Daily Debrief

Sinexcel technical director Luke Lu discusses what goes into a successful grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

Businesses are calling on the UK government to reconsider its Clean Power 2030 target due to concerns about the cost impact of delivering the transition, according to figures from the […]

PM rejects claim he leads a ‘tax-and-spend’ government, as Bank of England prepares for interest rates decision Andy Burnham has said “difficult decisions” will need to be taken in next month’s budget after a rise in energy prices triggered by the Iran war drove UK inflation above 3%. In a fresh blow for living standards amid the worsening damage to the global economy from the Middle East conflict, official figures showed soaring fuel prices pushed inflation from 2.9% in July to 3.1% in August. Continue reading...

TRAC-Vue IQ transforms ultrasonic thickness (UT) inspection data into actionable asset intelligence. By stitching multiple corrosion mapping scans into a single dataset, it provides engineers with a complete view of asset condition, enabling faster interpretation, more accurate analysis, and confident integrity decisions. Through the TRAC-Vue Portal, inspection data is no longer confined to standalone files. […]

New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Horse Hill despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024 After years of trying to dig for oil in Surrey, the company behind the drilling project that was turned down in a landmark supreme court ruling has sold off the site for a fraction of the money it spent on it, and rebranded as a clean energy company. Meanwhile, the new owners, who picked up the site for £1m, are applying, once again, for permission to dig. Continue reading...

LFP is the de facto choice for the German BESS market today with sodium-ion still far from bankable, but that doesn’t mean choosing a supplier is necessarily straightforward.

In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security “It’s that time of the year again,” the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company told Emiratis in a Ramadan advertising campaign. “Where tanks are always full – for night after night of majlis hopping.” When you think about fossil fuels, you might think of offshore oil platforms flaring gas in rough seas, the US/Iran war or the greenhouse effect heating up the world’s climate. A new report argues, however, that what Big Oil wants you to think about is family, friends and faith instead. Continue reading...

TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) announced that its subsidiary, FMC Wellhead Equipment Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded a significant integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI®) contract by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (PETRONAS) for the Limbayong deepwater project offshore Malaysia. Read More >