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Energy Investment

US Smart Electric Grid Projects Receive $11m Boost

The modernisation of the grid will enable the integration of a diverse supply of renewable energy sources and help customers reduce their energy consumption, co…

Wind Power Project

Nordex Wins 50MW Dutch Wind Order from Shell

Manufacturer will supply 14 N131/3600 turbines for the Pottendijk Energiepark in Drenthe

Crude Oil

Oil Price Falls for Second Day as Supply-Driven Rally Peters Out

Brent crude was down $1.03 or 1.3% at $78.06 a barrel by 0130 GMT, having fallen nearly $2 on Tuesday after touching $80.75, its highest in nearly three years.

Wind Power Project

EIB to Fund Ørsted’s Wind Energy Projects

The 752 MW Borssele 1 & 2 wind farms count 94 wind turbines which, through inter-array cabling, transfer their energy to an offshore substation before reaching …

Russian Federation

Vestas Receives Order for Four Wind Projects in Russia

Building on a framework agreement signed in 2017, Vestas has received an order totalling 253 MW for four separate projects in Russia from Wind Energy Developmen…

Natural Gas

Unprecedented High Gas Price: Security of Global Supply at Risk?

The price for October future at the TTF Hub reached $1,031 per 1,000 cubic metres.

United States

U.S. Renewable Energy Production Hits All-Time High in First Half 2021

Domestic production of renewable energy reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year

Wind Power Project

Iberdrola Completes the Wind Farm of Its First Hybrid Plant in the World

The initiative combines a 210 MW installed capacity wind farm and a 107 MW photovoltaic plant.

Thermal Coal

Global Coal Exports Continue to Lag Pre-Pandemic Levels

Indonesian coal exports grew by 5.1mn t on the year to 34.4mn t in August.

Energy Storage Battery

US to Add 14.5GW of Battery Storage by 2024

DoE says 9.4GW will be co-located with solar and 1.3GW with wind and fossil-fuel generation

Offshore Wind Power

Singapore Crew Completes Changhua 1&2a Substations

Two topsides will sail away from Keppel Offshore & Marine's yard to the project site in Taiwan in October

Distributed Solar

Panama could Install 1.7 GW of Distributed-Gen PV by 2030

The government of Panama has outlined a new strategy for distributed-generation PV. The Central American country currently has an installed distributed-generati…

Oil Pipeline

Enbridge To Start New Line 3 Oil Pipeline On October 1st

The Line 3 Replacement program is expected to boost the pipeline takeaway capacity of Canada’s oil sands producers.

Cooperation case

25 Chinese Trade Cooperation Zones Set up in Africa

A total of 25 Chinese economic and trade cooperation zones have been established in 16 African countries

Cooperation case

China Remains Africa's Top Trading Partner for 12 years

China had remained Africa's largest trading partner for 12 consecutive years by the end of 2020, despite the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic.