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FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at the company's headquarters skyscraper in the financial and business district of La Defense, near Paris, France September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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TotalEnergies deepens ties with India’s Adani Green in $444M joint venture

The electricity will be sold on the wholesale market and through power purchase agreements signed with the federal government agency, Solar Energy Corporation...

Reform UK chairman Richard Tice hit out at Mr Miliband’s plans (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)
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Reform UK MP accuses Ed Miliband of being ‘obsessed’ with renewable energy

Reform UK's Richard Tice attacks wind and solar auctions as being 'more expensive' in heated debate with Energy Secretary.

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Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4 awarded capacity in UK allocation round 6

3 Sept 2024 06:59 The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has awarded Ørsted contracts for difference (CfD) for a...

Nine new offshore wind farms were secured this year (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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What happened in the UK’s clean power auction, and how does it work?

Explaining contracts for difference, Britain's renewable energy targets and the incentives to build new projects.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, and Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko shake hands in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Derek Gatopoulos)
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UN nuclear watchdog head in Ukraine as power plant fears grow

Rafael Gossi makes another visit as concern intensifies around Zaporizhzhia attacks as part of Russia-Ukraine conflict.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad speaks during a news conference after former BC United MLA Teresa Wat joined the Conservatives, in Richmond, B.C., on July 30, 2024. B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says British Columbia needs to have a "conversation" about nuclear power playing a role in the province's energy future, and review educational materials that he says are designed for "indoctrination" of children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. Conservative leader outlines views on energy on Peterson podcast

John Rustad pushes for Liberal party to reconsider nuclear power ban in wide-ranging talk with Jordan Peterson.

More offshore wind farms will be built (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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UK renewables auction brings 9.6GW of clean power projects

The latest round of contracts includes nine new offshore wind farms as UK auctions enough clean projects to power 11 million homes.

Ministers Andrew Muir and Naomi Long have turned on a new solar farm at Hydebank Prison (Mark Marlow/PA)
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UK ministers open solar panel farm at Hydebank Prison

A new solar farm at Hydebank Wood College and Women’s Prison in Belfast will cut electricity bills by £60,000 annually.

The Bill will allow the Crown Estate to invest more in green energy, financial secretary to the Treasury Lord Livermore said (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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New Bill will allow Crown Estate to invest more in green energy, says UK minister

Giving the Crown Estate the ability to invest more widely in growth opportunities will, the minister said, “increase the frequency of leasing for...

Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema waves as he arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, Sep. 1, 2024. Ken Ishii/Pool via REUTERS
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China to pitch green tech exports to African leaders as Western curbs loom

China will urge a summit of 50 African nations in Beijing this week to take more of its goods in exchange for more...

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