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Gneiss Energy white paper attributes accelerating UK North Sea decline to policy instability, not geology

The UK North Sea is declining—that much isn’t in dispute. But a new white paper from energy consultancy Gneiss Energy argues that the pace of that decline is…

By Kelly Lippke · September 4, 2026

North Sea rig

Rockhopper

Rockhopper’s Sea Lion field valuation rises by $788 million after updated independent reserves assessment

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

SLB

SLB signs contract with PDVSA to access Venezuela’s closely guarded oilfield data and modernize exploration systems

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

A damaged base oil train at a coastal gas plant

Attacks put 1 base oil train on the Qatari coast out of action until next year, and the American lubricant trade group had already filed for emergency relief 5 days before it was hit

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

Net Power

Net Power secures 123 MW equipment deal and cost-reimbursement agreement to expand Project Permian capacity to nearly 200 MW

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

Petronas

OPITO and PETRONAS launch globally recognized Decarbonization Training Certification to close energy sector skills gap

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

A rusted wellhead standing among orphaned oil wells in pasture

Oklahoma lawmakers voted 85 to 6 to let companies convert orphaned oil wells into geothermal heat sources, and the bill then stalled one chamber later with more than 19,000 wells still unplugged

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 3

Tandem PV $7.7 million ARPA-E

Tandem PV wins $7.7 million in ARPA-E backing to accelerate domestic manufacturing of next-generation solar technology

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 4

A stack of retired solar panel frames at a scrap yard

About 95 percent of a solar panel can be recycled and 3 quarters of its weight is plain glass, and close to 9 in 10 retired panels still go into an American landfill

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

ForeFront Power 7.7 MW solar-and-storage

ForeFront Power brings a 7.7 MW solar-and-storage installation online at Ventura County’s government complex

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 4

Sola panels glass boral

Crushed glass from retired solar panels replaced up to 50 percent of the natural sand in a Melbourne road tunnel concrete mix, and the same city had already poured glass sand into a station four years earlier

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

Monarch 311 MW solar portfolio

Monarch has finished a 311 MW solar portfolio in Texas, and 250 MWh of battery storage now sits alongside it to hold power for later

By Prince Sibanda · Sep 3

Over a million Sandhill Cranes converge on Nebraska each spring and a landmark new ruling just drew a firm line to keep their ancient migration route safe from wind turbines

Over a million Sandhill Cranes converge on Nebraska each spring and a landmark new ruling just drew a firm line to keep their ancient migration route safe from wind turbines

By Carlos Albero Rojas · Sep 4

Turbine installation ship jacked up beside an offshore wind tower

A turbine installation ship built in Texas took nearly 5 years to finish before it lifted anything at sea, and the wind farm it serves 27 miles off Virginia Beach stands 81 percent complete

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

fish swimming near floating wind structure

Scientists tested 179 saithe, tusk, and ling around offshore structures in Norway, and the ling caught at Hywind Tampen were in significantly poorer condition than those at the comparison sites

By Anke Maree · Sep 4

GE Vernova

GE Vernova and LS Electric form joint venture to develop VSC-HVDC technology for Korea’s next-generation power grid

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

GE Vernova

GE Vernova launches 170 kV SF₆-free switchgear at CIGRE Paris 2026, completing its full transmission-grid GIS range

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

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On a tropical island built around tourism, a 1,200 MW Chinese reactor sent its first electricity to the grid last month, and the country’s total nuclear capacity has overtaken France for the first time

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

mountain line capture old nuclear test site

Cameras hidden around America’s old nuclear test site took 393 pictures of mountain lions in one year, and at least four cats now call the restricted desert home

By Anke Maree · Sep 4

Fossilized proto-whale bones at the Georgia nuclear plant construction excavation site

A crew cutting the foundation of a Georgia nuclear plant hit bone 30 feet down, and the animal they had opened turned out to be a whale that could not yet swim with its tail

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

Uranium

U.S. uranium concentrate production reached 2.1 million pounds in 2025, the highest output since 2017

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

Data centers are betting billions on small nuclear reactors but experts say the technology may not arrive in time and costs remain far above wind and solar

Data centers are betting billions on small nuclear reactors, but experts say the technology may not arrive in time and costs remain far above wind and solar

