Shell Deutschland GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell, has completed its 100% acquisition of SBRS GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Schaltbau Holding AG, a leading provider of charging infrastructure solutions for commercial electric vehicles. The acquisition announced in August has now received all necessary regulatory approvals. Following this completion, SBRS GmbH becomes a wholly owned […]

Woodside Energy (Woodside) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at securing a stable supply of energy for Japan and to assist in achieving its decarbonisation goals. Woodside Chief Executive Officer, Meg O’Neill, and JBIC Deputy Governor, Amakawa Kazuhiko, met in Tokyo today to sign the […]

Chevron Corporation in its recent report on the company’s operations has  established a methane report that builds on Chevron’s ongoing efforts to promote transparency on climate-related matters. This report details information on Chevron’s approach to detecting, measuring and reducing methane intensity. Since 2016, Chevron has reduced the company’s methane intensity by 50 percent. Chevron’s U.S. upstream methane intensity is […]

Enjoy, Eni’s car sharing service, is going electric in Florence, with the addition of the XEV YOYO battery swapping city cars to its fleet. The news was announced today at Palazzo Vecchio in the presence of Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, and Stefano Giorgetti, Councillor for Major Infrastructure, Mobility and Local Public Transport, who spoke […]

Air Liquide (Paris: Al), Chevron Corporation, LyondellBasell, and Uniper SE have announced their intent to collaborate on a joint study that will evaluate and potentially advance the development of a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The facility could support industrial decarbonization and mobility applications in the region and expand clean ammonia exports, helping to […]

The African Climate Dialogues – a series of conversations hosted by Catholic Church actors and civil society in Africa  The climate crisis is a lived reality for people across Africa. Recent summer heatwaves in the north of the continent have caused massive social and economic losses and damages, breaking temperature records and severely disrupting agri-food […]

Neptune Energy has called on the Dutch government to introduce an investment allowance in its plans to raise levies on energy companies, to avoid risks to the country’s energy security and net zero targets.  The government intends1 to significantly increase levies under the Mining Act for the energy sector in 2023 and 2024, with additional tax […]

The construction of the 58 MW Stępień solar plant in Poland is completed, and the plant is ready for operation. Stępień was developed and will be operated by Wento, Equinor’s 100% subsidiary. In 2021, Equinor bought the Polish solar developer Wento and its pipeline of solar projects across Poland. Less than 1.5 years after the […]

Front-of-meter battery storage site developed by Noriker. (Photo: Noriker Power Ltd.) Equinor approves final investment decision on the Blandford Road battery storage project in the south of the UK. This will be the first commercial battery storage asset for Equinor, and the first project realized from the strategic partnership between Equinor and Noriker Power. Olav […]

CrossBoundary Energy Access Nigeria (CBEA) and ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria (ENGIE)  have signed a project finance agreement to build a $60 million portfolio of mini-grids that will connect over 150,000 people to electricity in Nigeria. ENGIE has developed a pipeline of mini-grids to build over the next four years. CBEA will finance all of the […]