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US Government Backs NuScale Projects at Home and Abroad

The US Department of Energy has approved a cost-share award of more than USD1 billion for the construction of the first NuScale small modular reactor power plan…

Energy Storage System

AES Begins Work on 560MWh ‘Largest Battery System in Latin America’ for Solar and Wind in Chile

AES Gener has held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a 112MW / 560MWh battery energy storage system project in Chile, Latin…

Oil Price

ConocoPhillips Becomes First Major U.S. Oil Firm To Pledge Emission Cuts

Unlike European oil majors – who have rushed to pledge various commitments to become net-zero energy companies – U.S. companies, including Exxon and Chevron, …

Energy Storage Project

Wartsila Storage on Repeat in South-East Asia

Another order from an unnamed client for a 90MW system to help integrate renewables.

Pumped Storage

SSE Wins Govt Nod for 1.5-GW Pumped Storage Scottish Project

The Scottish government has given the thumbs up to a 1.5-GW hydro pumped storage project proposed by the renewables arm of UK utility SSE Plc.

Wind Farm

ENAP Switches on 10.4-MW Wind Farm in Chile

Chilean state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) has brought online its 10.35-MW Vientos Patagonicos wind farm located in the Cabo Negro ind…

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar to Install 75 MW/300 MWh of Energy Storage in California

Canadian Solar Inc today said it has secured an order to integrate a lithium-ion battery storage system with a capacity of 75 MW/300 MWh into a solar farm owned…

Oil Field

Petrobras Delays Parque Das Baleias Project to 2024

Brazilian oil major Petrobras has postponed the Parque das Baleias integrated project in the Campos basin by about one year.

Energy Storage Project

TransAlta Renewables Announces Commercial Operation of WindCharger

TransAlta Renewables Inc. announced that its 10 MW WindCharger battery storage project began commercial operation on October 15, 2020.

China

Global Solar Company’s Ultra-High Power Modules Reach 1GW

Trina Solar has announced that total sales of its ultra-high power modules, the Vertex Series, have reached 1GW worldwide, including nearly 200MW in Europe as w…

Oil & Gas Trade

Japan April-Sept Crude Import Volume Fell to the Lowest Since at Least 1979

Japan's customs-cleared crude oil imports fell 21.2 per cent in the April-September period on year to the lowest since at least 1979 when the comparison data is…

Distributed energy

RWE and Kohler-SDMO Sign Grid Stability Pact for Emergency Generators

German utility RWE has partnered with French emergency power generator company Kohler-SDMO to establish new energy generation solutions.

United States

GE Announces Plan to be Carbon-Neutral by 2030

American multinational conglomerate General Electric has announced its plan to become carbon-neutral across its facilities and operations by 2030.

Oil Pipeline

German Foreign Minister: "Beixi-2" Natural Gas Pipeline Will be Built

German Foreign Minister Maas stated that the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline "will be completed", but it is not certain when it will be completed.

China

China Moves to Explore Path Toward Carbon Neutrality Goal

Following Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent announcement that China aims to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060