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China

China Starts Up Turbines at 16-GW Hydro Project After Four-Year Construction Period

China in late June began operating two of the world’s first 1-GW hydropower turbines at the Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China.

Solar Power Plant

World’s First Solar/Thermal Energy Storage-Powered Project to Extract Water from Air at Masdar City

The world’s first project to produce commercial volumes of an uninterrupted water supply from a sustainable source will launch this month in Masdar City in Abu…

Energy Storage Battery

Sodium-ion Batteries a Commercial Reality, Claims CATL

The manufacturer has launched sodium-ion products online. Production has begun and will be easily scalable

Solar Power Plant

Thailand: Floating Solar Farm Launch Set for October

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand is preparing to start commercial operation of what it claims is the world's largest hybrid power gene…

Hydrogen Project

AmmPower to Provide Green Ammonia Energy Solutions to Brazil’s Porto Central

Vancouver-based AmmPower Corp. has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Porto Central in Brazil’s state of Espírito Santo, for the development of a…

Energy Storage Project

Rio Tinto Readies to Ship Trial Lithium Plant to Serbia

The work, undertaken at a science hub on the outskirts of Melbourne, has found a way to economically extract lithium from jadarite, a mineral that has only been…

Crude Oil

Halt in Fuel Price Revision Continues, Global Oil Rates Above $75/bbl

In the national capital, petrol continued to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel was being sold at the unchanged rate of Rs 89.87 a litre on Sunday.

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Slide on Worries over China Economy and Higher Crude Output

Brent crude oil futures skidded 81 cents, or 1%, to $74.60 a barrel by 0116 GMT.

Australia

Oil Search, Santos Close to Deal to Create Top 20 Global Oil Firm

Oil Search said on Monday it intended to recommend an improved buyout offer from Santos Ltd, worth A$8.4 billion, in a deal that would create a top-20 global oi…

Crude Oil

Cambodia Stops Offshore Oil Extraction After KrisEnergy goes Bankrupt

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Sunday that the kingdom's first-ever oil extraction had come to a full stop after Singapore-based oil and…

Oil Refinery

No Official Explanation For Fire At Iran Oil And Gas Installation

The spokesman of Arvandan Oil and Gas Company, a major subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company operating in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan

Oil Shale

New Mexico’s Permian Output Rises – will a Modest Shale Recovery Follow?

New Mexico’s oil production surged to a record in May highlighting the Permian Basin’s role as the shale industry sees some recovery from the pandemic.

Energy Investment

Dhaka Seeks US-Investment in Off shore's Oil, Gas Exploration

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury encouraged ExxonMobil officials to invest in Bangladesh during a meeting held with senior officials of ExxonMobil at the Bangladesh Emb…

Offshore Wind Power

Offshore Wind Subsidies per MWh Generated Continue to Rise

It is frequently claimed that the subsidy cost of offshore wind farms has fallen over the past few years.

Energy Storage Battery

Victoria’s Tesla Big Battery Catches Fire

French renewable giant Neoen’s Victorian Big Battery at Geelong caught fire on Friday, only a day after it began operations.