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Nabors, e2Companies to collaborate on oilfield integrated power solutions

December 10, 2024

(World Oil) – e2Companies has announced a strategic collaboration with Nabors that will expand business opportunities for integrated power solutions in the oilfield and broader energy markets. By combining Nabors’ global expertise and relationships in oil and gas with e2Companies’ Virtual Utility®, the companies aim to develop and market tailored solutions for the unique demands of the oilfield and assess

World coal demand and exports set for new record highs in 2024

December 10, 2024

(Oil Price) – The world’s consumption and exports of thermal coal are expected to rise this year from 2023 to hit fresh record-highs, according to export and power generation data cited by Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire. Coal-fired electricity generation has increased so far this year by 2% compared to 2023, to hit new highs as power demand in emerging markets grows. Coal power

US utilities boosting capex plans to meet demand from power-guzzling sectors

November 22, 2024

(BOE Report) – Major U.S. utilities are expected to spend heavily on upgrading their electric lines and grids over the next five years to cater to power-hungry sectors, although experts worry that their plans to raise rates sharply to offset higher costs may face regulatory hurdles. In the past few weeks, about nine utilities had raised their capital expenditure forecast by

Paying to freeze in the dark part of England’s energy plan

November 8, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – Home to some of the highest electricity prices on the planet, England is promoting a Demand Side Response (DSR) program to incentivize people to “adjust” their electricity consumption at peak periods. Incentives include coupons for consumer goods and credits on people’s credit cards with similar incentives for businesses as well. DSR skeptics say the program isn’t

How to prepare the “Largest machine in the world” for AI

October 28, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – As Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands to potentially revolutionize every aspect of human existence, the expected electrical demands required by the power devouring technology in its earliest stages present a formidable planning and financing challenge for utilities and other power plant developers. The so-called electrical boom, the result of everything from growing economies and populations, cloud computing

Euro carmakers want to pump brakes on EV mandates

October 17, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – Earlier this week, the world-famous Paris Auto Show saw some international political heft inserted into its usual line-up of fast cars over the European Union’s electric vehicle (EV) mandates. BMW’s CEO Oliver Zipse warned that EU efforts to virtually eliminate the production of internal combustion engines (ICE) and diesel-powered vehicles over the next ten years

Mexican Senate votes to give constitutional preference to state power company

October 17, 2024

(Investing) – MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Senate voted to amend the country’s constitution late on Wednesday to give dispatch preferences to state electricity company CFE, cementing the national power generator’s preferential status above foreign or private competitors. The initiative passed the upper chamber of Congress with 86 votes to 39, meeting the requirement of two-thirds support to change the constitution. The

Europe’s renewable power prices drop

October 17, 2024

(Oil Price) – Moderating inflation and reduced market volatility compared to 2022 and 2023 resulted in lower prices for renewable electricity in power purchase agreements across Europe. During the third quarter of 2024, power purchase agreements (PPAs) for electricity sourced from renewable energy showed a 12.4% decline in price, compared to the same period of 2023, according to data from price

UK power firm burnt wood from environmentally sensitive areas in Canada

October 16, 2024

(Oil Price) – UK power group Drax has found that wood burnt at its biomass power station in the UK is “highly likely” to have come from environmentally sensitive areas of old forests in Canada, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing internal Drax emails it has seen. A Drax internal review has found that the wood from its suppliers from British Columbia

BMW says EU ban on gasoline cars from 2035 is “No longer realistic”

October 15, 2024

(Oil Price) – Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2035 is “no longer realistic” amid slow EV sales as the European auto industry will see a “massive shrinking” with such a ban. European carmakers are already struggling with their EV sales as subsidies in many countries are

The double-edged sword of AI in the Energy sector

October 14, 2024

(Oil Price) – AI could cause a catastrophic collapse of under-prepared electric grids and walk back advancements in the decarbonization of the tech industry – or, it could be the sector’s saving grace. Artificial Intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computations. As the sector explodes, the computational power necessary to sustain its growth is doubling

Spanish power giant Iberdrola doubles UK investment to $31 billion

October 11, 2024

(Oil Price) – Spanish utility giant Iberdrola plans to double its UK investments to $31.3 billion (24 billion British pounds) by 2028, Europe’s biggest electricity company said in a statement. Iberdrola, one of the biggest utilities and renewable energy developers in Europe and the Americas, previously planned to invest $15.7 billion (12 billion pounds) in the UK between 2024 and 2028. Now

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