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Crude Oil

China Cuts Saudi, Russia Crude Imports in March

China imported less crude from top suppliers Saudi Arabia and Russia in March compared to a month earlier, while boosting arrivals from Brazil and the UAE, cust…

Nuclear Technology

China: Radioactive Waste Disposal Lab Under Construction

China is building a massive underground laboratory to research disposal technologies for high-level radioactive waste, the most dangerous byproduct of nuclear t…

Electric Vehicle Battery

JI and Oxford to Partner on Solid-State Sodium Battery R&D

Researchers at the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute and Oxford University are partnering on a two-year joint research and …

Electric Car

March 2021 Car Sales In China Is More Than Total PV Sales In India In 2020

With most of the global carmakers having a strong presence in the Chinese market, we have seen some unique and extended-wheelbase models specifically developed …

Coal Mine

Vietnam's Coal Imports Rebound in March

Vietnamese coal imports in March slipped for the fourth straight month from a year earlier, although they more than doubled from the previous month with the con…

Coal Mine

Australia’s Queensland Coal Exports Hit Four-Year Low

Shipments from the four largest coal export ports in Australia's Queensland state were at the lowest level in four years on an average daily basis in March, ent…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…

Solar Technology

Aussie Researchers Use Human Hair Carbon Dots to Improve Perovskites

Researchers from Queensland University of Technology have found that carbon dots from human hair can enhance the performance of perovskite solar cells.

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Wind Can Meet 90% of US Energy Demand by 2050 Says Study

A new report released by the Environment America Research and Policy Center states that using offshore wind energy, the US has the potential to meet 90% of its …

Crude Oil

Brazil Crude Exports at Eight-Month High in March

Brazilian crude exports climbed to around 1.54mn b/d in March, an almost 17pc increase over February and the highest volume since July 2020.

Solar Company

Jinko Ranks First in the Japanese Component Market

Recently, the Japanese market research organization released a report on the 2020 Japanese module shipments market.

Energy-Eficient Building

Electrifying US Buildings Critical to Achieving 2050 Emissions Target

According to a new report released by the Environment America Research & Development, building electrification over the next 30 years is vital for the US to ach…

Nuclear Reactor

Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactors Developed in Russia

Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University, in cooperation with other Russian scientists, have created and tested a fusion component of a unique hybrid react…

Wind Farm

Brazil Connects 353.5 MW of Wind Farms in March

Wind farm in Brazil. Author: Otávio Nogueira. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Battling Bovine Belching: Measuring Methane Eemissions from Cows

Taken from the April 2021 issue of Physics World.Cutting methane production from livestock is considered vital to climate change mitigation, with lots of resear…