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Europe’s first ammonia-fuelled power plant could be built in Cork

By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Bord Gáis Energy’s facility at Whitegate would serve as a global demonstration site for ammonia-fired power generation technology, providing insight into the feasibility and scalability of low carbon ammonia as a green fuel and shaping the future of power generation worldwide, with low carbon ammonia being sourced through Centrica Energy’s…

Cerulean Wind | INTOG

By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Cerulean Winds has signed three floating wind exclusivity agreements as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. These agreements pave the way for the creation of the North Sea Renewables Grid, a basin-wide green power generation and transmission system that will supply energy…

Demonstration Challenge – Tough but fair

By [Energy Central] Ed Reid Originally published here. The stated goal of the US Administration’s renewable energy transition is to replace all dispatchable fossil-fueled electricity generation and all direct fossil fuel usage with renewable electricity to reduce CO2 emissions. Logically, the first fossil-fueled generation to be replaced would be coal-fired generation, since it emits the…

U.S. solar energy capacity could soon overtake wind power

By Kelsey Misbrener A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that solar has grown faster in electrical generation than all other energy sources as well as outpaced them in new U.S. generating capacity added during the…

Can Where Seawater and Freshwater Meet Power the World?

By [Energy Central] Len Rosen How can you generate electricity where salt and freshwater converge? The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have built a nanoscale semiconductor device that uses the natural flow of ionized salt molecules to lower salt concentrations in freshwater to create an electric current that has the potential to produce practical power generation….

41189 – LEAP HR Oil and Energy 2024

By [Energy Central] Richard Green Returning for its 9th year, the LEAP HR: Oil and Energy summit is the most exclusive and senior forum dedicated to HR leaders in the Oil and Energy industry. This is your unique opportunity to hear how the most forward-thinking Oil and Energy HR leaders are re-strategizing to attract skilled,…

The new Panamera E-Hybrid nearly doubles its electric-only range

While the 2024 Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid isn’t exactly the most environmentally-friendly plug-in hybrid you could choose, there’s an updated version of the Stuttgart super-sedan on the way next year, and it packs a 25.9kWh battery. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s 1.8kWh more capacity than an entire first-generation Nissan Leaf gave…

Tesla a frontrunner in race to develop renewable batteries

The electric vehicle sector is not just growing. It is also evolving, with key players in the industry now looking for a way to make batteries without the use of rare earth minerals. Tesla is at the forefront of this movement, as the electric vehicle maker has announced that its next-generation EV powertrain uses no…

German budget chaos puts industry’s green overhaul at risk

By National Wind Watch Germany’s emergency spending freeze is blocking funds for next-generation auto-industry and steel plants, jeopardizing the push to re-engineer Europe’s economic engine. Berlin halted new spending authorizations this week after Germany’s top court ruled that some €60 billion ($65.7 billion) can’t be transferred into a green-technology fund. The money was earmarked for…

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