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Oil&Gas Drilling

Ghanaian Firm Springfield Makes Historic Oil Discovery of 1.2bn Barrels in Deepwater

The company last month commenced its drilling activity in the West Cape Three Points Block 2 and a little over a month later made a discovery that was set to be…

Wind Power Project

​Wind Power Vital to Columbia's Long Term Energy Security

In order to take a closer look at the development of wind energy in Columbia, national and international experts from government and industry met recently in Bo…

European Investment Bank to End Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to cease funding fossil fuel energy projects by the end of 2021 as part of its “increased ambition in climate act…

Boralex Commissions 16MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station in Ontario

The hydroelectric power station includes two 8-MW turbines connected to a water intake, a concrete dam, water discharge facilities, including two inflatable wei…

PowerGrid Technology

How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues t…

EDC Increases Revenues with Better Performance of Geothermal Plants

EDC reports geothermal revenues of $514m for first three quarters of 2019 contributing around 34% of total revenues of its mother company First Gen. Better perf…

Solar Company

Kyotherm Wins 2019 SHC Solar Award

Kyotherm, a French-based third-party investor, has won the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme’s Solar Award.

Ormat Targets Addition of Around 100 MW in Geothermal Capacity by End of 2021

11 Nov 2019With 6 geothermal projects, Ormat Technologies is planning to add around 100 MW in geothermal power generation capacity in Nevada, California and Gua…

Crude

Russia Sent 17.8% Less Crude Oil to Germany in Jan-Sept

Russia reduced exports of crude oil to Germany in the year to September by 17.8%, still reflecting a halt in the Druzhba pipeline between April and June due to …

Electric Car

Irizar Introduces Next-Generation of Electric Ie Bus

The new generation of the Spain-based Irizar ie bus, an electric bus launched in July 2014, has now arrived on the market.

Boralex Announces Commissioning of 16-MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station

Boralex Inc. has announced the commercial commissioning of its 16-MW Yellow Falls hydroelectric station, under the terms of a price-indexed power purchase agree…

Global Potential for Tidal Power is Up to 1000 GW

Global potential for tidal power is huge, and the World Energy Council has estimated that up to 1,000GW of marine energy could be installed by mid-century – eq…

Asia Pacific Leads Global Electricity Procurement Market in Q3

The Asia Pacific dominated the market for electricity procurement tenders after it took up 35.4% of the total mix with 17 tenders in July-September 2019, accord…

Market Analysis

Solar to Cover a Quarter of Global Power by 2050

Global solar power capacity will grow by 9% every year between 2018 and 2050, according to a new study released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IR…

Solar Power Plant

IEnova Switches on 41-MW PV Plant in Mexico

November 14 - Mexican power and gas utility Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV (IEnova) announced on Wednesday it has put online a 41-MW photovoltaic (PV…