Russian forces struck an energy facility belonging to DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, in Odesa Oblast on the night of 8-9 October. Source: DTEK Quote: “Our engineers are reconnecting critical infrastructure and residential buildings to backup power lines wherever it is technically possible.” Details: DTEK confirms that the facility has sustained heavy
A pilot project to help cut energy costs, reduce carbon emissions and improve health is being backed by residents in Wolverhampton. City of Wolverhampton Council was given £545,502 by the West Midlands Combined Authority to trial measures on a “small cluster” of streets in Graiseley. Local people will be given advice and assessments of their
The United States and the rest of the world are going in very different directions when it comes to renewable energy, according to two new reports. Renewable electricity generation continues to grow rapidly worldwide, despite recent U.S. policy shifts, with global capacity expected to more than double by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency
This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: The DOE said the decision, which affects 223 projects, followed a case-by-case review of awards issued under clean energy and manufacturing, many of which were approved in the final months of
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for a versatile technology that can be used for an astonishing variety of purposes, from environmental remediation to drug delivery and energy storage. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi shared the award for their development of metal-organic frameworks, chemical cages that have small openings
Cenovus Energy Inc. raised its takeover offer for MEG Energy Corp. on Wednesday in a proposal that values the company at about $8.6 billion, including assumed debt, up from its earlier offer valued at $7.9 billion. The Cenovus offer faces a rival all-stock bid for MEG by Strathcona Resources Ltd., which already holds a 14.2
Cenovus Energy on Wednesday sweetened its offer to acquire MEG Energy, raising the value of its proposed deal to $8.6 billion (US$6.16 billion), including debt, in an attempt to match a rival bid from Strathcona Resources. Cenovus raised its bid by $2.35 to about $29.80 per share, and said this was its “best and final”
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday that the White House supports his vision for greater state control of public lands and dramatically increased energy production. The federal government is not “the landlord for the state of Utah,” Burgum said. He vowed that the Trump administration is trying to “turn
Villagers walk on the street of Sabon-Gida, near Lafia, Nassarawa State, Nigeria on October 17, 2023. Mini-grids — small power stations usually supplying rural communities — are not new. But the drop in solar technology costs over a decade has prompted a growth in clean energy minigrids with rural Africa poised to benefit the most.
Nicola Sfondrini – Partner Digital and Cloud Strategy at PWC. If artificial intelligence is the zeitgeist of the 21st century, it’s powered by something more prosaic: electricity. The energy required to train a frontier model is equivalent to the annual power consumption of thousands of homes. And even in inference at global scale, serving billions