US to review reliance on critical minerals supply from overseas
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to reduce US reliance on foreign...
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“It makes little sense to divest from Total, Shell, and Exxon, just because of climate change,” Total CEO
During his speech as part of the International Petroleum Week event (IP week), Patrick Pouyanné,...
Ofgem raises price cap on UK energy bills to cover Covid-19 costs
UK energy regulator Ofgem has today announced that utility bills will increase by an average...
Report: wind generation to become ‘the backbone’ of the energy sector
A new report from UK research and development firm Rethink Energy finds that wind power...
IEA statistic shows electricity production recovery over OECD countries
A recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report, featuring July 2020 data, has seen electricity production...
Five things we learnt from the IAEA Scientific Forum in Vienna
This September’s IAEA Scientific Forum, part of the 64th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, leaned on a number of speakers to clarify the role of nuclear energy in relation to climate goals, along with the...
Batteries see 149% increase in Balancing Mechanism activity
Research has found that there are significant changes in the technology type that has been providing balancing actions to the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), with activity from newer asset types seeing the greatest...
GlobalData Epidemiologist Report: Global Covid fatalities near 910,000 – infections pass 28.1 million
11 September Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 28,170,000, with more than 909,000 deaths and 18,995,000 recoveries. Worldwide, daily confirmed cases continue to increase. This is…
International update: Global Covid cases pass 28.1 million – Western Europe a new hotspot
11 September Global: Worldwide Covid-19 cases have now passed 28.1 million, with deaths exceeding 909,000 according to Johns Hopkins University. Latin America: The number of confirmed coronavirus infections topped eight…
Why US dollar will remain dominant in spite of Covid
11 September The weakening of the US dollar due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the new policies proposed by the Federal Reserve, led to speculations that the US dollar is…
International update: Global Covid deaths likely to pass 1 million by October – infections near 28 million
10 September Global: The global coronavirus death toll has passed 903,000 – just over ten weeks after passing 500,000. If global deaths continued at the current rate, the toll is…
