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LNG

Low Gas Prices Could Derail Papua New Guinea’s LNG Ambitions

Papua New Guinea first started producing liquefied natural gas in April 2014 when the flagship $19bn PNG LNG project came on-line months ahead of schedule.

Nuclear waste

TVO Submits EIA Programme on Very Low-Level Waste Disposal

Rainoil Limited’s newly built 8000metric ton capacity Liquefied Petroleum Gas tank, with fleet capacity of 40 trucks, has been launched, targeted at deepening …

Oil and Gas Equipment

Nigeria: Rainoil’s New 8000metric ton LPG Tank Helps Widen Expansion

Rainoil Limited’s newly built 8000metric ton capacity Liquefied Petroleum Gas tank, with fleet capacity of 40 trucks, has been launched, targeted at deepening …

EV Market

UGANDA: Kiira Motors Set to Produce 5,000 Electric Vehicles Per Year by 2021

Rwanda's state-owned Kiira Motors Corp. is working hard to begin producing 5,000 electric vehicles a year, including buses, by 2021.

Offshore Wind Power

Infrastructure for Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Departs Indonesia

More than 10,000 tonnes of steelwork has departed Indonesia bound for the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.

Hydropower Plant

Construction of India-Assisted Arun-III Hydropower Project in Nepal on Fast-Track

Five Indian banks and two Nepali banks have committed to lend debts for construction of the 900 MW mega power project.

Solar Power Plant

Russia Begins Testing its First Floating Solar PV Plant

Russia has started testing its first floating solar PV plant in a reservoir of the Nizhne-Bureskaya hydropower plant in the Far Eastern Federal District.

Solar Power Plant

Afghan Power Company Signs MoU to Develop Solar Plant with PAL 4

The government of Afghanistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE-based PAL 4 Solar Energy for construction of a solar power plant.

Energy Storage Battery

US Power Generator Vistra Receives Permit for 1.1GW Battery Storage

US power generation company Vistra has received permission to expand an battery facility to become one of the world’s largest energy stores.

Russian Federation

Russia Doesn’t Expect OPEC+ To Change Course

The OPEC+ panels will not be discussing next week any revisions of the ongoing production cut pact and are not expected to make any major decisions to tweak the…

Energy Storage Battery

Lithium-Ion Battery Production Set To Quadruple This Decade

The global lithium-ion cell manufacturing capacity pipeline could rise fourfold to reach 1.3 terawatt-hours in 2030 compared to 2019.

SPI Goes Fully Virtual as Las Vegas Trade Show is Cancelled

SPI, North America’s largest solar industry event, will now be fully virtual after the organisers cancelled an outdoor exhibition rescheduled for October.

Kenya

KENYA: GivePower Installs Solar-Powered Desalination System at Likoni

The GivePower organization has just commissioned a desalination system in Likoni in Mombassa County, Kenya.

China

AqualisBreamar to Oversee Chinese Jack-up Build

Chinese company Ouyang Offshore has awarded AqualisBraemar a contract to supervise to construction of two new self-propelled jack up vessels for the offshore wi…

Wind Power Project

Wind Lifts UK Renewables Q1 Output by 30%

Wind helped total renewables generation in the UK increase by 30% in the first quarter of 2020 to just over 40 terawatt-hours, compared with the same period in …