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Solar Power Plant

The BIGGEST Concentrated Solar Plant in the World is in Africa Morocco

The World's biggest concentrated solar power plant at the moment is in Morocco, Africa. It is located outside Ouarzazate. It is called the Noor Solar Plant.

Thermal Coal

Storms Disrupt NSW Coal Ports

Storms along the New South Wales coast in east Australia have disrupted coal shipments from the port of Newcastle and Port Kembla at Wollongong, leading to long…

Coal Trade

Mine Expansion Threatens German Villages Despite Coal Exit

Lost in the countryside of western Germany, the innocuously named L277 road has become a central battleground in a bitter fight over the country’s plan to ditc…

Coal Mine

Poland Poised to Announce Major Coal Mine Closures

Poland’s biggest coal producer, state-run PGG, is likely to announce within days deep cuts in coal output and the closure of a number mines as part of a restru…

Oil & Gas Trade

OnTurtle Makes Major Expansion With 88 Fuel Service Stations

OnTurtle, as part of its expansion plan developed together with its German supplier, BAYWA, has expanded its presence in Germany with 88 new fuel service statio…

Nuclear Fuel

New NRG Tests Could Lead to Novel Nuclear Fuels

New irradiation experiments on the behaviour of nuclear fuel have recently started in the High Flux Reactor at Petten, in the Netherlands.

Nuclear Policy

USA Lifts Nuclear Finance Ban

The USA has lifted its legacy prohibition on funding nuclear energy projects overseas.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Nikola Breaks Ground on $600m Arizona Facility

Nikola Corporation has broken ground on its $600m Coolidge, Arizona manufacturing facility that will produce the US start-up’s hydrogen-electric heavy-duty tru…

Market Analysis

Biebuyck Hails Ambition of EU Hydrogen Strategy

Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), hailed the ambition of the recently released European Union’s (EU) rec…

Solar Power Plant

Double Tax on Solar Imports Could Collapse ‘Large Numbers’ of Indian Projects: Fitch

The threat of a double taxation of solar in India via both safeguard and basic custom duties could squeeze developers and result in large numbers of project can…

Oil Field

TAQA Files Decommissioning Plans for Two North Sea Platform Topsides

TAQA Bratani has filed its decommissioning programs for the Tern and North Cormorant platform topsides, located in the UK North Sea, to the UK authorities.

Oil Field

Petrobras, Karoon Agree on Changes to Terms of $665 mln Sale of Baúna Field Stake

Under the new terms, Karoon is paying an initial $380 million to Petrobras, including a $49.9 million downpayment made on July 24.

Wind Farm

Repsol to Purchase 1.6GW of Renewable Assets in Chile

Repsol has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with Grupo Ibereólica Renovables to manage a portfolio of renewable energy projects in Chile.

Energy Investment

Brazil’s Eneva Offers $1.4bn to Acquire Stake in AES Tiete

Brazilian power generation company Eneva has reportedly submitted an offer of a $1.44bn (BRL7.5bn) to acquire a controlling stake in AES Tiete Energia.

Power Construction

Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Substation Starts Taking Shape

Construction of the upper part of the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore substation has now begun at the former Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, Elia Group said.