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Energy Transition

UN Chief Urges Japan, Others to Meet Goals on Climate Change

The United Nations chief urged Japan and other wealthy nations on Thursday to give up their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels and commit to investments in…

China

China's National Oil Companies Outline Early Green Energy Plans

China's top state oil and gas producers - PetroChina, Sinopec Corp and CNOOC Ltd are working on the following green initiatives.

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia's Gazprom Starts LPG Supplies to Crimea Via New Bridge

Russian state gas producer Gazprom has started direct rail shipments of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) via a new bridge to the Crimea peninsula which Moscow anne…

Energy Storage Project

Wartsila to Operate Three Multi-State Storage Projects for Duke Energy

Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by US utility Duke Energy for the engineering, procurement and construction of three battery energy storage facili…

Microgrid

Rolls-Royce to Provide Battery Storage for Rarotonga Microgrid

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply three 40-foot MTU-brand battery containers for a microgrid on the Pacific island of Rarotonga.

Wind Turbine

GE Expands Turkey’s Wind Energy Portfolio with Two New Plants

GE Renewable Energy has installed and commissioned two wind energy projects in Turkey.

Chile

Chile: Mainstream Renewable Power Secures Funding for 630MW of Renewable Generation

Mainstream Renewable Power has closed funding of US$620 million for the second phase of the Andes Renovables wind and solar generation platform in Chile.

Nuclear Policy

US DOE Agreed to Remove Plutonium from South Carolina

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced a $600 million settlement between the state and the federal government.

United States

US Announces Funding for Fusion and Carbon Capture Technologies

The US Department of Energy has announced $72m in funding for carbon capture technologies and $29m for fusion research projects.

Electric Car

Why is Toyota Making Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars When Plug-in Electric Vehicles are so Popular

​Large auto manufacturers like Toyota and Honda are expanding outside garden variety hybrids and battery electric vehicles and selling hydrogen fuel cells cars…

Power Construction

The Demand for Electricity in Spain Decreases 2.4% in August

37.8% of the monthly generation was of renewable origin: wind energy 15.8%, concentrated solar power 3.5% and photovoltaic 8%.

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey’s Soyak Considers Croatia Geothermal Project

Turkish company Soyak is considering investing in geothermal energy in Croatia and has expressed interest in exploring the Legrad-1 geothermal concession area i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japanese Coal Burn Slips to Historic Low in May

The Covid-19 pandemic drove Japanese coal-fired power generation to a more than four-year low in May, although the fuel's cost advantage for power generation sa…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Lightning Systems to Reduce Fuel Cell Vehicle Costs

Zero emission vehicle manufacturer Lightning Systems is lowering the price of its 2021 fuel cell electric and battery electric vehicles by 10%-50% for Class 3 a…

Energy Storage System

Huawei: Residential Solar-Plus-Storage is Starting Point for New Era of Mainstream Renewable Energy

The high end residential energy storage market will be the company's entry point into a technology that helps integrate solar to the grid.