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Green hydrogen

Head and shoulders photo of Olivia Breese, CEO, Power-to-X for Ørsted

17/1/2024 Comment / Olivia Breese

Balancing supply and demand is key to kickstarting the green hydrogen sector

Olivia Breese, CEO of Power-to-X for Ørsted, calls for a two-pronged approach to kickstart green hydrogen development for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors like shipping, aviation and steelmaking.

Business management

24/1/2024 News

Shell to sell Nigerian onshore subsidiary SPDC

Shell is selling its Nigerian onshore subsidiary after nearly a century of operations in the country. The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is being sold to Renaissance, a consortium of five companies comprising four E&P companies based in Nigeria (ND Western, Aradel Energy, First E&P and Waltersmith) and international energy group Petrolin, in a deal valued at some $2.8bn.

Batteries

View of Kapolei Energy Storage facility on Oahu, Hawaii

24/1/2024 News

Aloha to ‘world’s most advanced’ battery energy storage system

The Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) facility on Oahu, Hawaii – which claims to be the most advanced grid-scale battery energy storage system in the world – has begun operations.

Wind

Onshore wind farm in Japan

24/1/2024 News

Eurus Energy starts operation of Kawanishi wind farm in Japan

Construction of the 64 MW Kawanishi wind farm in, Hokkaido, Japan, has completed and commercial operations begun.

Nuclear

Engineers during construction at Rosatom site

24/1/2024 News

Primary loop construction begins at world’s first new-generation lead-cooled fast reactor

Rosatom has completed groundworks and is now beginning nuclear installation of what is claimed to be the world’s first new generation lead-cooled fast reactor, located at the site of the pilot demonstration energy complex (PDEC) in Seversk, Western Siberia.

Carbon capture, usage and storage

Aerial view of Drax Power Station

24/1/2024 News

UK government gives green light for Drax carbon capture project

Drax Power has secured development consent from the UK government to add bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology to two of the four biomass units at the Drax power station in North Yorkshire, facilitating the removal of approximately 8mn t/y of CO₂ once both units are fully operational.

Electricity

View looking up at pylon in bright sunshine

24/1/2024 News

ScottishPower to kickstart largest overhaul of UK grid

Some £5.4bn is to be invested in the UK electricity grid by ScottishPower, in the company’s ‘biggest issued contract opportunity in green energy infrastructure and green jobs ever’.

Carbon emissions

Female lab technician undertaking testing using pipette and test tube

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24/1/2024 Feature / Matthew Paver

Beyond carbon measurement: why businesses must apply the rigour of financial accounting to sustainability

Even the best-intentioned company may unwittingly undermine its own efforts and plans to reach net zero by failing to properly understand and account for its carbon emissions, writes Matthew Paver, Chief Operating Officer of Carbon Responsible. He advocates a more analytical approach.

Wind

Close up of onshore wind turbine from above

24/1/2024 News

New low-emission steel offering for wind turbines

Vestas and ArcelorMittal have launched a low-emission steel tower they claim will significantly reduce lifetime CO₂ emissions from the production of wind turbine towers.

Cooling

Head and shoulders photo of Dr Radhika Khosla

24/1/2024 Comment / Radhika Khosla

COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here's how to make it happen

Global energy demand for cooling in a warming world is surely bound to increase in coming years. Here, Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, suggests ways to keep that increase within limits.

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