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Solar Power Panel

SEG Solar Acquires Houston Manufacturing Facility for Solar Module Assembly Plans

SEG Solar says it has acquired a building in Houston, Texas, for its planned 2-GW solar module assembly factory. The site consists of 145,000 sq. ft of manufact…

Energy Technology

A Fresh Start for Concentrated Solar Power?

SolarReserves Crescent Dunes CSP Project, near Tonopah, Nevada, has an electricity generating capacity of 110 MW. Photo from SolarReserveEpisode 40 of the Facto…

Carbon Emissions

‘Epidemic of Climate Anxiety’: Woodland Trust Warns Nature Loss Is Impacting Mental Health

The conservation charity has commissioned new research which demonstrates younger generation is increasingly worried about climate change and has limited access…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Japanese Firm Taking Over Country’s Only Offshore Drilling Contractor to Fortify Its Oil & Gas Business

Hakuryu-11 jack-up rig; Source: JDCJapan’s oil and gas player JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation is in the process of acquiring the country&rsquo…

Oil & Gas Trade

Venezuelan Oil Minister Resigns on Investigation

Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami offered his resignation after three years in the post in the wake of a corruption investigation into state-owned …

Wind Turbine

Maersk Makes Grand Entrance Into Offshore Wind Installation Market

The recently announced wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for which Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine won a shipbuilding contract is now confirmed to have …

Offshore Wind Power

Breaking: Vestas Buys ST3 Offshore

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has acquired ST3 Offshore in the sixth tendering round since the Polish offshore steel foundations manufacturer declared…

Offshore Wind Power

Argeo Awarded Scottish Floating Wind Site Survey Contract

Norway’s Argeo has won a contract from Stromar, a consortium made up of Ørsted, Renantis and BlueFloat Energy, to carry out geophysical survey in t…

Energy Storage Battery

California Distributed Battery Storage Company Electriq Power in ‘Estimated’ Us$300 Million Deal

Electriq Power, a US provider of battery storage solutions for residential and small business customers, has secured a deal that could be worth more than US$300…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Group’s Powerco Breaks Ground on Second Cell Gigafactory

The Volkswagen Group’s PowerCo broke ground for construction of its second PowerCo cell factory. Gigafactory Valencia will start production of the unified…

Liquid Hydrogen

Chart Industries Completes $4.4BN Acquisition of Howden

Hydrogen liquefaction specialist Chart Industries has today (March 17) announced the completition of the acquisition of Howden for $4.4bn.The acquisition allows…

Nuclear Technology

Plans for Africa’s Nuclear-Powered Future

The African continent is made up of 54 countries and can be broadly divided into North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. For global power, Africa is an emerging fr…

Nuclear Technology

UK Space Agency Funds Rolls-Royce Nuclear Micro-Reactor for Moon Base

Humans could maintain a continuous presence on the Moon with a UK Space Agency-supported nuclear Micro-Reactor being developed by scientists and engineers at Ro…

Energy Security

Oil Spill Fear After Fatal Explosion on Chevron FSO Offshore Thailand

One contractor killed in incident on the Benchamas 2Government agencies are on alert for a potential oil spill from the floating storage and offloading (FSO) ve…

Rooftop PV System

World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Panel to Be Built in Thailand

The rooftop solar panel will contribute to a total annual CO2 emissions reduction of 38,000 tonnes²A solar panel the size of 18 football pitches is currently b…