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December 21, 2024
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Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery, triggering fire



Moscow (AFP) Dec 19, 2024
A massive Ukrainian drone and missile attack sparked a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia overnight, both Russian and Ukrainian officials said Thursday. Kyiv has struck several Russian energy facilities throughout the nearly three-year conflict, claiming the hits were fair retaliation for Moscow's large-scale attacks on its own electricity grid. Ukraine's General Staff said it had hit the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia's southern Rostov region in an overnight attack. The site ... read more

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Significant progress in engineering biology for clean energy
London, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2024
The University of Liverpool has unveiled an innovative approach to sustainable hydrogen production through a new light-driven hybrid nanoreactor. The development combines biological efficiency with ... more
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Breakthrough in sustainable energy with photochemical water oxidation
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 20, 2024
With the world pivoting toward renewable energy, the need for effective methods of producing clean energy has never been more urgent. Researchers are turning to photochemical water oxidation - a pro ... more
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Climate chemistry model finds "non-negligible" impacts of potential hydrogen fuel leakage
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
As the world looks for ways to stop climate change, much discussion focuses on using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, which emit climate-warming greenhouse gases (GHGs) when they're burned. The ide ... more
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Aeromon achieves ISO 17025 accreditation for advanced emissions monitoring and flare efficiency analysis
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
Aeromon has secured ISO 17025 accreditation, becoming the first internationally recognized provider of site-level methane quantification and flaring efficiency analysis. This milestone sets a global ... more
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Hydrogen-powered truck breaks record, travels 1,800 miles on single fill
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 17, 2024
A hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck has hit a new milestone, traveling more than 1,800 miles on a single fill, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday. ... more
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Fuel leak off Crimea coast after Russian tanker sinks
Moscow (AFP) Dec 16, 2024
Russia said Monday that fuel oil has leaked into the Kerch Strait, off the coast of the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, after two ageing oil tankers were caught in a storm. ... more
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UK's Starmer to push green energy ties on Norway trip
London (AFP) Dec 16, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Norway on Monday where he is expected to tout a "green industrial partnership" on renewable energy and carbon capture to tackle climate change. ... more
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Canada unveils 2035 climate goal critics say is weak
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 13, 2024
Canada released Thursday what it called an achievable 2035 greenhouse gas reduction target that environmental groups panned as not ambitious enough. ... more

