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Energy Community Meets to Advance Off-Grid Renewables in Pursuit of Development and Climate Goals

IRENA’s International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference held virtually for the first time, gathers global stakeholders to mobilise investments

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Plunges 11% as U.S. Weather Forecast Stifles Demand

Natural gas futures plummeted 11% in the U.S. as forecasts shifted warmer through the middle of next month, allaying concern about tight domestic supplies amid …

Crude Oil

Guyana To Become The 11th Country To Produce Over 1 Million Bpd

The tiny South American nation of Guyana has emerged as the hottest offshore drilling location on the continent over the last six years.

Solar Power Plant

Germany Deployed 4.42 GW of PV in First Ten Months of 2021

The country’s cumulative installed solar PV capacity has now reached 56.9 GW.

Solar Power Plant

Boralex Inks First French Solar Power Play

20-year corporate PPA will enable the financing of the construction of the Grange du Causse project

Energy Storage Battery

Wartsila Wins Chile Storage Contract

8MW battery system will be co-located with Colbun’s 230MW Diego de Almagro solar farm

Market Analysis

Brazil’s October Power Consumption Falls 3.4pc

Brazilian power demand fell by 3.4pc in October over the same month last year to an average of 68,793 MW, according to national power operator ONS.

Offshore Wind Power

Google Signs 50MW German Offshore Wind PPA

US technology firm Google and Danish utility Orsted have signed a power purchase agreement for the supply of electricity from the 900MW Borkrum Riffgrund 3 offs…

OPEC

Algeria Names New Opec Governor

Algeria has appointed senior adviser to the energy ministry Achraf Amine Benhassine as its Opec governor, an Opec+ source told Argus.

Oil Field

Aramco Awards Contracts Worth $10bn to Develop Giant Jafurah Gas Field

The company plans to invest more than $100bn to develop the field that will make Saudi Arabia one of the world’s largest natural gas producers

Mexico

Wärtsilä to Deliver 600MW Multi-Fuel Power Plants to Mexican Utility

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply Mexico’s state-owned electricity utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), with two large multi-fuel power plan…

Wind Farm

Production Start-up of the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

TotalEnergies announces the start of power generation from the first turbine of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

Natural Gas

Egyptian Gas Should Start Flowing to Lebanon in the Next 3 Months, U.S. Energy Envoy Says

The governments of four countries in September reached an agreement to pipe gas from Egypt, through Jordan and Syria, to ease the power crisis in Lebanon.

Hydrogen Project

China's Sinopec Builds Xinjiang Hydrogen Plant

China's largest oil refiner, state-controlled Sinopec, has started building a production facility for hydrogen in Kuqa city in northwest China's Xinjiang region…

Energy Storage Battery

Gore Street’s Kilmannock BESS to Expand by 90MW

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's Kilmannock battery energy storage system in Co. Wexford, Ireland, has received an additional grid volume allocation of 90MW, b…