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Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Looks Into Abyss as Coronavirus Threatens Demand Contraction

Flights canceled in Europe, schools closed in Japan, towns quarantined in Italy and panic in California. The coronavirus crisis has gone global, and with it, it…

Ultra-high voltage grid

Power Grid Project Linking Shaanxi, Hubei Underway

The State Grid Corp of China started construction of its 800-kilovolt, ultrahigh-voltage direct current transmission linking China's Shaanxi and Hubei provinces…

Steam turbine

Ansaldo For New 430-MW Combined-Cycle

Ansaldo Energia has signed a contract with Iren Energia S.p.A., a subsidiary of Iren S.p.A., for a repowering combined-cycle project in the Turbigo site, near M…

Solar Photovoltaic Panel Farm at AMB, Moka

Tenders are invited for Solar Photovoltaic Panel Farm at AMB, Moka

Electricity Transmission

Canada’s Birtle Transmission Line Project Receives Federal Funding

The Canadian and Manitoba governments have agreed to fund the Birtle transmission line project, which will provide renewable energy between the provinces of Man…

Power Construction

AIIB Approves $200m Loan to Improve Electricity Access in Bangladesh

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to finance the Dhaka and Western Zone transmission grid expansion project in Bangladesh.

UK to Allow Construction of Onshore Wind and Solar Farms

The UK Government has opened a new round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, allowing onshore wind and solar farms to be built once again.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell and ExxonMobil Plan for Exploration of Blocks Offshore Somalia

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Somalia has agreed on an initial roadmap with the Shell/ExxonMobil joint venture focused on the next steps to…

Germany’s Svenja Schulze to Start World’s First Green Hydrogen Tenders in 2021

German environment minister Svenja Schulze has called for a rapid launch of green hydrogen tenders to accelerate the road to production. She is beginning with a…

Panari Standalone Pumped Storage Project

The project is envisaged to be complete within a period of three years at an estimated cost of Rs 8,472.01 crore. It will generate employment for 250 persons du…

Solar Photovoltaic Panel Farm at AMB, Moka

Tenders are invited for Solar Photovoltaic Panel Farm at AMB, Moka

Hualong One

Hot Tests Completed at Fuqing 5

Hot testing at the world's first Hualong One reactor has been completed, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced yesterday. The tests at Fuqing unit…

Solar Power Panel

Achieving 21.2% Efficiency in a Perovskite Cell Thanks to Food Additives

South Korean scientists have developed two perovskite solar cells based on a polymer made with peppermint oil and walnut aroma food additives, respectively. The…

Solar Power Plant

Polymer Films Prevent Lead Escaping from Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have developed a technique to sequester the lead used i…

UK Carbon Emissions Fall 28 Per Cent in a Decade, New Data Shows

UK carbon emissions fell by almost three per cent last year, topping off a decade of deep decarbonisation which has left CO2 at its lowest level since the Engli…