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Offshore Wind Power

CGN Starts Wind Farm with Hybrid Wind Turbines

The project saw its first turbine installed at the site off Guangdong province in July last year, and its first batch of wind turbines commenced operations in O…

Power Construction

New Hitachi ABB Power Grids Switchgear to Debut Offshore China

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has introduced a 72.5 kV high-voltage hybrid switchgear for offshore wind – Plug and Switch System (PASS) M00 – Wind.

LNG

China Grabs Control Of LNG Infrastructure In Move To Bolster Energy Security

In recent months China has earned itself a prime spot in lots of energy headlines thanks to President Xi Jinping’s ambitious carbon curbing and clean energy go…

Namibia

Namibia’s Energy Ministry Further Extends Suspension on Fuel License Applications

The Ministry of Mines and Energy has extended the temporary suspension on the application of new fuel retail sites and the issuing of wholesale licences to 28 F…

Rooftop PV System

SOBEBRA Equips its Cotonou HQ with 352 Solar Panels

A rooftop photovoltaic solar power plant is now operational at the headquarters of the Société béninoise de brasserie in Cotonou, the capital of Benin.

Oil Field

Iran Begins Drilling at Next Phase of South Pars Oil Field

Drilling operations at phase 11 of the massive South Pars oil field began last week, as Iran continues to build towards the recovery of natural gas from March n…

Oil Field

Saudi Arabia Makes Four Oil and Gas Discoveries

Oil was discovered in the Al-Ajramiyah well, northwest of the city of Rafhaa, with tests showing a rate of 3,850 barrels per day (bpd).

Electric Vehicle Battery

Future Material Demand for Automotive Lithium-Based Batteries

As the world shifts to electric vehicles to reduce climate change, it is important to quantify future demands for key battery materials.

Hydrogen Technology

Hydrogen Sensor is Inspired by Butterfly Wings

Photonic nanostructures found on the wings of some butterflies have inspired researchers in Australia to create a new and highly accurate sensor for measuring h…

Nuclear Power Plant

White House Paves the Way for Nuclear Reactor on Moon by 2026

On December 16, outgoing President Donald Trump, as a parting shot, issued the “National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”

Oil&Gas Drilling

The ANH Approved the Assignment of Ecopetrol's 50% Interest to Shell

The ANH approved the assignment of Ecopetrol's 50% interest to Shell and the operation by the latter in 3 blocks off the Colombian Caribbean coast

Energy-Eficient Building

DDEC Selects Developer for PROtech Project in Yabucoa

DDEC Selects Developer for PROtech Project in Yabucoa

Nuclear Power Plant

SMR Nuclear Power Plant to be Bult in Yakutia by 2028

ROSATOM and the Government of the Republic of Sakha signed an agreement on electric power tariff formation principles for the SMR power plant construction proje…

Coal Mine

VGK Starts Installation of Largest Main Coal Conveyor in Russian Federation

The object under construction is a complex of main conveyors, including reloading nodes and an overpass, consisting of three sections.

Nuclear Power Plant

Fukushima Nuclear Debris Removal Delayed by Virus

The removal of nuclear debris from Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant will be delayed by about a year, because the pandemic has set back development of spec…