LNG

Korean GS Energy to Build LNG Power Plants in Vietnam

The two power plants are estimated to be completed by 2026 and 2027.

China

Sinochem, ChemChina Merger Finally Wins Approval

Chinese state-owned firms Sinochem and ChemChina have finally received merger approval from the SASAC, kicking off a long-awaited consolidation of the two compa…

Electricity Transmission

Spain is Power Exporter to France for Third Quarter

Spain ended as a net power exporter to France for the third quarter in a row — something that had happened only once before in the past 20 years — in what may…

Electric Vehicle Battery

China's Dynanonic Builds LFP Battery Plant in Yunnan

Chinese lithium-ion battery material producer Shenzhen Dynanonic is building a 150,000 t/yr lithium-iron-phosphate battery material facility in Qujing city in s…

Solar Technology

German Researchers Couple PV to High-Voltage System to Extend EV Range

A group of German researchers and companies are working on a project to extend the range of a solar-powered light delivery electric vehicle by feeding the energ…

Solar Company

GCL-Poly, GNE to Sell 790 MW of Chinese Solar Plants to Cut Debt

Chinese polysilicon maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd and its troubled solar plants operating unit GCL New Energy Holdings Ltd, or GNE, are preparing to sell i…

Wind Power Project

Electric Power and Capacity from the Rosatom’s Karmalinovskaya Wind Farm have Entered the Wholesale Market

The Karmalinovskaya wind farm began supplying electric power and capacity to the wholesale electric power and capacity market from April 1, 2021.

Hydropower Plant

All Eight Units of Wudongde Hydropower Station have been Put into Operation Successfully to Achieve Stable Operation for 100 Days

Since the commissioning of power generation, the No. 10 and No. 3 units of Wudongde Hydropower Station have been in safe and stable operation for 100 days succe…

Power Construction

Brazilian Electricity Prices Under Pressure Due to Low Rainfall

Low annual rainfall in Brazil is restricting hydroelectric production, putting electricity prices under pressure and causing the need for more expensive thermoe…

Paris Climate Agreement

Companies Net Zero Action Plans could be too Little too Late

More than half of companies are not transitioning fast enough, leaving them in danger of missing the Paris Agreement target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kusile Unit 3 Achieves Commercial Operation

On Wednesday 31 March, 2020 Eskom announced that Unit 3 of the Kusile Power Station achieved commercial operation status.

Energy Transition

Japan to Speed up Investment in Energy Transition

The Japanese government is working on domestic guidelines for local financial institutions providing climate transition finance, as part of efforts to create an…

Oil Refinery

Indonesia’s Cilacap Refinery to Raise Output After Fire

Indonesian state-owned refiner Pertamina will increase gasoline production at its largest refinery, the 348,000 b/d Cilacap plant, to help meet a shortfall caus…

Market Analysis

EIA and FERC Reports Confirm: In 2020, Nuclear Power was Trounced by Renewable Energy, Which Provided

Several reports recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission confirm that the mix of renewable energ…

Russian Federation

Russia Leading the Way in Climate-Related Energy Policy

Russia, the world’s largest country by landmass, has a multi-prong strategy to confront climate change, by further developing its human capital, natural gas, h…