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Venezuela

Chevron agrees to asset swap in Venezuela to focus on heavy oil projects

Chevron signed two key agreements on April 13 to expand ‌operations at Venezuela's vast Orinoco Belt, including an asset swap adding an extra heavy cru…

Electric Vehicles

VW to stop making its top electric vehicle in the US

Volkswagen said on April 9 it will end production of the ID.4 electric SUV out of ‌its Tennessee plant this month, citing a challenging time for the U.S. e…

China

China Launches World's First Panoramic Carbon Emission Accounting System

The world's first panoramic carbon emission accounting system covering the production end, consumption end, and natural sources—the "Panshi·Yuheng Carbon …

Wind Farm

Foundation construction done at 127MW Pienava wind farm

Eolus has completed foundation construction for the 147MW Pienava wind farm in Latvia.[Image: Eolus]The wind farm will be Latvia's largest and is due to be …

South Africa

Voltalia commissions 148MW South African solar farm

Voltalia has commissioned the 148MW Bolobedu solar plant in the Limpopo province of South Africa.The solar farm is one of the largest in Africa and will supply …

Solar Power Plant

Qualitas Energy acquires 376 MWp of Polish solar

Investment fund Qualitas Energy has acquired a portfolio of nine Polish solar plants with a total installed capacity of 376MWp.The portfolio has been acquired f…

Oil Exploration

Occidental Announces Gulf of America Oil Discovery at Bandit

April 09 ,Occidental announced an oil discovery at the Bandit prospect in the Gulf of America, about 125 miles south of the Louisiana coast. The exploration wel…

Serbia

Serbian gas turbine power plant project with SOCAR's participation will require 600 mcm of gas per year - Serbian energy minister

April 9 , The volume of gas required for the operation of the gas turbine power plant (GTPP) planned for construction in Serbia jointly with the State Oil Compa…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ratifies green energy transmission deal with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan

April 9 ,The Senate or the upper chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament passed a law ratifying a strategic partnership agreement on the production and transmiss…

Norway

Norwegian Oil and Gas Company Aker BP Achieves Oil Production from New Reservoir in North Sea Nine Months Ahead of Schedule

Aker BP announced that the Symra oil field in the Norwegian North Sea has commenced production. The project started nine months earlier than originally planned,…

Canada

Plug Power Delivers 275 MW Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Project in Quebec, Canada

The American fuel cell and hydrogen company Plug Power recently secured a contract to supply a 275 MW PEM electrolyzer system for Hy2gen's Courant project i…

United States

New Jersey Lifts De Facto Ban on New Nuclear Energy Projects

On April 8, the state of New Jersey lifted its de facto ban on new nuclear energy projects within the state. Currently, as the growth rate of electricity demand…

Pumped Storage

Construction of Main Project Begins for Yulin Pumped Storage Power Station in Guangxi, China, with Total Investment of 8.36 Billion Yuan

On April 4, Southern Power Grid Energy Storage Co., Ltd. announced that the pumped storage power station located in Yulin, Guangxi, has fully commenced construc…

Germany

One of the World's Largest Industrial Heat Pumps Arrives at BASF's Ludwigshafen Site in Germany

BASF has made significant progress on its large-scale industrial heat pump project at the Ludwigshafen site in Germany. A core component weighing 95 tons and ap…

China

Rosatom provides first nuclear fuel shipment to China’s Xudapu NPP

The Fuel Division of Rosatom (managed by TVEL JSC) has successfully supplied the initial nuclear fuel loading for the VVER-1200 reactor at Unit 3 of the Xudapu …