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Oil & Gas Trade

Russia, Turkey Open TurkStream Gas Pipeline

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Wednesday opened the taps of the TurkStream natural gas pipeline, officially…

Nuclear Fuel

Iran Scraps Limit on Uranium Enrichment

Iran said yesterday it will ignore the limit on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), thus w…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power is Emissions-Free, but at What Cost?

Nuclear power generates electricity without emitting greenhouse gases or other air pollutants. Yet it hasn’t been extensively deployed to fight climate change …

Is 3D Printing The Future of Battery Design?

The technology promises smaller, more capable batteries that can be integrated into products—and, perhaps, designed with recycling in mind.

Crude

600-gallon Oil Spill Left Parts of the Galapagos Islands

The spill is reportedly the result of an error at a port on San Cristobal Island. An accident saw a crane collapse as it was loading a barge with a container ca…

Gas turbine engine

Capstone Turbine Model C200 And C1000 Systems Wins Australian Certification

“Certification to the Australian standard is a significant accomplishment for our organization as the Australian certification comes on the heels of certificat…

Energy Storage Battery

Advano Offers A Silicon Solution for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Now comes Advano, a startup in New Orleans, that champions a top-down approach. The point is to produce silicon particles that are perhaps not so fine-tuned, bu…

Thermal coal

IEA Coal-Fired Collapse in Developed World and Growth in Asia

Global coal-fired electricity generation is going to fall more than ever over the next five years, but that drop is balanced by sustained growth in Asia, accord…

Clean Coal

Global Natural Gas Electricity Is Gaining On Coal

Perhaps the primary question for climate and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the ability of natural gas to displace coal in the power generation sector.

Solar Company

Shell Snaps up Esco Pacific in Major Push into Big Solar in Australia

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has snapped up a near half share in one of the biggest solar developers in Australia as part of a major push to expand its large-sca…

Solar Industry Leaps at Chance to Help Deliver European Green Deal

The EU’s new plan to lead the global fight for a greener and fairer economy has been warmly received by the solar industry, which has put itself forward as a k…

Power Construction

Penn Power Wraps Up Resilience Projects in Time for Winter Cold

As winter approaches, The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) is wrapping up major projects expected to enhance electric service reliability for nearly 20,0…

Energy Storage Material

Perovskite for Low-Temperature Ammonia Production

Now, a team in Japan has demonstrated their potential in the production of ammonia directly from hydrogen and nitrogen perhaps opening up a whole new approach t…

Coal Company

Russia Scraps Plans to Set Climate-Change Goals for Businesses

Russia has ditched plans to set greenhouse-gas emissions targets for companies as a sign of its commitment to fighting climate change, following lobbying from b…

Market Analysis

​Enercon Sends up Distress Flare as Germany's Wind Market Collapses

Enercon has stopped placing orders with key production partners and launched a "transformation programme" to return the company to profitability as the German o…