Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that it would use nuclear reactors to help reduce worldwide dependence on Russian energy. “We will utilize nuclear reactors with safety assurances to contribute to worldwide reduction of dependence on Russian energy,” Kishida …
US President Joe Biden is set to reveal on Tuesday a new strategy that will allow local biofuels to offset the negative effects of rising oil prices caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to the fact sheet released by …
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps ruled out the possibility of energy rationing in the United Kingdom (UK). Shapps made this response after Labour shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said in a separate interview that the government should be preparing for this …
The world’s largest electric cruise ship, the ‘Yangtze River Three Gorges 1’, set sail for the first time on Tuesday in China’s Hubei region. The ship is a project financed by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and …
Japan’s “best option” against oil and gas shortages caused by economic sanctions imposed on Russia is to restart the nuclear reactors that were closed after the Fukushima nuclear accident, a ruling party lawmaker said. Itsunori Onodera, a former defence minister …
Japan’s Panasonic is reportedly set to begin producing new lithium-ion batteries for Tesla’s electric vehicles around 2023. The high-capacity batteries could boost the range of electric vehicles over 15 percent, the Nikkei reported, without saying where it obtained the information. …
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Friday that it has sanctioned a broker and several businesses for their involvement in an international oil-smuggling network that supports Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The Office of Foreign Assets Control, an …
The Tesla Megapack, part of a giant battery project in Victoria, Australia, owned by the French renewable energy company Neoen, caught fire on Friday, just one day after it began operations. According to a statement from Fire Rescue Victoria, flames …
Apple Inc is negotiating with Chinese manufacturers CATL and BYD regarding the supply of batteries for its planned launching of electric vehicles in 2024. Four unnamed people familiar with the matter confirmed the early-stage negotiation saying that the discussion is …
An Australian solar industry businessman has died in India after contracting COVID-19, its employer said. Govind Kant, 47, died in a hospital in India. He traveled to India in April for personal reasons and he contracted the COVID-19 virus in …