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NGOs accuse Uganda oil project of 'serious human rights violations'
Nairobi (AFP) Dec 12, 2024
International human rights groups alleged "serious human rights violations" around an oil mega-project being developed in Uganda and Tanzania by the French company TotalEnergies and Chinese firm CNOOC, in a wide-ranging report released Thursday. ... more
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Kazakhstan cleans up Soviet-era oil waste near Caspian Sea
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 11, 2024
Kazakhstan's state-owned energy company said Wednesday that it had decontaminated Soviet-era oil waste on the shores of the Caspian Sea, which has been hit by pollution and the effects of global warming. ... more
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Ukraine hits Russian border regions, sets oil depot ablaze
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 11, 2024
Ukraine attacked Russian border regions with missiles and drones early Wednesday, sparking a fire at an oil depot and damaging an "industrial facility", officials said. ... more
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UK methane emissions detected via satellite resolved swiftly
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 10, 2024
Researchers from the University of Leeds have identified a methane leak from a damaged pipe in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK, using data from GHGSat satellites, part of ESA's Third Party Mission P ... more
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IATA chief says sustainable plane fuel supply not enough
Geneva (AFP) Dec 10, 2024
The head of the world aviation industry body complained Tuesday that the current supply of new low-carbon aircraft fuels risked not being enough to help the sector meet climate targets. ... more
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Shell, Greenpeace settle lawsuit over ship protest
London (AFP) Dec 10, 2024
Shell on Tuesday said it had settled a legal dispute with Greenpeace that the British energy giant brought after environmental protesters boarded a ship carrying an oil and gas platform. ... more
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Artificial photosynthesis advances with novel solar hydrogen technology
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 10, 2024
Professor Chiyoung Park and his team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), have developed a cutting-edge solar hydrogen pr ... more
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SynMax expands partnership with Satellogic to advance energy production monitoring
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) has announced an enhanced partnership with SynMax, a prominent U.S.-based satellite data analytics provider. The expanded contract allows SynMax to integrate Satellogi ... more
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From chip shop grease to efficient fuel alternative
London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2024
Scientists have developed a revolutionary method for producing biofuel from leftover cooking oil, achieving efficiency levels comparable to diesel while being 1,000 times more effective than current ... more
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Retrofit project makes micro gas turbines hydrogen-compatible
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2024
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Power Service Consulting (PSC) have successfully retrofitted a commercial micro gas turbine to operate on pure hydrogen. This conversion aims to enable climate- ... more
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Shell, Norway's Equinor to form joint UK oil and gas firm
Oslo (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
British energy giant Shell and Norway's Equinor announced plans Thursday to merge their UK offshore oil and gas assets to create a new jointly owned company. ... more
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Shell won't develop new offshore wind projects, cuts oil expolation divison
London (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
British oil and gas giant Shell will no longer lead development of new offshore wind projects, a spokesperson said Thursday, as part of a wider update to its energy strategy. ... more
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A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2024
Although it is less abundant than carbon dioxide, methane gas contributes disproportionately to global warming because it traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, due to its molecular ... more
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AI helps researchers dig through old maps to find lost oil and gas wells
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2024
Scattered across the United States are remnants from almost 170 years of commercial drilling: hundreds of thousands of forgotten oil and gas wells. These undocumented orphaned wells (UOWs) are not l ... more
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Experts outline potential for hydrogen fuel production using sunlight
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2024
Japanese scientists are pioneering advancements in hydrogen fuel production by leveraging sunlight and water, aiming to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. While hydrogen is predominantly sourced from ... more
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Liquid Sun secures funding to scale sustainable aviation fuel production
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2024
The demand for sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) is projected to soar, with market value expected to increase from euro 2 billion in 2030 to over euro 60 billion by 2050. Finnish firm Liquid Sun is ... more
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QatarEnergy inks gas supply deal for China with Shell
Doha (AFP) Dec 2, 2024
Qatar has agreed to supply three million tonnes of gas a year to China in a deal with London-headquartered energy giant Shell, the emirate's state energy company said on Monday. ... more
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Iraq tries to stem influx of illegal foreign workers
Karbala, Iraq (AFP) Nov 29, 2024
Rami, a Syrian worker in Iraq, spends his 16-hour shifts at a restaurant fearing arrest as authorities crack down on undocumented migrants in the country better known for its own exodus. ... more
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COP29 president blames rich countries for 'imperfect' deal
Paris (AFP) Nov 26, 2024
The tough-fought finance deal at UN climate negotiations was "imperfect", the Azerbaijan COP29 leadership has admitted, seeking to blame richer countries for an outcome slammed by poorer nations as insulting. ... more
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Spin-powered crystals enable efficient hydrogen production
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The production of clean hydrogen through water splitting has long been limited by the slow kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction, making it inefficient and expensive. However, researchers have d ... more
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Petrol industry embraces plastics while navigating energy shift
Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2024
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own. ... more
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Concern as climate talks stalls on fossil fuels pledge
Paris (AFP) Nov 24, 2024
The failure of UN climate negotiations to double down on a global pledge to move away from planet-heating fossil fuels on Sunday was decried by experts as a "worrying" setback to global progress on curbing warming. ... more
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Russian ruble hits lowest level against dollar since March 2022
Moscow (AFP) Nov 22, 2024
The Russian ruble slumped on Friday to its lowest level against the US dollar since March 2022, a day after Moscow fired a hypersonic missile on Ukraine and Washington sanctioned a key Russian bank. ... more
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