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Nuclear Power Plant

France Announces Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant Closure

France, which has long relied on reactors to supply the bulk of the country’s electricity, on Feb. 19 announced the imminent closure of the Fessenheim nuclear …

Oil and Gas Technology

India to Switch to World's Cleanest Petrol, Diesel from April 1

India will switch to the world's cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1 as it leapfrogs straight to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from Euro-IV grades now - …

Energy Associations Issue Declaration to Achieve EU Green Deal

Energy associations championing the move towards renewable sources, including SolarPower Europe and WindEurope, have issued a declaration setting policy recomme…

Energy Storage Battery

The Future Of Battery Energy Storage Is Upon Us

It was announced in January by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and is a comprehensive program to accelerate the development of next-generation energy s…

Energy storage technology

Can The U.S. Compete With China In The Energy Storage Race?

Last year Oilprice reported that the energy storage industry was about to explode in China. We wrote that “China is set to become the single biggest energy sto…

U.S. Sanctions Rosneft Unit for Ties to Venezuela Oil Production

The U.S. sanctioned a unit of Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft PJSC for maintaining ties with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and state-run oil company PDVSA,…

Warren’s $3 Trillion Climate Change Plan

White House candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren has put forward what is said to be "one of the most aggressive, detailed and wide-ranging plans for combating cl…

Hydrogen Project

UK Government Backs World-first Low Carbon Hydrogen Projects

The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £13m ($17m) to fund two world-first hydrogen projects led by th…

Government Paying Shs10m Per hour for Unconsumed Achwa Power

Government could, within two years, lose more money than what it has invested in establishing Achwa hydropower station unless the construction of a power transm…

Dasu Hydropower Project to Start Generation in 2024: Wapda Chairman

Construction work on Dasu Hydropower Project is gaining momentum as the issue pertaining to rates of land has been resolved due to support by the federal and Kh…

Asian Markets Fall as Coronavirus Hits Earnings, Growth

China is the world's biggest importer and consumer of oil, and crude prices have been particularly sensitive to the epidemic that has spread to nearly 30 countr…

To Install Solar Farms on Bulawayo City Cemeteries

According to Town Clerk, Bulawayo has since engaged the Infrastructure Development Bank (IDB) to carry out feasibility studies on the project. Bulawayo has six …

Solar Power Plant

Rio Tinto to Build Solar Plant in Western Australia

Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced plans to build its first solar plant and a lithium-ion battery energy storage system at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara,…

Wärtsilä Gets Service Agreement Extension For 25 MW Power Plant

Wärtsilä has signed a four-year extension to its operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement with Cemex Colombia S.A., one of Colombia’s major cement producers…

Power Construction

Greece's PPC Gets EUR 100m from EIB for Grid Modernisation

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greek utility PPC SA (ATH:PPC) on Friday signed an agreement for a EUR-100-million (USD 108m) loan supporting investments…