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Personnel Appointment

Tata Power Appoints New CFO

Sanjeev Churiwala took over the role on 1 January.

Natural Gas

Groningen 2021-22 Gas Output Estimate Almost Doubled

Gas production from the Netherlands' Groningen field this gas year may have to be almost twice as high as previously expected.

Brazil

Brazil Beats 2021 Power Expansion Goal by 58pc

Brazil added 7,562 MW to its power capacity matrix in 2021, according to data from Brazilian national power regulatory agency Aneel.

Germany

German Renewables Output Falls Almost 8% in 2021

Clean power generation accounted for 42.8% of the total in 2021, compared with 48% in 2020

Energy Storage Project

North Carolina Electric Co-ops to Deploy 10 Storage Projects with FlexGen

Technology company FlexGen has been selected by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives as the solution provider for some ten energy storage projects that are s…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and Northland Power Partner on 1.3GW Offshore Wind Cluster

RWE and power producer Northland Power have partnered to co-develop a 1.3GW cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and Northland Power Strengthen Their Position in the German Offshore Market

RWE and Northland Power have joined forces to co-develop a 1.3 GW cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

India

Sembcorp signs PPA to supply 625MW to India's Andhra Pradesh

The long-term contract will run for 12 years.

Solar Power Plant

Azure Power Commissions 600MW Solar Project in Bikaner

The last 100MWs of the project will be commissioned this month.

Solar Power Plant

India’s Non-Hydropower Renewables to Reach 229GW by End-2030

The country's non-hydropower renewables capacity in 2021 was at 102GW.

LNG

US Expected to be World's Biggest LNG Exporter as China Poised to Become Top Importer

Brazilian imports more than tripled amid a drought and weak hydropower generation soaring to 7.5 MMt in 2021

Energy Subsidies

Brazil Extends Controversial Coal Power Subsidy

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro signed a law granting a 15-year extension of a subsidy for coal power generation in Santa Catarina state, flying in the face …

Hydrogen Project

Renewables Developer Launches 1GW Hydrogen Partnership

Hero Future Energies has formed a strategic partnership with Ohmium International to develop 1000MW of green hydrogen production plants in India, the UK and Eur…

Oil Field

ExxonMobil Announces Two New Oil Discoveries In Guyana

ExxonMobil has made two more discoveries in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, which add to the previously announced 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels recovera…

Nuclear Power Plant

Inner Dome Installed at Taipingling 1

Taipingling unit 1, the first of six Hualong One units planned at the site, is scheduled to start up in 2025.