By Daniel Garcia · Sep 3

Nuclear

LLNL and Ampera launch THUNDER project to develop thorium-based TRISO nuclear fuel

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

Aduro

Aduro names Saipem as engineering partner for its first industrial-scale HCT plant at Chemelot

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 4

Flooded zinc mine tunnels chosen for a compressed air plant

Groundwater refilled the tunnels of a South Australian zinc mine for 5 years after the pumps came out, and that flooded rock was exactly what a compressed air plant needed before the project was dropped

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 4

DOE

DOE and Montana release Final Environmental Impact Statement for 422-mile North Plains Connector transmission line

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

Off Oregon America s first major wave energy testing site just opened where buoys columns and floating arms will harvest the ocean s relentless motion for the continental grid

Off Oregon, America’s first major wave energy testing site just opened where buoys, columns, and floating arms will harvest the ocean’s relentless motion for the continental grid

By Daniel Garcia · Sep 3

DOE

DOE awards $5.5 million to 11 national lab projects to cut U.S. hydropower permitting time and costs

By Kelly Lippke · Sep 3

compressed hydrogen trailer cylinders in a nighttime Colton storage yard

A single compressed hydrogen trailer in Colton exploded, and 35 of California’s roughly 50 retail hydrogen stations were dark within a matter of days

By Hugo Rojas · Sep 3

Boston

A Boston startup is testing underground lightning strikes to turn ancient rock into a hydrogen factory using machines named Zeus and Thor

By Kelly Lippke · Aug 24

Researchers built a hydrogen turbine that makes electricity from controlled explosions and just shattered a world record

Researchers built a hydrogen turbine that makes electricity from controlled explosions and just shattered a world record

By Carlos Albero Rojas · Aug 22

Power to Hydrogen 0.5 MW AEM electrolyzer

Power to Hydrogen delivers its first commercial 0.5 MW AEM electrolyzer from Ohio to a customer in Antwerp

By Prince Sibanda · Aug 19

Plug Power U.S. hydrogen operations

Plug Power scales U.S. hydrogen operations with 1,666 fuel cell deployments and 40 tons of daily production capacity

By Prince Sibanda · Aug 19

Hydrogen

Highland Council approves Protium’s 15 MW Cromarty Green Hydrogen Production Facility in Alness, Scotland’s only HAR1-backed hydrogen project

By Kelly Lippke · Aug 16

Sasol

Sasol commissions Envision Energy to conduct green hydrogen design study at Sasolburg facility in South Africa

By Kelly Lippke · Aug 11

An old North Sea gas platform began producing hydrogen using wind power and sent it ashore through the same pipeline it was already using

An old North Sea gas platform began producing hydrogen using wind power and sent it ashore through the same pipeline it was already using

By Anke Maree · Aug 11

Hydrogen

A tiny iron piece smaller than a virus just outperformed the precious metal that has powered hydrogen fuel cells for decades

By Kelly Lippke · Aug 8

Latest News

1

Rockhopper’s Sea Lion field valuation rises by $788 million after updated independent reserves assessment

Sep 4

2

Aduro names Saipem as engineering partner for its first industrial-scale HCT plant at Chemelot

Sep 4

3

Over a million Sandhill Cranes converge on Nebraska each spring and a landmark new ruling just drew a firm line to keep their ancient migration route safe from wind turbines

Sep 4

4

SLB signs contract with PDVSA to access Venezuela’s closely guarded oilfield data and modernize exploration systems

Sep 4

5

Tandem PV wins $7.7 million in ARPA-E backing to accelerate domestic manufacturing of next-generation solar technology

Sep 4

6

On a tropical island built around tourism, a 1,200 MW Chinese reactor sent its first electricity to the grid last month, and the country’s total nuclear capacity has overtaken France for the first time

Sep 4

7

About 95 percent of a solar panel can be recycled and 3 quarters of its weight is plain glass, and close to 9 in 10 retired panels still go into an American landfill

Sep 4

8

Net Power signs $20 million deposit agreement to add 123 MW of gas generation capacity to Project Permian

Sep 4

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Daniel GarciaChief Editor

Hugo RojasEditor

Kelly LippkeStaff Writer

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