oil Majors Scale Back Climate Ambitions | OilPrice.com [20 March 2025]

• China set to deploy record-smashing offshore wind turbine | Recharge [19 March 2025]

• Residential battery storage skyrockets in record-setting 2024 | Electrek [19 March 2025]

• US Court revises regulator’s order for NextDecade Rio Grande LNG facility | Reuters [19 March 2025]

• Two more wind turbines suffer damage in Canada and Norway | RenewEconomy [18 March 2025]

• Key takeaways from Solar Solutions Amsterdam 2025 | pv magazine International [18 March 2025]

• 40 million kilowatt-hours — Europe unveils solar-paneled roadway with 26 wind turbines [18 March 2025]

• Investor co-leading climate talks with Equinor calls time, sells out | Reuters [18 March 2025]

• Gazprom Neft Shrugs at Urals Price Drop | OilPrice.com [18 March 2025]

• Giant eight hour battery project changes hands, as storage costs plunge 40 per cent | RenewEconomy [18 March 2025]

• Huge ship to carry turbines from Hull to RWE Dogger Bank wind farm | BBC [17 March 2025]

• Natural gas is becoming the undisputed king of Europe’s power markets | Euractiv [17 March 2025]

• China Is Constructing a Battery as Large as a Building: A Revolutionary Method for Recharging Electric Vehicles | WECBa [16 March 2025]

• India Strives for 500 GW Non-Fossil Power by 2030 | OilPrice.com [16 March 2025]

• Natural Gas News: Can Storage Tightness Offset Weak Demand in the Weeks Ahead? | FXEmpire [16 March 2025]

• Massive energy project forges ahead after US government withdraws support: ‘Determined to achieve its ambitious objectives’ | TheCoolDown [15 March 2025]

• Qatar Cuts Prices for Its Oil | OilPrice.com [14 March 2025]

• Electricity prices fall across major European markets | pv magazine International [14 March 2025]

• Russia’s high-flying gas exporter crippled as Europe stays away | Reuters [13 March 2025]

• India’s Ally In Europe Hits Jackpot Worth $92 Trillion, Uncovers World’s Largest White Hydrogen Deposit | Times Now [13 March 2025]

• India’s Oil Imports From Russia Rebound After Initial Sanctions Chaos | OilPrice.com [12 March 2025]

• Scientists in China Stumble Upon a Secret Energy Source—Massive “Thorium Reserves” That Could Make Fossil Fuels Obsolete | Daily Galaxy  [12 March 2025]

• AGL adds pumped hydro project based around old coal mine to EPBC pipeline | RenewEconomy [12 March 2025]

• How The US Lost The Global Floating Wind Turbine Race | Clean Technica [11 March 2025]

• Kazakhstan Set to Cut Oil Exports Via Caspian Pipeline | OilPrice.com [10 March 2025]

• Nuclear fusion fuel facility to be built in Oxfordshire | BBC [10 March 2025]

• Germany: TotalEnergies and RWE join forces on green hydrogen to decarbonize the Leuna refinery | TotalEnergies.com [10 March 2025]

• Oman leads green hydrogen ambitions in the Middle East | Oman Observer [9 March 2025]

• Electric vehicle owners to receive huge £40million boost for more on-street chargers | GB News [7 March 2025]

• Germany’s SMA’s Sights Still Set On 2025 Turnaround | SolarQuotes [7 March 2025]

• Fortress Power introduces 9.6 kWh stackable home battery | pv magazine International [7 March 2025]

• Global crude price tumbles to three-year low, as local fuel cost drops – Daily Post Nigeria [6 March 2025]

• Barbados pushing oil and gas recovery with new tech | Barbados Today [6 March 2025]

• EU Commission delays announcing plan to phase out Russian energy imports | Reuters [5 March 2025]

• Russia’s Oil and Gas Revenues Dropped by 18% in February | OilPrice.com [5 March 2025]

• bp cancels HyGreen Teesside hydrogen project amid green energy scale back | Power | H2 View [5 March 2025]

• Offshore wind sector feeling the Dutton effect, even from the shadows of opposition | RenewEconomy [4 March 2025]

• Victoria warned on its risky energy contracts for difference exposure on Gippsland wind farms | Financial Review [3 March 2025]

• Shell mulls sale of European, US chemicals assets, WSJ reports | Reuters [2 March 2025]

• Finland sets a record with this energy giant capable of powering 30,000 homes and revolutionizing electricity production | Glass Almanac [2 March 2025]

• NLC India secures contract of 200 MW wind power project from SJVN | Business Standard [1 March 2025]

• Solar growth drives cross-border cannibalization in Europe, says Enervis | pv magazine International [28 February 2025]

• Scientists discover ‘limitless’ energy source that could power a country for 60,000 years | UNILAD [28 February 2025]

• National Grid gets backing to move energy from Suffolk to Kent | BBC [28 February 2025]

• Researchers make disturbing finding about side effects from coal plants: ‘Incredibly important’ | TheCoolDown [27 February 2025]

• EU squares up to US with deregulation, clean tech push | DW [26 February 2025]

• US energy secretary touts nuclear power as tech sector’s thirst for electricity grows | AP News [26 February 2025]

• Survey reveals most popular inverter, solar brands for Australian installers | pv magazine International [26 February 2025]

• BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas | BBC [26 February 2025]

• Russia’s Coal Industry Suffers Blow As Economic Troubles Worsen | Newsweek [25 February 2025]

• Germany just crushed China’s energy: 14 tons, 1000 wind turbines and 60,000 MW | EcoNews [25 February 2025]

• Coal’s Last Stand? U.S. Power Plants Face a Mass Exodus in 2025 | OilPrice.com [25 February 2025]

• Australia’s main grid sets new solar output record before rooftop PV takes centre stage | RenewEconomy [24 February 2025]

• BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels | BP | The Guardian [24 February 2025]

• EU to make most companies exempt from carbon border levy, draft shows | Reuters [24 February 2025]

• EU seeks more US gas, renewable energy to replace Russian supplies | Reuters [21 February 2025]

• Dutch renewable investors lose money on sale of Australian solar and hybrid assets | RenewEconomy [23 February 2025]

• Electricity from water: Dubai to get clean energy from Hatta plant in April | Gulf News [23 February 2025]

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