TotalEnergies to boost output, cut $7.5 bn in costs
Paris (AFP) - French group TotalEnergies on Monday announced plans to increase oil, gas and electricity production while cutting spending ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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French-German duo wins mega offshore wind energy project
Paris (AFP) - French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to built a large ...
Race for rare minerals brings boom to Tajikistan’s mines
Saritag (Tajikistan) (AFP) - In a labyrinth of tunnels running beneath 4,000-metre peaks, Tajik miners are scrabbling to secure antimony, ...
Floating wind power sets sail in Japan’s energy shift
Goto (Japan) (AFP) - Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's ...
Danish wind giant sues US government over project halt
Washington (AFP) - Danish energy group Orsted has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the US government from blocking the ...
Shell abandons huge biofuel project in Netherlands
London (AFP) - British oil giant Shell announced Wednesday it has abandoned construction of one of Europe's largest biofuel plants ...
Britain’s energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on
Liverpool (AFP) - Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants ...
New wave: Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
San Pedro (United States) (AFP) - Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port ...
Africa could become ‘renewable superpower’, says Guterres
Yokohama (Japan) (AFP) - Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower", UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, ...
German firm gives ‘second life’ to used EV batteries
Aachen (Germany) (AFP) - A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into ...
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