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LNG

China Adds Two Large LNG Tanks at Shanghai Gas Terminal

China added two large storage tanks for liquefied natural gas at Yangshan receiving terminal that boosted the import facility's storage capacity by 80%.

India

India Experienced First Decrease in Carbon Emissions in Four Decades

Saw a 15 per cent decrease in March and a 30 per cent decrease in April 2020.

SMR

Fluor and Sargent & Lundy Partner to Design New SMR Reactors

Two major energy engineering, procurement and construction firms will collaborate on marketing and design services for future nuclear small modular reactor powe…

Energy Infrastructure

E.ON Accelerates Germany’s Shift from Gas to Hydrogen

German multinational utility E.ON is converting its natural gas distribution pipeline in Germany to transport pure hydrogen.

Submarine Cable

SSE, ScottishPower and National Grid to Deliver Electric Super-Highway

UK-based energy companies SSE, ScottishPower and National Grid have agreed to deliver Eastern Link, a renewable electric underwater super-highway from Scotland …

Electric Car

Germany to Extend Electric Car Subsidies to 2025

The increased bonus will now be extended beyond 2021, but lowered in two steps until 2025, the sources said. The extra bonus for hybrids could be scrapped altog…

Electric Car

China Doubles Sales - Tesla Only in Fourth Place

The corona pandemic weighed heavily on the auto industry this year. In the meantime, however, more cars are being sold again in Europe, the USA and China.

Solar Power Plant

France to Reduce Subsidies for Solar Plants

France will lower its subsidies for solar plants commissioned between 2006 and 2010 in an attempt to redirect support to new renewable power projects.

Coal Production

China's October Coal Output Points to Domestic Shortage

China's October coal output rose marginally compared with a year earlier but fell from the previous month.

Electrification

Electrification Coalition Report: Barriers and Solutions to Accelerate Adoption of Electric Trucks in Freight Sector

The Electrification Coalition released a new report that identifies solutions and actions that industry stakeholders should take to help the United States accel…

Wave Energy

CorPower Secures 10-year Licence for Wave Energy Project in Portugal

CorPower Ocean has secured a 10-year licence from Portuguese authorities that will unlock the demonstration phase of the firm’s flagship HiWave-5 wave energy p…

SMR

OPG Plans SMR Construction at Darlington

Ontario Power Generation has announced it is resuming planning activities for building new nuclear generating capacity at its Darlington site in Ontario.

Nuclear Equipment

Rooppur-1 RPV Arrives at Construction Site

The VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel and steam generator for unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh arrived on site on 10 November, Russia's R…

Energy Storage Project

UK Legislation to Lift Barriers on 50MW+ Battery Storage Projects Goes into Effect

Planning law in the UK allowing energy storage projects over 50MW has officially changed, allowing much bigger projects to come online without going through the…

Japan

Japan Looks To Open The World's First Hydrogen Import Facility

Japan is famous for its unique culture and technological prowess. What makes the world's third-largest economy even more remarkable is the absence of significan…