Energy

Russia's top crude producer Rosneft announces a deal to ramp up oil sales to India, as Moscow seeks new buyers in the wake of tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict. Russia's Deputy Prime Minister said on Tuesday that Russian oil sales to India jumped 22-fold last year.…

This morning, I received an exciting press release from the Department of Energy: The federal agency now has a strategy in place to significantly expand the U.S.’s offshore wind capacity. Under the shiny new “Advancing Offshore Wind...” plan, the DOE hopes to support the Biden administration’s existing goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.This Summer’s Hottest UmbrellaWow, sounds great! We love a clear roadmap for a federal agency. Plus, if we make it to 40 GW of offshore wind, that would be…

Old-school tech giant HP has just announced a refresh of its Color LaserJet printer line with an eye toward reducing both energy consumption and physical waste. The company promises that these printers reduce energy consumption by up to 27 percent, while the plastic packaging components have been reduced by 78 percent. The decrease in energy usage is thanks to the company’s proprietary TerraJet laser toner, which HP says is designed to offer maximum sustainability. The new HP TerraJet cartridges that accompany these…

In the midst of perpetrating what federal prosecutors say was a massive corporate hacking campaign, Israeli private detective Aviram Azari in 2017 received welcome news.A group of hackers in India wrote him to say they had successfully infiltrated the email and social-media accounts of a group of environmental activists campaigning against Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM 1.09% “On a happy note I would like to report some success below: Project Name Rainbow,” the hackers wrote in…

Fishermen in a boat on the Laguna Madre in front of giant wind generators on the mainland near Port Isabel, Texas.Photo: Jon G. Fuller / VWPics (AP)Electricity generated from renewable energy sources surpassed electricity created by coal for the first time ever in the U.S. in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced yesterday. Is This Product Actually Vegan?Coal-fired electricity generation dropped from 23% of total generation in 2021 to 20% in 2022. Meanwhile, the increase in renewable electricity…

Last updated: March 29th, 2023 at 06:02 UTC+02:00 The South Korean technology giant, Samsung, has picked up two accolades at the ‘2023 ENERGY STAR Awards’ hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE). Samsung Electronics won the grand prize in the ‘Manufacturer Category’ for the 10th time. FYI, Samsung won its first ‘Sustainable Excellence Award’ in the manufacturer category in the domestic industry back in 2013 and since then has been winning it, except for 2017. The US…

<!----> Factorial Energy, a solid-state battery technology specialist for electric vehicle (EV) applications, has announced the establishment of a European subsidiary in Germany. Factorial says its presence in Europe will allow the company to better serve its automotive partners and customers.…

More than is typical even for technology entrepreneurs, Neha Palmer is in the business of predicting the future. TeraWatt Infrastructure, a startup unicorn based in San Francisco, is a bet on the idea that some future day, companies from taxicab operators to e-retailers will have large fleets of electric trucks, cars, and vans—and need somewhere to charge them. Palmer's strategy is to figure out where to start building chargers now, a process that can take years, to serve that future demand. That there will be plenty of…

MOSCOW—The opening months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year drove an increase in oil and natural-gas prices that brought a windfall for Moscow. Those days are over.As the war continues into its second year and Western sanctions bite harder, Russia’s government revenue is being squeezed and its economy has shifted to a lower-growth trajectory, likely for the long term. The country’s biggest exports, gas and oil, have lost major customers. Government finances are strained. The ruble is down over 20%…

Popular maker of all things smart home-enabled Eve has today launched its first-ever out-of-the-box Matter-enabled smart home device in the form of its Eve Energy smart plug, with more devices on the way in the coming weeks. The Eve Energy smart plug is now available with Matter support as standard when you buy it in North America, Europe, and the UK. Eve is launching a similarly-enabled version of Eve Motion and its contact sensor Eve Door & Window, on April 17. That date also marks the point at which owners of…