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Electricity Trade

Siemens Wins Contract for 400Kv Turnkey Iraqi Substation

Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity for a turnkey 400- kilovolt substation located about 20 km away from Ramadi city…

PowerGrid Technology

Hitachi ABB Power Grids Launches Transformer Digitalization Ecosystem

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is launching the TXpert Ecosystem for digitalization of transformers.

Hydropower Plant

BiH Parliament to Decide on Hydropower Plant Construction Ban

An consortium of international conservation NGOs are calling on Bosnia and Herzegovina to ban hydropower plants in order to protect Europe’s last wild rivers.

Offshore Wind Power

BI Energia Signs Protocol of Intentions with RN for Offshore Wind Energy in Brazil

The agreement provides for the installation of 624 MW of wind power on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul, after the license was denied to the company’s wind farm …

Solar Technology

The Next Generation of Solar Energy | Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells are a remarkably cheap solar cell technology and have achieved remarkable growth since their inception a decade ago, sharply increasing i…

Tidal Energy

Scotland Touts Tidal Energy As The Renewable Of The Future

​Scotland's Tidal Energy Future: Producing 70% of its electricity from renewable resources last year, Scotland is striving to become 100% powered by renewables…

China

China's First Domestic-Support Deepwater Oilfield Cluster Begins Production

​China's first domestic-support deepwater oil and gas project, Liuhua 16-2 offshore oil fields cluster, has started operation after 30 months of construction. …

United Kingdom

UN, Britain to Co-host Climate Summit on December 12

The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement.

Thermal Plant

Iran To Build New Power Plant With Russia

Iran's Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian has said this week that the joint construction operations of the thermal power plant in the southern province of Hormozga…

India

BayoTech Enters Indian Hydrogen Energy Market

On-site hydrogen generation specialist BayoTech is pushing into the Indian hydrogen energy market, as part of a new partnership with consulting and services com…

Nuclear Technology

Project Launched to Digitally Clone all French Reactors

Digital twins of every unit in France's fleet of nuclear power reactors are to be developed under a four-year project involving partners from academia and indus…

Nuclear Power Plant

Foundation Slabs Completed at Akkuyu 2 Reactor and Turbine Buildings

JSC Akkuyu Nuklear has announced the completion of concrete pouring of the reactor and turbine buildings' foundation slabs at unit 2 of the Akkuyu nuclear power…

Poland

Poland's Coal Production Down by 15.8 pct y/y in August

Production of coal in Poland fell by 15.8 percent year on year in August 2020, reaching 4.24 million tonnes, the Central Statistics Office announced on Wednesda…

Crude Oil

EIA Sees Global Oil Market Balancing By End-2021

The OPEC+ production cuts and curtailments in the United States are set to help global inventories to continue drawing down for the rest of the year and most of…

Mexico

Mexico May Delay Energy Reform

Mexico could delay its planned energy sector reform until next year after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador asked regulators this week to help prop up state…