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Pumped Storage

Utility Pushes UK's First Big Pumped Storage Hydro Project in 30 Years

The project would involve construction of an upper reservoir providing a 500-m drop to the existing Loch Lochy lake, about 15 km northeast of Fort William in th…

Energy Storage Battery

VW-backed Northvolt Starts Output at Swedish Lithium-ion Battery Cell Gigafactory

Battery storage specialist commissions first factory at Skellefteå amid efforts by Europe’s car industry to lessen dependence on Asian producers

Energy Storage Battery

Berkeley Lab Hosting Virtual National Energy Storage Summit in March

This virtual event will include significant focus on lithium recovery and development of a domestic battery supply chain.

Nuclear Reactor

Construction Begins at Second Changjiang Hualong One

Two Hualong One units are now under construction as the second phase of the plant in Hainan province.

Nuclear Reactor

TVEL Starts PWR Fuel Fabrication at Novosibirsk

TVEL has launched a new fabrication facility for pressurised water reactor fuel at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant site in Russia.

Wind Farm

EDP Renewables Starts Two Wind Farms with 70 MW in Italy

These are Monte Mattina and Sant’Alessandro wind farms, with an installed capacity of 25 MW and 45 MW respectively.

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas Secures 430MW Service Contract in Brazil

Multibrand deal covers various 155 Alstom ECO models at the Alto Sertao 3 wind complex in Bahia

Offshore Wind Power

MingYang Seals Japanese Offshore Turbine Deal

Chinese manufacturer will deliver three MySE 3.0MW typhoon-proof machines to an unnamed facility

China

China Issues First White Paper on Export Controls

China issued Wednesday its first white paper on export controls to provide a full picture of related policies and help the international community better unders…

Oil & Gas Trade

Hyundai Oilbank to Export Gasoline and Diesel to Hawaii

Hyundai Oilbank announced on Dec. 28 that it has signed a long-term contract to export finished petroleum products to Hawaii.

Power Cable

Jan De Nul Lands Its Biggest Cable Deal for $3.6bln Middle Eastern Project

Jan De Nul and Samsung C&T consortium has secured a contract, regarded as the biggest cable installation contract in Jan De Nul’s history, to deliver an HVDC c…

Oil Field

PetroRio Forging Ahead with Field Development off Brazil

Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio has undertaken the required steps to move forward with the development of the Wahoo field – located offshore Brazil.

Crude Oil

Higher Crude Demand Supports India-Bound Suezmax Rates

Suezmax rates from the Mideast Gulf to the west coast of India have been rising on account of higher demand from Indian state-controlled refineries.

Solar Power Plant

Covestro and EnBW Sign Long-Term Supply Agreement for Solar Power

Materials manufacturer Covestro and energy provider EnBW have signed a long-term corporate power purchase agreement for solar-generated electricity.

Solar Power Plant

Risen Energy Plans to Build $7bn Solar PV Manufacturing Plant in China

The manufacturing plant will have an annual production capacity of 10GW of solar cells and 3GW of panels.