Google, long interested in clean energy and conservation, is spinning out its Google Nest Renew business and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) is combining it with OhmConnect to create a new company in which SIP will make an initial $100 million investment.

But there has been no organized market for hydrogen. That is the mission of the new consortium. It will be funded initially by the DOE, which has allocated $8 billion for hydrogen and pledged about $1 billion each to the seven hubs — some get a little more and some a little less. The remaining funding is available to the consortium for market creation.

The reality is that large-scale wind and solar power cannot exist without large-scale, long-term low-cost energy storage. There is no technology that can provide this.

Россия осуществит дополнительное добровольное сокращение добычи и экспорта нефти совокупно на 471 тыс. баррелей в сутки в II квартале 2024 года в координации с некоторыми странами – участницами ОПЕК+.

Ample supplies have anchored international oil prices near $80 a barrel this year, even as conflict in the Middle East disrupts regional shipping.

Brent fell 3 cents to $82.77 a barrel, WTI fell 11 cents, to $78.63.

The deal will further facilitate Australia's exports of coal and liquefied natural gas to Vietnam, the ministry said in a statement, noting that Australia is now a key coal supplier to Vietnam, accounting for 44% of its total coal imports.

More than half of Brazil's power generation already comes from hydro plants, but it has been five years since the industry finished its last major dam - the controversial Belo Monte complex in the northern state of Para.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which has cited energy security concerns and low per-capita emissions to defend India's coal dependence, has been trying to attract private investment to boost its coal-fired capacity by 80 GW by 2032

These curbs on supply have helped prop up the price of crude for the past 18 months but left Saudi Arabia, which has cut its production by 2mn barrels a day, shouldering most of the cost.

These voluntary cuts are calculated from the 2024 required production level as per the 35th OPEC Ministerial Meeting held on June 4, 2023, and are in addition to the voluntary cuts previously announced in April 2023 and later extended until the end of 2024.

Brent rose 15 cents to $83.11 a barrel, WTI rose 18 cents to $79.31 a barrel.

Ожидаемый объем дополнительных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в марте 2024 года в размере 125,2 млрд руб.

По состоянию на 1 марта 2024 г. объем ФНБ составил 133 436,0 млн долл. США,

Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light nuclei combine to form a single heavier nucleus, releasing a large amount of energy.

The Turkish government has decided that Rosatom will build the country’s second NPP,

The DOE Budget requests $51 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2025, a $3.6 billion or 7.5 percent increase from the 2023 level.

The assessment showed that pressures on Australia’s financial system from a surge in climate-related disaster claims could lead to a “plausible worst-case scenario” whereby insurers and lenders pull out of highly-exposed communities.

Brent rrose 46 cents, or 0.6%, to $82.38 a barrel, WTI gained 47 cents, or 0.6%, to $78.03.

Polish industrial group Industria has signed a letter of intent with UK-based zero emissions energy and technology developer Chiltern Vital Group to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce small modular reactors in Poland.