Monday, 24 February 2025

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FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Natwest Bank branch in central London, Britain November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
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Texas adds UK lender NatWest to energy ‘boycott’ list over financing restrictions

A spokesman for Comptroller Glenn Hegar said NatWest was added to the list because of restrictions it has added on energy financing.

FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Equinor, Dominion win US Central Atlantic offshore wind auction

Equinor and Dominion won U.S. offshore wind leases off Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia in a lackluster auction, reflecting challenges in Biden's climate agenda.

Workers mount an air conditioner unit on a house in the town of Mitrovica, Kosovo July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj
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Balkans’ new love for air conditioning strains grid as temperatures soar

European heat waves mean low-consumption summers could be over for energy suppliers as the Balkans turn to air conditioning.

Ofgem said the new ‘superhighway’ electricity cable will carry enough renewable energy to power two million homes (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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Electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England to go ahead

The 500km (311-mile) Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) electricity transmission project will stretch from Aberdeenshire to North Yorkshire.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks toward the South Lawn of the White House as he departs on travel to Wilmington, Delaware in Washington, U.S., August 2, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
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Biden allows more solar cell imports to avoid Trump-era tariffs

Biden has more than doubled the volume of solar cells that are allowed to be imported tariff-free to help domestic panel producers.

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Price tag for new nuclear power in Sweden $38 billion, commission says

Sweden's nuclear expansion plan faces private sector reluctance, needing government loans and price guarantees.

FILE - Utility crews work to restore electricity in Houston, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi, File)
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Texas launches new investigation into Houston’s power utility following deadly outages after Beryl

Texas' attorney general investigates CenterPoint Energy for alleged fraud and waste after Hurricane Beryl's power outages.

The U.S. flag flies on Campbell Transportation's towboat M.K. McNally as it passes Mitchell Power Plant, a coal-fired power-plant operated by American Electric Power (AEP), on the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S., September 10, 2017.    REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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US utilities poised to ride data center demand wave in second half

U.S. electric utilities are optimistic about sales growth, driven by data center demand fueled by the AI boom, with significant supply deals boosting...

FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Austin, Texas, U.S., October 23, 2023.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Chevron delivers industry first in ultra-high pressure oil field

Chevron has achieved a technological breakthrough, producing first oil from Gulf of Mexico field under extreme subsea pressures

A gas worker walks between pipes in a compressor and distribution station of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod gas pipeline in this file photo. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/ File Photo
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Is it the end for Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine?

Russia is still pumping natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, but as this five-year deal comes to a close in 2024, what comes...