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The U.S. Department of Energy will spend $5 million to fund pilot training programs for jobs in lithium battery manufacturing, the agency announced Friday.

The government looks set to create a new national power development plan to increase the proportion of renewable energy used to generate electricity to 50% of all energy types by 2050.

From July the federal government will require fuel importers to maintain minimum levels of petrol, diesel and jet fuel — but despite advice from his own department, the Energy Minister denies it will push petrol prices up further.

Tesla is making its own 4680 cells, and it plans to expand as Giga Texas officially opens. However, it will need to lean on companies like Panasonic to keep up.

Jacinda Ardern says a "wicked perfect storm" is fueling energy price growth in New Zealand and has announced a tax cut to help struggling Kiwis.

The United States on Friday accused Russia of violating nuclear safety principles in Ukraine and demanded its invading forces stop firing on nuclear power plants, but added that there were no signs detected yet of any radiological release. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a Twitter post that radiation…

The US Energy Secretary says she is concerned by the lack of data from safeguard monitors at two Ukrainian nuclear power plants now under Russian control, but says there are no signs of radiological release.

When a news anchor confronted Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about high gasoline prices and asked about the Biden administration’s plan to increase oil production in America, she burst into laughter. “That is hilarious,” she said.

The government has instructed oil companies to extend the stockpiling of the country's oil reserves from 60 to 70 days to help offset any future oil crisis, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said on Thursday.