Woodside signs 7-year LNG supply deal with RWE
Australia’s Woodside Energy is set to supply 0.84 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to RWE, Germany’s largest power producer, for seven years starting 2025.
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GE touts ‘no regrets’ in gas for Africa
Developing gas and renewables together will provide a “no-regrets path” to cutting emissions and increasing electrification, GE Gas Power Sub-Saharan Africa’s CEO has said.
Petronas and JERA team up for low-carbon solutions
Malaysian national oil company (NOC) Petronas and JERA - a joint fuel-procurement venture between Japan's Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power – have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the pair collaborate on a wide range of low-carbon energy initiatives, covering liquefied natural gas (LNG), ammonia and hydrogen.
One more dance for oil, before EVs boom
Oil demand could grow at its fastest rate since the 1970s for the next three years, BofA Global Research has said in a note.
Shell unveils ‘accelerated’ net zero strategy, confirms oil production peaked in 2019
Shell has launched a new “accelerated” strategy to get to net zero, and confirmed that oil production peaked for the company in 2019.
EMEC to explore floating wind and hydrogen collaboration in Scotland and France
An Orkney-based renewables research centre will join a consortium exploring the opportunities for the floating wind and hydrogen supply chains in Scotland and France.
New report spotlights strong pipeline of European hydrogen projects
The number of European hydrogen projects in the pipeline is almost double that of current operational projects, according to new research.
Low-carbon solutions stem from ‘blue sky’ work
With the greatest and most urgent energy transition in human history accelerating, the quest for new technology solutions across multiple, diverse low carbon fronts is becoming ever more urgent.
2020 a most productive and unusual year for electrolyser maker ITM
Concerns about the UK’s ability to make the most of the energy transition’s enormous economic opportunities are well founded.
Worley job cuts reach 11,400 since start of pandemic
Engineering giant Worley has confirmed its job cuts total since the start of the Covid pandemic has reached 11,400.
Former BP CEO Dudley: ‘We need investors to have a little patience with oil and gas’
Former BP CEO Bob Dudley has said investors “need to have a little patience with the oil and gas industry” as it adjusts for the energy transition.
Will COP26 provide inspiration and trigger ambition?
The United Nations climate change conference which is to be held in Glasgow in November should be a source of inspiration and an opportunity for Scottish industry to showcase its Net Zero manufacturing supply chain.
Aberdeen-based AGR to support delivery of low-carbon geoenergy
Global energy consultancy AGR’s has today entered into a strategic framework for decarbonisation exploration with UK-based dCarbonX.
Storegga on track to make FID on Acorn project in early 2022
Storegga Geotechnologies is on course to make a final investment decision (FID) on a trailblazing carbon, capture and storage (CCS) project in the first half of next year.
Gas grids plot course for U.K.’s first hydrogen town by 2030
Britain’s natural gas network operators set out a strategy for delivering the U.K.’s first hydrogen-heated town by 2030.
Ørsted takes FID on its first renewable hydrogen project
Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on its first renewable hydrogen project, with plans to launch the facility later this year.
Abu Dhabi launches hydrogen plans, Siemens signs up
Adnoc, Mubadala Investment and ADQ have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on launching the Abu Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance.
Emec and Orkney distilleries spell out plans for hydrogen
Two Orkney distilleries are to take part in a £58,781 research project to investigate the use of “green” hydrogen heating as part of a government initiative to find ways of decarbonising the distilling sector.
Total and Engie to build France’s biggest green hydrogen site
Energy firms Total and Engie have agreed to build and operate France's largest renewable hydrogen production site.
Hebridean distillery, endorsed by Hollywood star, to explore using hydrogen in production of whisky
A UK-based renewables services firm has received more than £70,000 in funding to assess the possibility of using hydrogen in the production of whisky.
Oyster offshore green hydrogen project nets 5m euros
The consortium behind the Oyster “green” hydrogen project has secured 5 million euros of EU funding to demonstrate their combined offshore wind turbine and electrolyser system.
Is the H-penny finally dropping in Scotland?
Given the appalling mess called Brexit and the Covid-19 crisis that beset all of us, it is quite a surprise that the Scottish Government actually found the resource to cobble together and publish just before Christmas an outline of its £100 million over five years hydrogen industry stimulus dream.
Hydrogen production unlikely to become subsidy free without initial government support warns Edison Group
Hydrogen produced from renewable sources is expected to be the key component needed to decarbonise the final 20% of global energy consumption.
Hydrogen ambition welcome, but let’s not claim world leadership in advance
Hydrogen is the new Holy Grail. The UK Government’s Energy White Paper gives it 175 references, three times the number for offshore wind and 10 times more than new nuclear.
NECCUS gets £1.23m to develop emissions reduction roadmap with Shell, Chrysaor involved
A Scottish decarbonisation group has been successful in its bid to secure more than a million pounds to draw up an industrial emissions reduction roadmap.