Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is exploring the viability of retiring its coal plants, especially the one at Kapar Energy Ventures (KEV) in 2028-2029, a year before the expiration of its power purchase agreement (PPA), in order to hasten the transition process to clean energy as it eyes a "significant share” of the RM80 billion market by 2050.

As Europe braces for energy shortages from Russian gas cuts, Japan's own energy crisis a decade ago offers survival lessons to households and businesses - such as dimming the lights and taking the stairs. EU energy ministers on Tuesday approved a proposal for member countries to cut gas use voluntarily by 15% from August to March amid uncertain supplies from Russia due to the war in Ukraine.

Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest 27.1 trillion rupiah (US$1.80 billion) in Indonesia in the next five years to produce electric vehicles (EVs). Indonesia aims to become a global hub for producing and exporting EVs through processing its rich supplies of nickel laterite ore for use in lithium batteries.

The car manufacturer Ford is currently testing a fully automated electric charging station solution, allowing drivers to recharge their vehicles hands-free. This is mainly aimed at drivers with disabilities or reduced mobility.

German engineering company Mahle Powertrain is heading an innovative project to replace air-polluting diesel with ammonia in heavy duty combustion engines. Ammonia as a fuel has not played a major role in the scramble to decarbonise engines so far but Mahle says it is ideal to replace diesel fuel in large marine engines and in off-highway sectors such as mining, quarrying and construction.

German energy firm RWE is to invest in a pilot project centered around the deployment of floating solar technology in the North Sea, as part of a wider collaboration focused on the development of “floating solar parks.”

Northvolt will partner with Stora Enso to develop batteries that incorporate components produced using wood sourced from forests in the Nordic region. The attempt to develop battery materials from a range of sources comes as major European economies lay out plans to move away from road-based vehicles that use diesel and gasoline.

Shops in France will be ordered to close doors when using air conditioning and limit neon lighting in a bid to cut energy waste, a minister has said. Energy costs in Europe have spiralled since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Energy Commission has decided not to consider the special tariff rate for cryptominers as proposed by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB). It said it wanted to ensure that any intiative would not affect electricity supplying costs in Malaysia.

Samsung SDI Co Ltd said the South Korean company on Thursday (July 21) held a ceremony to mark the ground-breaking for its 1.7 trillion won (about RM5.8 billion) second cylindrical battery production facility (Plant 2) in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan to meet the rising demand for cylindrical batteries, which will be used in applications including electrical tools and electric vehicles (EVs).

Some nine million domestic consumer accounts in the country are exempted from paying the imbalance cost pass-through (ICPT) surcharge, apart from the two sen per kilowatt hour (kWh) rebate given by the government, says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan.

Germany’s two houses of parliament have passed emergency legislation to reactivate mothballed coal-fired power plants in order to support electricity generation amid fears of gas shortages as Russia curbs capacity.